GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 203, 24 February 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

ACCOMMODATION FOR EMIGRANTS. | By Cable—Preat Association—Copyrigkt. London, February 22. Mr.'Coghlan states that the remarks in the British Australasian, concerning the lack of emigration accommodation, do not 'apply to New South Wales, which has secured all the accommodation required. ESCAPE FROM A FORTRESS. Lisbon, February 22. Twelve men, charged with conspiracy, escaped from the fortress of Altododuque by lowering themselves with knotted ropes. SENTENCE FOR FRAUD. Paris, February 22. Sister Candide, who was charged with fraud, has been sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment and fined 1000 I francs and ordered to restore various sums of money. BIG COTTON FIRE. Bombay, February 22. The cotton fire lasted twelve hours and was the most destructive in the history of India. It caused a speculative rise of two or three rupees per candy (5601b). A JAPANESE LOAN. St. Petersburg, February 22. A Mukden telegram states that the Khutukhta of Mongolia accepted the i Japanese loan owing to Russia's failure | to reply to the request. i . ; THE WRECK OF THE DELHI. London, February 22. At the Delhi inquiry Captain Hay-! wood, in evidence, said that his chart I was dated 1905, and that an up-to-date | chart showed alterations in soundings. BOMB OUTRAGES IN PARIS. Paris, February 22. Four bombs exploded in different taxi-cab garages. Two chauffeurs were injured and a number of cars wrecked. FAST STEAMER SERVICE. London, February 22. The Pall Mall Gazette state's that negotiations have been opened between the Canadian Government and British capitalists for establishing a 24-knot service, bringing the Dominion within four days of the Motherland. PICTURES FOR NEW ZEALAND. London, February 22. i Mr. John Baillic has sent to New ] Zealand 500 representative British pic- } tures valued at £20,000. These will be | exhibited for a month each at Auckj land, Wellington, Christchurch, and | Dunedin municipal galleries. | RAILWAY MOTOR SMASHED. Sydney, February 23. In a collision between a railway motor I and a goods train at Newnes, the motor I was smashed and four passengers injured, but not seriously. ( TRAGEDIES OF THE "NEVER ) NEVER." i Perth, February 23. ■ Frederick Best, a native of New Zeaj land, and John McGrath left Onslow in I January, seeking employment in the in'terior. Their bodies were found near I Minderoo. Both died of thirst.