GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 204, 26 February 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

| DISASTROUS FIRE i:; A MINE. By Telegraph—Press Association. New York, February 23. 'A fire broke out in the Western Coal Company's mine at Colgate, Oklahama. Eighty men were cut off, but many dashed to safety, escaping in the nick of time. Six dead bodies have been recovered, and it is believed that forty men are still entombed. Rescuers are active, but it is believed that there is not much hope. TRAINS HELD UP BY SNOW. Ottawa, February 23. A heavy snowfall at Toronto is holding up trains on all sections. In Ontario the snow is a foot deep. Many citizens feel, the exceptional cold. Telegraph communication is interrupted. RUSSIA AND SWEDEN. . Stockholm, February 23. Eight hundred copies have been gold of Sven Hedin's book urging the increase of the Swedish army and navy, to withstand Russia's advance against Norway and Sweden. THE DELHI WRECK INQUIRY. London, February 23. The verdict of the inquiry into the Delhi wreck was that the vessel was not navigated with proper seamanlike J care and that her loss was due to the master's default. Considering the master's unblemished character, the trying ! circumstances and the ability shown by him after the casualty, the Court rej trained from dealing with his certificate. PUBLIC DEGRADATION OF A TRAITOR. Paris, February 23. _ Corporal Descaampes, who was convicted of stealing a mitrailleuse and selling it to Germany, and subsequently sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment was publicly degraded at Chalons. EMIGRATION ARRANGEMENTS EULOGISED. London, February 23. Mr. Gwynne, presiding at the East Kent Colonising Association's meeting, eulogised the arrangements at Australian ports for meeting emigrants, and the action of the Australian clergy in welcoming' them.

JOURNALIST SUES SPORTING TIMES. London, February 23. In the action brought, by William Lotinga, a sporting journalist, against Corlett, of the Sporting Times, Lotinga complained that the Sporting Times unjusftiflabfy .attacked him during his bankruptcy proceeding.

YORKSHIRE COACH HORSES. _.. ■ . London, February 23. King. George has started a stud of Yorkshire coach • horses at Hampton Court. *

POWERFUL BANK AMALGAMA- , TION:

Ottawa, February 23. The Montreal Press reports a pending amalgamation of the Montreal Bank with the Union Bank, and states that if the merger is consummated the new bank will be one of the strongest in the world financially.

CANADIAN BY-ELECTION. .- Ottawa, February 23. Mr. Graham, ex-Minister, has been reelected' fop. Renfrew, defeating Dr. Molony, but the majority has been reduced Sir Wilfrid Laurier • played a prominent part in the contest.

ALLEGED GERMAN SPY ARRESTED. - London, February 23. _ A German stoker, who is a naturalised Englishman, has -been arrested for espionage at Christiana aboard H.M.S. Foxhound, a torpedo'destroyer, on which vessel he had served for eight inonths. Be was discovered making notes in cipher, and was conveyed in irons to Chatham.

"NE TEMERE" DECREE IN. CANADA. , Ottawa, February 23.' The Canadian Government has referred, the "he temere" decree to the Supreme'Sburt of the Dominion, asking it to decide whether the laws of the province of Quebec render null and void unless contracted before a Roman Catholic priest, any marriageß that would otherwise be legally binding »