GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 109, 16 January 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

CANADIAN MINERALS. By Telegraph—Press Association. . Ottawa, January 14. ' Canadian mineral production in 1911 totalled £21,000,000, an increase of 14 per cent. The gold production exceeded 1 £2,000,000 and the silver £3,400,000. A SCHOONER CAPSIZES. New York, January 14. The four-masted schooner Admiral capsized at the entrance to the Columbia river, at Astoria, Oregon, after colliding with a jetty upon which it had been driven during a gale. The crew had previously landed. FATAL MOTOR ACCIDENT. New York, January 14. Two men and three women were drowned while motoring on an ice-cov-ered stream at Trenton, New Jersey. The ice broke. A third man of the party escaped. FIRE AT LEPER COLONY. New York, January 14. The buildings at the leper colony at New (Bedford have been destroyed by fire. It is believed some inmates perished. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. Monte Video, January 14. A decree compels all passenger vessels trading to Uruguay to be fitted with wireless telegraphy by May 1. A MILLIONAIRE'S ESTATE. London, January 14. The net personality in the estate of the late Sir Cuthbert Quilter has been proved at £1,035,976. AMY CASTLES AT HOME. London, January 14. Miss Amy Castles was accorded an enthusiastic reception at a ballad concert. at Queen's Hali. COLLAPSE OF A ROOF. Lisbon, January 14. The roof of the infirmary at Sao Thome collapsed, three persons being killed and ten injured. 'i HUDSON BAY RAILWAY. Ottawa, January 14. . The Government has decided to proceed with the Hudson Bay railroad, reletting the contract which was dissolved subsequent to the Federal election. THE UNWRITTEN LAW IN AUSTRIA. Vienna, January 14. A Hungarian lieutenant named Bartel has 'been acquitted on the ground of selfdefence on a charge of killing Lieutenant Lazar, who eloped with Bartel's wife - . \M AN EXTRAORDINARY AGITATION. Madrid, January 14. There is an extraordinary agitation to secure the commutation of the execution of the seventh Cullera prisoner. The King and Premier each received numerous deputations, and it is expected the King will submit in order to prevent an outburst of popular excitement. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IXFRANCE." t Paris, January 14. ( The Ministry of Agriculture is testing various serums for a remedy for foot and mouth disease. The year's loss from foot and mouth disease is estimated at £8,000,000.