GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 245, 16 April 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

A TORNADO. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright New York, April 14. A tornado at New Camorio, Missouri, levelled a number of houses. Several persons were killed. A FRAUDULENT BANKER. Ottawa, April 14. Dr. Beattie Nesbitt, ex-president of the Farmers' Bank of Canada, which failed in 1011, has been arrested at Chicago and charged with having falsely represented the bank's positron. An investigation has disclosed alleged irregularities. I QUICK RETRIBUTION. Paris, April 14. A Servian student with a revolver killed his fiancee in the street, and then fled on a bicycle. The police pursued and exchanged shots witli the student, who was killed. IRRIGATION IN INDIA. Calcutta, April 14. The Viceroy opened the Upper Mhenab section of the Punjab canal, which, when completed, will irrigate two million acres. PATROLLING TRADE ROUTES. London, April 14. A cruiser squadron will be formed at midsummer, consisting of the Cornwall, Cumberland, and four others, to patrol the trade routes and .show the flag in various parts of the world. VIA WIRELESS. London, April 14. Mr. Charles Bright, consulting engineer to the Australian Commonwealth, interviewed, commented on the Imperial Government's progress in connection with iriter-Imperial wireless, as compared with its lukewarrnness regarding Imperial cables. He suggests the appointment of a commission to enquire into the relative values df cables and ethergraphs.

TANGIER TO FEZ. Paris, April 14. 'Newspapers consider the despatch of surveyors for a railway from Tangier to iFez, as demonstrating the intention to hasten the organisation of Morocco without awaiting the result of the negotiations with Spain. THE STANDARD OIL TRUST. I Berlin, April 14. The Government having abandoned ! the project of a State oil monopoly, ['German dealers are organising a protecI tioh deague for the purpose of fighting I the Standard Oil Trust

"AN ACT OF GRACE." Berlin, April 14. The Kaiser, in a rescript, decided that a medical officer who refused on religious grounds to fight a fellow officer in a duel cannot remain in the army, because he does not share the views of his equals in such matters, but inasmuch as he did not give occasion for the insult to which he was subjected, he will be permitted, as an act of grace, to resign. A EONGRIDE. Sydney, April 13. Birtles has concluded a motor ride from Fremantle to Sydney, covering the 2600 miles in 28 days.