GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 189, 8 February 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

CANADIAN FISHEi>...S. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Ottawa, February 6. The Federal Government is preparing to establish a number of up-to-date fishery cruisers on the Pacific Coast to endeavor to capture United States poachers, who frequent the fishing grounds in hundreds. SKI-ING IN CANADA. Ottawa, February C. Princess Patricia's partiality for skiing has made that sport tremendously popular in the capital. The Princess astonished the crowd by suddenly appearing and making a fine descent of a steep hill. A JILTED PEASANT'S REVENGE. Madrid, February 6. A peasant in the Bilboa district, armed with a scythe, attacked a bridal procession entering a church and severed the head of the bride by whom he had been jilted. He also wounded others. The assailant has not yet been captured. FRANCE IN THE SAHARA. Paris, February 6. A French column at Taraat, Sahara, captured Attiei, chief of the Hoggars tribe, and author of the massacre of Colonel Flater's railway mission in February, 1881. NEW GERMAN BATTLESHIP. Berlin, February 6. It is officially announced that the battleship Ersatz-Scheimdall, now known as Friedrich-der-Grosse, which is being completed at Hamburg, is of 24,500 tons, with guns approximately the same as the Neptune's. THE SPANISH NAVY. Paris, February 6. The Dreadnought Espana has been launched at Ferrol. DISCONTENTED VINE DRESSERS. Paris, February 6. Discontented vine workers devastated eight hundred square metres of vines at Rille. TAXI-CABS FOR MACHINE GUNS. London, February 6. The Army Council has decided that taxi-cabs shall be used for the transport of the machine guns of the cyclist battalions. LIFE-SAVING SOCIETY; London, February 6. In connection with the twenty-first anniversary of the Royal Life-Saving Society, Mr. Henry, secretary, emphasised the efficacy of the Australian school. MADAME MARCHESI. London, February 6. Madame Marchesi has settled in London, transferring her school from Pans, and is joining the Blanche Marchesi Academy. SUFFOCATED IN BED. London, February 6. A man and his wife were found dead in bed at Harlow, and their five children are in a critical condition, caused by the fumes from a fire in the bedroom. DRIVING OUT SOCIALISTS. New York, February 6. At Milwaukee the citizens of all parties are combining to drive out the present Socialist administration, which is the only Socialist civic administration in America..