GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 232, 29 March 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

TRADE SECRETS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, March 27. Franz Winsen, a (Jerman, was fined £SO for endeavoring to induce an em-ployfe"-of the Velvet Embossed Company at Leeds to disclose trade secrets. A FATAL CYCLONE. ; Buenos Ay res, March 27. During a violent cyclone in the city and surrounding districts eighteen persons were killed-and fifty injured. A DISASTROUS FIRE. Calcutta, March 27. Three hundred houses at Peshawar have been burnt and many people are destitute. COLLAPSE OF A' TUNNEL, Berlin, March 27. •A tunnel under the Spree caved in, flooding a section -of the city tubes at night time when the traffic had ceased. A ROYAL LINGUIST. London, March 27. The Prince of Wales will visit Paris next week and will remain some months for the purpose of perfecting his French. He -will be the guest of the Marquis de Breteuil. HOULDER BROS. London, March 27. The Financial Times states that the rise in Houlder Bros.' preference share* to £5 10s is due to the probable amalgamation with Furness and Withy and Company, enabling Boulders to continue to carry frozen meat to an increased number of ports of call. A DESPERATE RUFFIAN. St. Petersburg, March 27. A youth named Ratkewitsch, a magistrate's son, who is extraordinarily degenerate, has been sentenced to eight years' hard labor for strangling and stabbing a young , girl. Thirty-five wounds were found in the body of the girl. Ratkewitsch's diary showed that he sought to analyse his own feelings while mutilating his victim, whom he selected at random. The faict that the prisoner was a minor mitigated the sentence. AN ALPINE DISASTER. New York, March 27. _ Two wealthy Englishmen, Covington and Albert, while climbing Mount Bernardino, were caught by an avalanche and swept with tremendous force down the north side of the mountain. The avalanche hurled them aside into a huge sijotr-bahk, and their lives were thus saved. THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY. New York, March 27. The Primaries held throughout New York State for the appointment of Republican delegates to the Chicago Convention resulted in an overwhelming majority in Mr. Taft's favor, although New York was regarded as a stronghold of ■ Mr. Roosevelt.