GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 179, 27 January 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

GOVERNMENT J( By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, January 25. In response to an invitation issued on January 8, the Board of Trade has received 80,000 applications for appointments in connection with labor exchanges and unemployment insurance. ESCAPE FROM A CRUISER. London, January 25. The cruiser Vigilant arrested an Ostend trawler in the prohibitive area of the Firth of Clyde. While both were anchored at Campbelltown the trawler slipped her anchor, extinguished her lights and escaped. A LABOR PAPER. London, January 25. At the Birmingham conference Mr. Mac Donald announced that a company was being formed with a capital of £150,000 to establish a daily Labor newspaper. Trades unions and others had promised £60,000. COLLISION AT HONOLULU. New York, January 25. The cruiser Colorado and the American liner Cleveland collided at Honolulu. The Cleveland was considerably damaged. The collision was due to the pilot of the Cleveland dropping dead on the bridge. VANITY, THY NAME IS WOMAN! New York, January 25. Mrs. Longworth, ex-President Roosevelt's daughter, has introduced< a new fashion. At a ball at Washington she appeared in glass-heeled dancing slippers, which created a sensation. She : also wore white tulle shoulder wings. | A PLAY VETOED. I London, January 25. Lord Chamberlain has vetoed Zangwill's play, "The Next Religion." A BUXYAN MEMORIAL. London, January 25. The Bunyan window was dedicated in Westminster Abbey with an impressive service. The Primate was present, and Dr. Clifford and four leading Free Church ministers assisted the Dean «f Westminster. THE THAMES IN FLOOD. London. January 25. There have been extraordinary rains in the Thames valley. Streets in Maidenhead have been submerged, hundreds of cottages isolated, and thousands of acres flooded.