GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 144, 14 December 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

THE ABOR EXPEDITION. By Cablo —Pros* Association —Copyright. I Calcutta, December 12. The Abor expedition occupied Kebang unopposed, its capture damaging the prestige of the Kebang clan. Future operations will probably b» of a guerilla nature, without any organised resist- ' ance. EXPLOSION* ON THE ORION. 1 London, December 12. During the trials of the Orion's electrical equipment, at Portsmouth, the overheating of the bearings of an oiltank created an inflammable vapour, which, on igniting, burst the drum. The burning oil escaped, and transformed the dynamo room into a sheet of flame. Three Admiralty officials, four officers, and thirteen others were severely burnt. Fourteen have been sent to the hospital. ELEVATOR PLANT BURNED. Ottawa, Dcember 12. At Owen Sound, Ontario, the elevator plant of the Canadian Pacific Railway has been destroyed by fire, a million bushels of grain being burnt. Many buildings in the neighborhood were also destroyed. KNOXVILLE MINING DISASTER. New York, December 12. At Knoxville, Tennessee, five men have been rescued alive from the Cross Mountain mine. Twenty-two bodies have been recovered, but numerous cross-gal-leries have not yet been entered. It is believed there are a hundred! dead. A rescue car has arrived from Pittsburg, and an effort will be made to enter the mine in every direction. A VESSEL REFLOATED. Tokio, December 12. The Empress r of China has been refloated. THE ALLEGED SPY. London, December 12. Captain Grosse, charged with espionage, has been committed for trial. Counsel stated that cipher letters found in prisoner's possession were from Rot-; terdam, and in these the prisoner was I directed to ascertain particulars of the | construction and armaments of British warships and the preparations for arming merchantmen in war time. Two other letters from the same source signed Petersen were quoted. SOCIALISTS' SUICIDE. London, December 12. In connection with, the suicide of/ the Socialist, Paul Lsfargues and his wife (who was the daughter of Karl Marx), their executor states that ten years ago they inherited a sum of £IOO, and refused to invest it. The husband and wifo estimated that they could live upon it for ten years. They divided the capital into ten parts, and decided to commit suicide at the end of the ten years, and carried out their resolution. ANOTHER PAPAL DECREE. > (London, December 12. A Papal decree forbids Catholics to sue a priest in a State court without permission of the ecclesiastical authorities. The Standard remarks that the decree is likely to react on national affairs more extensively and minutely than the "ne temere" decree.