GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 226, 22 March 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

A SUFFRAGETTE S.' .TENCED. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, March 20. A suffragette at Pitfield has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment in the second division. The magistrate said the sentence would have been severer but that accused was suffering from illness. CARD SHARPERS. Berlin, March 20. Count Wolff Metternich was acquitted on a charge of card-sharping, but found guilty of defrauding a waiter and sentenced to a week's imprisonment. Buich was sentenced to thirty months' imprisonment for card-sharping. A SCOTTISH DIVORCE. London, March 20. The Edinburgh Court of Session granted a divorce against Stewart Gray, one of the "hunger marchers" for adultery. ALLEGED GERMAN SPIES. London, March 20. Four alleged German spies have been arrested in the .precinct* of St. Helen's fort, the Eastern defence of the Isle of Wight. FRENCH SUSPECTS EXTRADITED. London, March 20. "Monte Carlo" Wells and the woman, Peris have been ordered to be extradited on a charge of fraud. BANK OF AUSTRALASIA. London, March 20. The balance-sheet of the Bank of Australasia shows that the deposits are £17,414,474, cash andi securities £B,979,677, bills £15,892,890. INCREASED COST OF BUILDING. Sydney, March 21. Giving evidence before the Rents Commission the Acting T Director of Public Works said that a house costing £370 to build seven years ago would now cost £SOO.