GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 272, 14 May 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

THE ■ By Cable —Press Association —Copyright, j St. Petersburg, May 12. j Twenty sailors oil' warships at Hel- j singfors have been brought in irons to i St. Petersburg for attempting to hold a requiem for the Lena victims. A RAILWAY COLLISION. London, May 12. Owing to a driver losing control of a coal train, comprising 41 trucks, at Cardiff, the train gathered momentum with the gradient and dashed into another coal train going in the same direction. The driver and lireman were seriously injured. THE AUSTRALIAN CENSUS. London, May 12. Mr. Coghlan, Agent-General for New South Wales, correcting newspaper conclusions regarding the Australian census, predicts that the addition to the population during 1912 will be about 140,000. A BIG H AUL. London, May 12. Ruppenthal, a German waiter, has been arrested on a charge.of theft at Pari- of jewellery valued at £30,000. PRECOCIOUS THIEVES. Paris, May 12. Two thieves aged nineteen, after they had exchanged numerous revolver shots with the police, were arrested for attacking a septuagenarian lady at Coursevois and robbing her of jewels, title deeds and a quantity of money. TOM MANN. London, May 12. The South Wales Miners' Federation passed a resolution sympathising with Tom Mann in his unjust sentence. JOINING HANDS. London, May 12. The Morning Leader has been incorporated with the Daily News and styled the Daily News and Leader. A SOCIALIST DEMONSTRATION. Berlin, May 12. The Social Democrats organised a de- > momt ration of protest against the cxpulsion from the Prussian Diet of Bot- | chard. Socialist, who was removed for i riotous conduct. Several thousands paraded the streets singing the "MarIseillaise." The police with drawn swords scattered the demonstrators, several of whom were wounded. A liumj ber of arrests were also made. PORTUGAL IN AFRICA" j Paris, May J2. j Senhor Bhadas, the Portuguese M'inisr ter at Paris, discussing the reported Anglo-German negotiations respecting the Portuguese possessions in Africa, states that, while Portugal opposes any j cession, it is perfectly willing to en- ! courage commercial development by a 15 per cent, reduction of duties. "SHAKESPEARE'S ENGLAND." London, May 12. "Shakespeare's England," organised by Mrs. Cornwallis West, has been inaugurated at Earl's Court. It reproduces Elizabethan buildings, sylvan scenes, and many other attractions. It is drawing immense crowds. FORMIDABLE ARMAMENT. ) London, May 12. Mr. Gledhill. of Armstrong and Whitworths', speaking at the Iron and Steel Institute, hinted at the production of a new 18in. gun, weighing from 150 to 200 tons, "TREASURES ON EARTH." London, May 12. Lord Wenlock's estate has been proved at £510,487, yielding £07,000 in death duties. He bequeathed only £4OO to old servants, stating that heavy death duties Mere the reason of the smallness of bequests. Emilv Soldene'.s estate has been certified for probate at ,£BIO.