GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 153, 27 December 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

AN ICEBERG INDTCATtM. By Telegraph—Press Association. Ottawa, December 22. Professor Barnes, of McGill University, Montreal, lias invented instruments for recording tho presence of icebergs or land by which it is hoped the risk of collision for vessels at sea will be obviated. MRS. PANKIIURST IX AMERICA. Ottawa, December 22. Tho women of Tacoma, not being in sympathy with militant suirragc methods, refused to invite Mrs. Enimeline Pankhuist to address tl'em. She is. however, successfully campaigning in British Columbia, where slio declared the laws for women are unjust and more suited to a period when the country was governed by' the Hudson's Bay Company. She also said she expected to go to gaol in February after her return to England. POTASH MANURE FROM SEAWEED. New York, December 22. In order to dispense with the use of German potash an effort will be made to develop tho kelp industry on the; Pacific coast, which is ex])ected to yield' a million tons of potash annually. | CRETAN* AFFAIRS. Canea, December 22. The protecting Powers have taken measures to prevent other Cretan politicians from proceeding to Athens. THE GAEKWAR OF BARODA. London, December 22. Tho Gaekwar of Baroda declares that the Times' statements are greatly exaggerated and characterises the allegation that he employs extremists in his household as a gross perversion of the truth. A BOILER EXPLOSION. New York, December 22. At Apiary, Oregon, the boiler at Liewraan's flourmills burst, wrecking the building and killing three and wounding three men, including tho owner. ARMING BANK CLERKS. Paris, December 22. The Prefect of Police has authorised I bank clerks to carry revolvers. RESTRICTIONS OX GERMAN OFFICERS. Cerlin, December 22. I The Kaiser has forbidden officers to risit England without permission. j THE OPIUM CONFERENCE. The Hague, December 22. The conference has agreed to a preliminary draft of the Opium Convention and adjourned to January 8. SALVATIONISTS AND SUICIDES. London, December 22. The Salvationists claim that they have saved 1-064 people from committing suicide this year. THE DELHI'S SPECIE. London, December 22. AH the specie on board the Delhi, valued at £300,000, has been saved. EXCHANGE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. Paris, December 23. A scheme for the exchange of students between the Universities of Paris and London has been arranged. A CEMENT COMBINE. London, December 24. A British cement combine has been formed, with a capital of twelve millions. The combination controls fiveeights of the British output. BOOTY RECOVERED. Paris, December 23. The booty from the robbery at Montmartre totalled £20,000. The automobile wherein the robbers made their escape has been found at Dieppe. It is believed the gang is now in London. REDUCED PRESS CABLE RATES. Berlin, December 24. The Deutsch Atlantisch Telegraphen Co. are negotiating with tho secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department for the establishment of deferred press rates similar to those conceded by the Union Telegraph Co. HUDSON'S BAY RAILWAY. Ottawa, December 24. The work of constructing the Hudson's Bay railway, which was interrupted pending investigation of the award in connection with the contract entered into by the Laurier Government, proceeds immediately. The railway will be Government owned and operated. A MYSTERIOUS MURDER. Ottawa, December 24. Kenneth Kingston, a surveyor, was shot in the back in Saskatchewan woods in mysterious circumstances. The police are investigating. ANOTHER STEAMSHIP LINE. Ottawa, December 24. Mr. Donald Mann, head of the Canadian Northern Railway Co., states that he .is contemplating the establishment of an Australian-Oriental steamship service after the opening of the Panama Canal. CHAS. W. MORSE ILL. New York, December 24. Charles W. Morse, one time a prominent banker and known as an "ica king," sentenced in 1908 to 15 years' imprisonment on a charge of misapplying funds of the Mercantile National Bank, is seriously ill. His recovery is doubtful. ROBBERY OF £-25,600. Berne. December 24. An Italian couple have been arrested at Montraix for robbing the Italian Princess Royal of £25,600. BEINHARDT'S MIRACLE. London, December 24. Reinardt's Miracle was produced in the Olympia Theatre, which was transformed into a Gothic cathedral. It was a remarkable spectacie. There were hundreds of actors and 2000 supernumaries. ELECTRICIAN ELECTROCUTED. London. December 24. Wbitakcr, an electrician, was electrocuted on the stage of a girls' school at Rochester. He was superintending the limelight during an operetta. While handling an arc lamp his wet boots touched the regulator. THE INSURANCE ACT. London, December 22. The twenty-second special conference of the General Federation of Trades Unions, with a membership of a quarter of a million, unanimously decided to form a separate section of the Federation to become an approved society under the Insurance Act.