GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 233, 30 March 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

A HANDSOME DONATION. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, March 28. A further donation of £50,000 has been received by London University . IX PURSUIT OF THE MOTOR. Paris, March 28. Eighteen hundred additional police are being enrolled and repeating rifles are being served wherewith to puncture the tyres of fleeing motor cars. THE OCEANA'S* SPECIE. London, March 28. Divers entered the strong room of the Oceana and recovered a case of gold and specie and some silver bars. Operations are progressing. THE SEDDON CASE. London, March 28. One hundred thousand people have signed the petition for the reprieve of Seddon, recently convicted of murdering Miss Barrow. * AN EYE FOR AN EYE. New York, 'March 28. Following an old quarrel, in which ex-Mayor Snow, of Oakland, California, fought an assailant named Goldman, the latter after his release from the penitentiary ambushed Snow in the Assemoly Rooms of the First Congregational Church. A revolver duel followed, and Snow was taken to the hospital dying. Goldman is dead. Goldman had served five years in a penitentiary after his first attack on Snow, who while Mayor had incurred his'enmity. I A "GET RICH QUICK" SCHEME, i New York, March 28. iMr. Lee de 'Forrest, chief of the American de Forrest Wireless Company, has been arrested and charged with misusing (the mails with intent to defraud. It is alleged that he floated a fraudulent company exploiting the Radio-Telephonic Company. Other arrests are pending. THE DICKENS FUND. ! London, March 28. The Dickens Centenary Fund has been closed. The amount received was £12,000, thus assuring the grandchildren of Dickens £l5O each annually. I WEST INDIAN RECIPROCITY. Ottawa, March 28. Delegates from the West Indies are 'conferring with the Government regardI ing reciprocity on an extensive basis, j Jamaica is not represented, because Jamaicans fear retaliatory tariffs by the United States. CHURCH UNION. Ottawa, March 28. The Presbyterian Church of Canada voted, by nearly three to one, in favor of church union. The Methodist and Congfegational vote is not completed.