GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 108, 27 October 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

TURKISH MAIL ROBBED. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Constantinople, October 25. An armed baud at El attacked the Monastir-Scutari postal caravan and stole £24.300 intended for the payment of the troops. HOLD BARS STOLES. Berne, October 25. A case of gold bars valued at £5200 was abstracted from a consignment to the National Hank from London, and lead .substituted. KILLED BY A LION. Capetown, October 25. Captain Everett, assistant-commis-sioner for the delimitation of the Rhodesian and Belgian Congo frontier, was killed in an encounter with a lion. A FATAL EARTHQUAKE. Berlin, October 25. Advices from Salonika state that an earthquake at Vodena destroyed many houses, and seventeen persons were killed. AX UNDERWRITER'S ESTATE. London, October 25. The estate of Hampton Hale, underwriter, has been proved at £281,573, of which the personality is £200,000.

TRADE WITH ARGENTINA. London, October 25. Birt, Potter and Hughes are starting fortnightly liners for the Liverpool-River Plate refrigerated trade. A PRISONER'S OFFER. San Francisco. October 25. A man named Jackson, who was apprehended on a charge of felony, has offered to reveal the names of the thieves in the sensational bank robbery at New Westminster, British Columbia, if granted immunity. The authorities are considering the offer, but it is not believed they will accept it.