GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 128, 21 November 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

LAUNCH of the centurion. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright London, November 19. Mrs. Churchill launched the new battleship Centurion. A TRAITOR SENTENCED. Paris, November 19. Corporal Descbamps has been sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment for stealing a mitrailleuse and selling it to Germany. A PICTURE ROBBERY. Berlin, November 19. An under-forester has been arrested for stealing the pictures reported missing from the Lust Schloss. A PROPOSED RAILWAY. Calcutta, November 19. The chief engineer of the Omle- and Rohilcund Railway is inquiring as to the possibility of a railway from Kuraehee to the Persian Gulf. FRENCH STRIKE ENDED. Paris, November 19. The hours of workmen at L'Orient have been rearranged and work resumed. FRENCH POSTAL INQUIRY. Paris, November 19. A non-official committee of sixty-five senators, deputies, shipping and com mercial men, and journalists has been appointed to deal with complaints and suggestions for improving the postal administration. COWARDLY SOLDIERS. Paris, November 19. A number of gunners jand infantry meij have been sentenced to three weeks' imprisonment for cowardice and abandoning their arms during the panic at the funeral of the Liberte victims. FRENCH EXPLORERS MASSACRED. Paris, November 19. According to- the Matin, SurgeonMajor Legendre, Captain Noir, and Lieutenant Dessirier, who are conducting a scientific expedition in the remote parts of Southern China, have been massacred by the Lolos. FALSE ALLEGATIONS. Capetown, November 19. The report of the commission on the alleged loss of gold at the East Rand mine states there was no real loss. The discrepancy in the caJculations was due to the omission of certain factory'