GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 135, 29 November 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

AN APPOINTMENT CRITICISED. By Cahle—Press Association—Copyright. London, November 27. Mr. Charles Brookfleld 'has been appointed joint examiner of plays. Many newspaper* protest against the appointment, and recall that he was the author of tho much-criticised "Dear Old Charlie." CONSUMPTION OF HORSE FLESH. Paris, November 27. The Oovernment proposes to reduce the duty on horse flesh, the yearly consumption of which amounts to 14,500 tons in Paris. Mutton and beef are now a luxury among the workers. SUSPECTED SPIES RELEASED. London, November 27. Three photographers, who had been arrested as German spies at Sunderland, have been released, as it was proved they had merely been acting on behalf of a solicitor in a law suit.' A SENSATIONAL DEBUT. London, November 27. Miss Felicia Lyme, an American soprano, aged twenty, made a sensational debut at Hammerstein's Opera House as Gilda in "Rigoletto." It was her first appearance in opera. FOREST FIRE FATALITIES. New York, November,27. It is reported from Santa Monica, California, that a rancher with his wife and four children perished in forest fires at Topago Canyon. A hundred persons escaped by almost impassable trails. Wild animals were driven to the seashore by the flames. A SOCIALIST'S SUICIDE. Paris, November 27. A well-known Socialist, Paul Lafrague, and his wife have committed suicide. Madame Lafrague was a daughter of Karl Marx. Lafrague was threatened with, paralysis. Marx's other daughter committed" suicide in England some years ago.