GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 126, 18 November 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

ELECTRIC RAILWAY FOR TURKEY. | By CVible—Press Association—Copyright. Constantinople l . November 10. Lenz and Co., of Berlin, are to construct a State electric railway connecting Stamboul, the Golden Horn and Galata with the Black Sea, at a cost of four million sterling. ALLEGATIONS DENIED. London, November 10. Kir Newton Moore has written to the Rotterdamsche C'ourant contradicting the allegations of atrocities upon Australian aborigines, and explaining the Government precautions as to natives. HUNGARIAN STEAMERS FOR AUS- : TRALTAN TRADE. Vienna, November 16. Tito newspaper Oesterr Reichiseshow Volkswrit states that the Hungarian Government has signed an agreement with the Hungarian Levant Company to establish a Hungarian Australian line with an annual subvention of £07,000. ELECTION RIOTS. Las Talmas, November 16. Enraged by the rumor of the arrest of a local Republican leader during the municipal elections, a mob of dockers captured the polling stations and stoned the gendarmes, who fired, killing four and wounding six. PRESBYTERIAN CHAPLAIN AT OXFORD. London, November 16. A conference of the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church decided to establish a permanent chaplaincy for Presbyterian students at Oxford 'University, owing to the prevailing Anglican and Socialist influence. NAVAL OFFICER DROWNED. London, November 16. Commander Brine was washed overboard from the battleship St. Vincent during a gale in the Channel, and was drowned. MURDER OF A CLERGYMAN. Lisbon, November 1(5. The Portuguese official who shot Rev. Douglas has been arrested at lianjo. THE TURKISH BUDGET. Constantinople, November 10.' The Turkish Budget discloses a deficit of £3,300,000. MURDER BY ALBANIANS. An Albanian band at Ipek murdered four members of the Committee of ' Union and Progress. I . SPANISH ELECTIONS. Madrid, November Id. The municipal elections in Spain resulted in the Republicans being heavily defeated. TRANSFER OF AN INDUSTRY. Berne, November 16. In order to avoid the high American tariff on Swiss embroidery, a SwissAmerican company with a capital of £2,000,000 has been formed to transfer the industry to America. THE P. & O. COMPANY. London, November 16. The Peninsular and Oriental Company has declared a dividend of 6y 2 per cent, and a bonus of 3 per cent.

VALUABLE PICTURES STOLEN". Berlin, November Hi. Twenty-two paintings, many of great historic and artistic interest, have been stolen from the famous Lustschloss Chateau at Sehleussheim. * A SPORTSMAN'S SUICIDE. London. November 1(5. 'Mr. Maxwell, the well-known American sportsman and balloonist, winner of the Gordon Bennett Cup two years ago, committed suicide by jumping from a channel steamer. DOCK RATES AT LIVERPOOL. London, November 16. Dock tonnage rates and dock town dues at Liverpool have been advanced 10 per cent. SETTLERS FOR AUSTRALIA. London, November 1(1. The P. & 0. Company's new one-class steamer Ballarat sails on Saturday with 1100 passengers. THE OLYMPIC-HAWK COLLISION. London, November 10. The Admiralty Court is hearing a cross action for damages over the collision between the Olympic and the cruiser Hawk. LOSS OF THE NIOBE. Ottawa, November 1(5, Lieutenant Lord Alastair Graham lias been found guilty by eourtmartial of causing, or suffering to be" caused, the stranding of the cruiser Niobe on July 13.