GENERAL CABLES.
CRIMINAL BANKRUPTCY. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Cairo, May 2. George Zervudakhi, a financier at Alexandria, has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment for criminal bankruptcy. His liabilities totalled £2,700,000. A FATAL DUEL. Berlin, May 2. Lieutenant Sprenger was killed at Rastadt in a duel with pistols with Dr. Bruening, an army surgeon. THE CANVEY ISLAND BILL. London, May 2. A committee of the House of Lordsthrew out the Canvey Island Wharf and Railway Bill. SEA SAFETY APPLIANCES. Berlin, May 2. A hundred representatives of shipping companies and maritime organisations will be sent to the conference, initiated by the Kaiser, to discuss safety appliances at sea. Herr Delbruck will preside. THE GERMAN ARMY. Berlin, May 2. The budget committee adopted a new clause to the Army Law, increasing the army by two army corps. A PROPERTY SOLD. London, May 2. The Duke of Orleans has sold his property at Wood Norton to Mr. Justice Eady. THE TEXAS. Constantinople, May 2. The Vali (Governor) of Smyrna states that the battery fired seven shots at the steamer Texas, but the foundering of the Texas was due to a collision with a mine. THE LENA CASE. St. Petersburg, May 2. The Minister of Commerce, speaking in the Duma, said that the Government would make the fullest inquiry into the recent affray at the Lena Gold Company's works, and would introduce a Bill regulating the conditions of labor, FEDERATION OF CHURCHES. Hohart, May 3. | The Presbytery at Hobart adopted a ! resolution favoring the closer federation of all Presbyterian churches, with preference for the present scheme for the | union of the Presbyterians, Methodists, i and Congregationalists.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 201, 4 May 1912, Page 2
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