GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 202, 23 February 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

A VETERAN RE"7RES. By C*bl»—Pr«M Association—Copyright. Ottawa, February 21.' The resignation is announced of Mr. Shea after 25 years as President of the Legislative Council of Newfoundland. Mr. Shea is 92 years of age. He was for 57 years a member of the Upper House. A GIFT FROM THE POPE. Rome, February 21. The Pope has sent £IOOO for the relief of sufferers from the flood in Andalusia. ATROCITIES IN BULGARIA. Constantinople, February 21. The Bulgarian Chief Donjo, incensed by the refusal of the Bulgarian inmates of a mill at Petrich to support revolutionary propaganda, raided the mill and killed eleven of the unarmed inmates.

A LAUNCH ACCIDENT. Rangoon, February 21. The launch which capsized in the Irrawaddy belonged to the Flotilla Company. The disaster was caused by a strong eddy. "THE GREAT MILLIONAIRE" BANNED. ' Berlin, February 21. The censor has prohibited the production of Mr. Cecil Raleigh's drama, "The Great' Millionaire," because of the scene depicting a bread riot. THE JUNG FRAU RAILWAY. Rome, February 21. After sixteen years spent in building the Jungfrau railway, it has reached the saddle, two thousand feet below the top. TRAINS COLLIDE IN TUNNEL. New York, February 21. At North Adams, Massachusetts, a freight train collided midway through' the Voosac tunnel with a crowded Boston express. The wreckage of the freight train caught fire, and four trainmen "were burnt to death. The tunnel is blocked completely. The passengers escaped from the express train. The heat was so great that portions of the tunnel collapsed. OIL,AS FUEL. London, February 21. ! The Liverpool Journal of Commerce announces that orders have been placed with yards on the north-east coast for the construction of 21 oil tank vessels adapted for the consumption of oil or ■ coal. They include eight 15,000 tonners I and eleven 9000 tonners. | A MOTOR CAR ACCIDENT. j Paris, February 21. A telegram states that an excursion car used along the coast at Nice collided with a motor car in which was Lord [Dudley. The occupants of the excursion car were thrown over the parapet, , several being seriously injured. Lord I Dudley escaped injury.