GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 186, 5 February 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

DEFECTS IN,A CRL.^R. By CaW»—Pmm A#f»«iattoß—«»jyri£it. Sydney, February 3. The cruiser Promotheus, en route for China, put in at Amboina Island, owing to further; defects in her boilers. The Cambiian has been ordered to Amboina Island to convoy the Prometheus to China. SAMOAN MARRIAGES. Berlin, February 2. Dr. Solfe, Secretary for the Colonies, has issued an order forbidding marriages of Germans with natives of Samoa. Marriages already contracted will be treated as legal and the children thereof considered Germans, but future offsprings of irregular marriages will be treated as natives. GREEK PRINCE WELCOMED. Sofia, February 2. The Crown Prince of Greece, who is on a visit in connection with the coming of age of Prince Boris, of Bulgaria, received an ovation. A TERRIFIC STORM. New York, February 2. An earthquake at Cordova, Alaska, led to a terrific storm sweeping the • Alaskan coast. Stores at Cordova were wrecked by lightning and plant destroyed. NEW STEAMERS. Ottawa, February 2. Mr. Bosworth, vice-president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, announces that new Pacific steamers are being built for the Oriental trade. They will be convertible into war cruisers. CANADIAN CABLE CHARGES. i Ottawa, February 2. i J Mr. Pell'ehier, Postmaster-General, inI tends to press the Imperial Government ) for further reductions in cable tolls through the Empire, particularly with reference to Canada. SUFFRAGETTES DISAPPOINTED. } London, February 2. I Twenty suffragettes awaited at Charing Cross the Premier's Teturn from the Continent, and vainly endeavored to intercept him. OBITUARY. Capetown, February 2. The death is announced of MajorGeneral Scobell, from enteric fever. THE CAMMORIST TRIALS. Naples, February 2. The judges and jury in connection with the Cammorra trials, accompanied by a force of Carbineers, visited Bagnoli, the scene of the dinner at which the Cam- !' tnorriste decided on the murder, and also Torre del Greco, where the murdered man, Cuocolo, was found. A mob, in- • stigated by Cammorrists, endeavored to disturb the examination, but the Carbineers drove them off. j HEAVY SNOWSTORMS. j London, February 2. Heavy snowstorms in the north are { impeding traffic. I CHURCHMEN'S SOCIAL OBLIGA- ) TIONS. London, February 2. The Bishop of Oxford, addressing the (Christian Social Union at Westminster, 1 denounced churchmen's traditional indifference to social obligations. The Church, and the people ought not to do i mere salvage work when too late, but should assist in the abolition of the slums and other evils, thus giving the ' I masses a chance to reach a higher level.