GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 170, 24 January 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

ANTI-RITUALISTS RAID A CHURCH. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, January 22. Kensitites entered St. Matthews' Church at Sheffield and carried off a Jife-sized effigy of the Virgin Mary. TlJey then took train for York, where they delivered the statue at the Archbishop's palace, demanding that he stop ritual. COXNAUGHTS' VISIT TO NEW YORK. New York, January 22. The visit of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught to New York will be made the occasion of lavish entertainment. The programme includes tours round the city. Luncheons and dinners will be given by Messrs. Whitelaw Reid, Ambassador to England, Ogden Mills, banker, and other leaders of society. PURE FOOD LAWS. New York, January 22. Dr. Wiley, chief Government chemist, has been held unblameable on the charge of attempted evasion of the pure food laws of the United States in employing another outside chemist expert to aid the work of the Bureau. The investigation was held at the instance of Mr. Taft. INTENSE COLD IN GERMANY. Berlin, January 22. There is intense cold in Eastern Germany. Sixteen fatalities have been reported. SCARCITY OP HORSES. Vienna, January 22.' There is a scarcity of horses in Austria-Hungary, 20OJ00O having been exported since 1908. ; BEET SUGAR CROP. [ London, January 22. 1 Professor Licht estimates that the production of beet sugar has decreased by 1,576,000 tons, but the total for the season is unaltered.