GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 249, 20 April 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

1 _ A SHIPPING PURCHASE. By Cakle—Presa Association—Copyright Received 19, 11.35 p.m. '' London, April 19. The New Zealand Shipping Company has signed the purchase of the whole of n Houlder Brothers' Company's Antral* n ttaian business, including four large 0 steamers. Holder's preference shares v fare quoted at 85s, 87s Cd. 4. WIRELESS INSTALLATION. r Received 19. 11.35 p.m. London, April 19. j The Marconi Company is about to establish direct wireless communication between London and New York. 1 A RUSSIAN St. Petersburg, April 18. There has been serious lighting at the gold washings of the Lena Company-at Irkutsk between soldiers and workmen, 107 workmen being killed and eighty wounded. t THE TROUBLE IN FEZ. Tangier, April 18. f The native troops in several quarters t of Fez revolted and several Frenchmen , were killed. The embassy, however, is < safe and troops have arrived from Mequinez. BANK OF AUSTRALIA. London, April 18. > The profits of the Bank of Australia • are £124,647, and a dividend of 7 per • cent, has been declared on preference shares and 5 per cent, on ordinary , shares; £40,000 is added to the reserve, • £2OOO to the provident fund, and > £25,042 carried forward. . ] REAPING THE WHIRLWIND, i New York, April 18. A tornado wrecked the housi* in ( several Louisiana towns and many persons were buried in the wreckage. A cloud burst and floods accompanied the tornado and did much damage to the crops. { A FRENCH ROMANCE. London, April 18. t The memoirs of Madame Stenheil, con- • fidante of M. Felix Faure, once president of the Republic, have been published. The book published by Madame' Steinheil, M. Felix Fame's confidante, does not reveal any political mysteries confided by M. Faure, though it contains romantic details of a valuable pearl necklace. » A LARGE CHEQUE. London, April 18. In connection with the acquisition by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company and Elder, Dempster and Co. of the ordinary shares of the Union-Castle line of steamers, the former company has been handed by Donald Curric and Co. a cheque for over £5,000,000, said to be the second largest on record. CHINESE MURDERERS. Pekin, April 18. Six Chinese have been executed as guilty of the murder of Mr. Wicks, an American clergyman, on March 24. PERCY PLANTAGAXET BIGWOOD. j London, April 18. j Mrs. Bigwod has obtained a divorce 1 from Percy Bigwood, late of New Zealand. a well-known sportsman, on the grounds of his bigamous marriage with Carrie Moore, the actress, in 1008, at Sydney. | A COLONIAL MUSICIAN. J _ London, April 18. I Miss Ivy Widmore won an associate--1 Bhip of the College of Music and also . the Charlotte Holmes exhibition. THE BARR&W MURDERER. London, April 18. Frederick Reddon. who wis convicted of the murder of Elis«abcth Barrow, hag. been executed. He made no confessibn. A SERTOI'S CHARGE. London, April 18; ! Leed, a caricaturist, was charged at i Brentwood Police Court with having | shown pictures to little girls on Ealing Common. Manv witnesses were called !us to his character. Leed was allowed | baiU