GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 91, 7 October 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

THE WRECKED FIFESIHRE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London. October 5. Advices from Aden state that prospects .if salving the hull of the Fifeshirc aiv hup< less. The recovery of some copper, lead, tallow and a little wool is possible. PORK CONDEMNED. I London, October 5. Several careasos of New South Wales and Victorian pork condemned in London for tuberculosis bore the Commonwealth mark, "Approved for export." The importers are claiming their value from the Commonwealth. SCENE IN T AUSTRIAN PARLIAMENT. Vienna, October 5. During a heated debate in the Lower House, on sentences inflicted on dear food rioters, a man in the gallery fired four shots at the Ministerial benches without hitting anyone. The Chamber was momentarily thrown into a panic, but the man was arrested. SECRET ENTRANCE TO THE LOUVRE Paris, October 5. The enquiry into the loss of Leonardo de Vinci's masterpiece, ''La Giocanda," led to tlio discovery in the Louvre of unknown passages and secret entrances, ndmitting to various rooms containing most valuable paintings. TRAINING YOUTHS. London. October 5. The Admiralty has given the gunboat President, once a drill ship for the Royal Naval Reserve, to Mr. C. B. Fry to enable him to extend the sea training school connected with the training ship Mercury. WILD TRIBES IN PERSIA. Calcutta, October 5. The wild tribes are holding Shiraz, and the 30th Central Indian Horse have been ordered thither.