GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 270, 11 May 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

TI-IE STRATFORD EXPLOSION. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, May 9. A second victim has succumbed as the i\sult of the gas explosion at Stratford. AN OCTOGENARIAN TYRANT. London, May 9. The wife of the Rev. Mr. Tanner, the vicar of Dundry, near Bristol, ihas obtained a separation from her husband, on the ground of cruelty. Mr. Tanner is 80 yeats of age. THE CANADIAN RAILWAY COMMISSION. Ottawa, May 9. Sir Thomas Tait, formerly chairman of the Victorian Railway Commission- ■ ers, is spoken of as likely to be the new chairman of the Canadian Railway Commission. TOM MANN GAOLED. London, May 9. Tom Mann has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment in the second division. A BIG ESTATE. , London, May 9. The will of Mr. Hoffnung has been proved for £89,568. MILITARY TRAINING SCHOOLS. London, May 9. Colone; Bridges, the Australian, has visited the chief military schools of France, Germany and Belgium. Everywhere 'he was most cordially assisted. BURGLARS AT BAY. Vi'enna, May 9. Thirty policemen exchanged shots with three burglars at Inn for an hour and a half. Two were arrested 1 and the third committed suicide. A MILLION FOR SUBMARINES. Berlin, May 9. The estimates provide for a million sterling for submarines. A FANATIC CONFINED. London, May 9. Samuel TTenry, the local preacher who ! fired a revolver in the central hall of I the House of Commons, and who was j discovered a few days later wounded in I his house, whvre his "wife was lying dead j with her throat cut, has been committed to an asylum.