GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 139, 7 December 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

THE LA GIOCONDA THEFT. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 6, 10.50 p.m. Paris, December 6. A man arrested at Valence for another offence, has been charged on his own confession with stealing the La Giocondu picture from the Louvre. COMMONWEALTH BANK BILL. Received 0, 10.40 p.m. London, December 0. A special article in the Times Financial Supplement describes the Commonwealth Bunk Bill as framed on conservative and soberminded lines. SUBSIDENCE OF A SHIPYARD. Received 0, 10.10 p.m. London, December 6. The High Court awarded Doxford and Sons, shipbuilders, of Sunderland. £102,000 damages for the subsidence of their shipyard owing to the' Yarmouth Coal Company's colliery beneath. COMPLIMENT TO NEW ZEALAND. Received 7, 12.30 a.m. London, December 7. Lord Plunkct, at the Colonial Institute, in a lecture on the Polynesian Islands, said the New Zealander accepted the white man's burden cheerfully, and bore the load wisely and well. ITALIAN STEAMER ASHORE. Received 7, 1.10 a.m. New York, December B. An Italian steamer bound from South America to Philadelphia is ashore at Ocean City, Maryland, and is in great peril. AN INTERNATIONAL QUESTION. Received 7, 1.10 a.m. Ottawa. December 6. Mr. Brree, British Ambassador to the United States of America, has-- arrived to discuss with Mr. Borden a pending international question. STATE COAL MINE. Received 7. 1.20 a.m. Sydnev. December 0. The net profits of the Government's coal mines at Wonthaggi for the Year are £24,101. and the gross output 300,042 tons.