GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 191, 10 February 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

JAPANESE NAVY. . By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Tokio, February 8. The Asahi Shimbun states that, at a -secret session of the Budget Comniission, the Minister for Marine declared that the irreducible minimum' for the navy was eight super-Dreadnoughts and eight Dreadnought cruisers, to be begun in 1913 and completed in 1020 at a cost of £35,000,000. THE BOTTOMLEY CASE. London, February 8. The official receiver considers that Mr.' Bottomley's proposal fails to provide reasonable security to the judgment creditor for £50,000, who, in June, 1911, agreed to accept 10s in the £,. payment to be by instalments spread over ten years, and to withdraw his charges of fraud. DICKENS MEMORIAL FUND. London, February 8. The fund for the grand-daughters of Dickens has reacted £IO,OOO. ' AN EFFECTIVE WEAPON. New York, February 8. At Denver, Colorado, a custard provided the means of frustrating a daring hold-up in a cafe. A waitress, seeing a man looting a cash drawer, threw a hot pie in his face. The man dashed screaming into the street, and was afterwards captured. THE FLOODS IN PORTUGAL. Lisbon, February 8. The Government has voted £20,000 for flood relief. Corpses, merchandise, furniture, and debris are floating down the Tagus. A MURDERER SENTENCED. London, February 8. A Russian coster named Abramovitch has been sentenced to death for the murder of Millstein and his wife in Spitafields in December. WOMAN'S FRANCHISE. Ottawa, February 8. The extension of the franchise to women in provincial elections only is made part of the Ontario Government programme. CHURN FACTORY BURNED. Melbourne, February 9. A churn factory at Gisborne has been destroyed by fire, the damage being estimated at £SOOO.