GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 136, 4 December 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

AMERICAN IMMIGRATION. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. New York, December 1. Immigration fell 48 per tent. in 1!)10. The bad condition of the labor market was responsible for the decrease, PANIC AMONG NON-,STRIKERS. New York, December 1. Rumors that striking garbage men were poisoning the food of non-strikers caused a panic among tin* men .still working. The rumors were due to the death in hospital mysteriously of a nonstriker. SMASHING Till': OIL TIiU.ST. New York, December 1. The Standard Oil Company announces that its subsidiary companies will immediately take over control of their own affairs and be independent of the parent company. AN INSANE MURDERER. St. Petersburg, December 1. The doctors pronounced Kristi as insane when he murdered Prince Troubetzkoe on October 17, but he has now recovered, and the court has now ordered his release without punishment. BRITISH PARCEL POST. London. December 1. The Postmaster-General lias announced a reduction in the parcel rates to the United States. A STRANDED STEAMER. Bombay, December 1. It is expected that the Beachy's cargo will be saved. It was at first stated that many dresses and uniforms for the Durbar were amongst the cargo, but there was little Durbar material on board. THE PACIFIC CABLE. Ottawa, December 1. The Dominion Government has agreed to the extension of the Pacific cable between New Zealand and Australia. SETTLERS FOR VICTORIA. London, December 1. In response to Victoria's advertisement for youthful unemployed emigrants from London Boroughs ioOO applicants have responded. "GREAT GERMAN LOCK-OUT. Berlin, December 1.

Seventy thousand metal workers ha/ve been locked out for rejecting the settlement made by the delegates of their unions. WOULD-BE MURDERER SENTENCED. Vienna, December 1. Nikolus Njegus, who fired four shots at Dr. Hochenburger, Minister of Justice, from the gallery of the Lower House of the Austrian Parliament, on October 5, has been sentenced to seven years' hard labor for attempted murder. The shots failed to hit anyone, though they went unpleasantly near the Minister.