GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 157, 2 January 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

GETTING IT BACK. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. New York, December 30. Three labor union officials, for aiding the strike on the Harriman lines, will be prosecuted under the anti-trust laws, on a charge of restraint of trade. This is the first prosecution of the kind in the United States. HOTEL ROBBED. London, December 29. Thieves ransacked a hotel at Brighton, securing several thousand pounds' worth I of jewellery. THE SALVATION ARMY. 1 St. Petersburg, December 29. The Government has excluded the Salvation Army from Russia. POISONED PAUPERS Berlin, December 29. There have been other isolated cases of poisoning and colic, including some at another shelter shed for the homeless. THE YUKON TERRITORY. Ottawa, December 29. Mr. Mcßride the Premier, denies that British Columbia intends to seek the annexation of the Yukon territory, and declare® that one province is enough to administer at present.

SEVERE COLD IN MANITOBA. Ottawa, December 29. Forty degrees below zero has been registered on the Manitoban prairies. Snow elides on the Rockies are holding up west-bound trains. MR ROOSEVELT AND THE PEACE BANQUET. NewmYork, December 29. j Mr. Roosevelt's!refusal to attend the Peace banquet was due to his disapproval of the recent peace efforts of President Taft, as shown by the arbitration treaties. FRENCH MEAT FAMINE. Paris, December 29. Owing to the continuance of the meat famine the duty on frozen and salted meat and bacon has been reduced from 25 francs per 100 kilos to 10 francs.

THE FREE CHURCHES. London, December 29. The Congregational statistics for 1911 show a slight decline in membership, and there was a decrease of 12,547 Sunday scholars as compared with 1910. The Baptist figures also show slight decreases in membership and scholars. CHURCH AND STATE IN PORTUGAL. Lisbon, December 29. The patriarchs of Lisbon, the Bishop of Guarda and the administrator of the bishopric of Oporto have been ordered to quit for two years their respective districts for persistently opposing the organisation of the Worship AssociaI'M*. 1 jjjirr —r —-.ii ESCAPE MOM A FORTRESS. Berlin, December 29. Lux, a French army captain, who was undergoing six years' imprisonment for espionage, escaped from the fortress at Glatz by filing the bars of his cell window and descending into the street with a rope made of plaited twine. LASCAR MURDERS AN OFFICER. Colombo, December 20. A Lascar murdered McCrea, second engineer of the steamer Clan Lamond, bej tween Aden and Colombo. The Lascar has been sent to Calcutta for trial.