GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 143, 13 December 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

DESPATCH OF TRAINS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Montreal, December 11. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company deny that the system of despatching trains by telephone has been abolished; on the contrary the system will be extended on its proving successful. SHIPWRECKED SAILORS MTSSING. Aden. December 11. Five Europeans and 34 natives of the crew of the steamer Knala, wrecked at Socotra, are missing. It is feared they are victims of Socotran treachery. TRAM ACCIDENT. Lisbon, December 11. Fourteen bodies have been recovered from the river Douro, into which an electric tram fell. Thirty persons were injured. DIVORCE COURT AND A FOREIGN PRINCE'S STATUS. London, December 11. In the divorce case, Statliain v. Satham and Gaekwar, of Baroda, the Court reserved its decision as to whether Gaekwar, being a foreign ruling prince, was immune from proceedings. EMPIRE PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION. London, December 12. Good progress has been made in London and the provinces in connection with the establishing of a United Kingdom branch of the Empire Parliamentary Association. The active co-operation of municipalities and chambers of commerce has been enlisted. Lord Grey has been appointed chairman of the executive.