GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 205, 27 February 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

THE TROUBLE IN .1 LUOR. By Association—Copyright. 1 Sydney, February 20. The 'steamer Aldenham, from the East, reports conveying four companies of Portuguese soldiers from Hong Kong to Timor to quell the rebellion. When she sailed there were about 600 soldiers on the island, and they were rapidly establishing peace. BRANDON'S ESCAPE DENIED. London, February 25. The commandant of the fortress and his friends deny Brandon's alleged attempt to escape. DARING JEWEL .ROBBERY. New York, February 25. Another daring robbery has taken place in Maiden Lane. The robbers gained an entrance to the vaults of a wholesale jeweller's, blew up the safe with dynamite, and secured £4OOO worth of jewellery. Hundreds of private detectives are guarding the premises of other jewellers.

TRAIN WRECKED. New York, February 25. Salt Lake City reports that greased rails caused the wreck of a train and the loss of four lives at Bingham. The engine fell over an embankment, landing on_ the roofs of a bank and another building. It is believed that grease wai placed oa the rails by a revengeful employee. LATE DUKE OF FIFE. London, February 25. Arrangements for the burial of the late Duke of Fife provide for an exceedingly quiet interment. AMERICAN STRIKE RIOT. New York, February 25. At Lawrence, Massachussetts, foreign residents roused the police, taking children whose parents are imprisoned in connection with the strike to the police station. Riotous scenes ensued, the militia was called out, and there was a fierce affray. A number of arrests were made. DUTCH NEW GUINEA. London, February 25. Dr. Wollaston, leader of the British Museum expedition sent to Dutch New Guinea in 1905, is organising a new expedition to Dutch New Guinea, and expect* to leave England jn May. SNOW STORM IN SIBERIA. St. Petersburg, February 25. One hundred and sixty-five persons were frozen to death during the snowstorm in Omsk district, fifty-four of these being employed on public works. GERMAN SOLDIERS POISONED. Berlin, February 25. A hundred and eighty non-commission-ed officers at the training school at Potsdam have been seized with gastric intestinal catarrh. ALLEGED CONTEMPT OF COURT. London, February 25. The High Court is hearing the application of the Prudential Assurance Company that Bottomley be imprisoned for contempt of eourt, alleging that he published a slanderous article in the newspaper John Bull, because the Prudential refused to participate in the bankruptcy scheme.'

A CANADIAN LOAN. . London, February 25. The Canadian loan of £5,500,000 at 3Y S per cent, has been issued at 98. It is intended for. redemption purposes. RUSSIAN SUICIDE EPIDEMIC. St. Petersburg, February 25. There have been 42 suicides in four days, the majority being by poison. A number of suicides occurred in the streets. The average age of the persons committing suicide was under 24 years. The League of Life and other antisuicide societies have been fruitlessly attempting to stay the epidemic.