GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 238, 6 April 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

A SOCIALIST DEFEAT. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. New York, April 3. The only Socialist Mayor in the United States was defeated. All parties combined to drive the Socialists out. Mayor Scigel occupied office for a year only, and the citizens nominated Dr. Badkiner against him, the result being an overwhelming majority for Badkiner. A DARING INVASION. St. Petersburg, April 3. Ten masked men invaded a restaurant at Rostoff on the Don, in daylight, and killed the proprietor and cashier. They ordered the customers to put their hands up, and robbed them of valuables. They murdered two waiters and escaped. REVOLUTIONARY AMERICA. St. Petersburg, April 3. The Senate tried 146 Armenian revolutionaries for attempting to establish a Caucasian Republic. Fifty-two were sentenced to terms ranging from three months to six years' imprisonment. COAL FOR THE PHILIPPINES. Sydney, April 4. The American War Department is inviting tenders in Australia for 60,00 tons of coal for the Philippines. HOOLEY'S BANKRUPTCY. London, April 3. Mr. E. T. Hooley admitted that his liabilities were £25*2,173, while his assets were nil. He had given his wife £79,000. PORTUGUESE BANDITS. Calcutta, April 3. The Portuguese commander, twentyfour sailors, fifty police, and a detachment of soldiers had a sharp fight at Caranjuim, in the Portuguese Indies, defeating five hundred armed bandits, who assaulted the Hotel Bicholim. Many bandits were killed, and niue Portuguese were killed or injured. THE CHANTILLY OUTRAGE. Paris, April 3. Blazins, an alleged anarchist, has been arrested on a charge of harboring Donnot, one of the alleged perpetrators of the Chantilly outrage. JAPAN TN MEXICO. Washington, April. 3. The Senate passed a resolution requesting information bearing on the reported Japanese activity in Magdalena Bay, Lower California, Mexico. A VOLCANIC EXPLOSION. Tokio, April 3. There have been some violent eruptions iii the Minarayama cone in Oshima Island. The streams of lava threaten the villages. The inhabitants escaped in fishing boats. INSURANCE PROPOSALS. Received 5, 12.30 a.m. London, April 4. The Medical Association has prepared a scheme as an alternative to the insurance proposals, unless the Government coincides with the doctors' amendments to the Act. The scheme meets the needs of those unable to pay ordinary fees. THE MINES PHTHISIS BILL. London, April 4. The Mines Phthisis Bill imposes on mines an annual liability of £480,000, or 5 per cent, on the last twelve months' dividends.