GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 286, 30 May 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

FATAL BICYCLE ACCIDENT.

By Cable—Press Association—Copyright.

London, May 28. Arthur Heppel, a well-known bicycle trick diver, was killed at Brighton pier, m the presence of thousands of holidaymakers.

A ROYAL WILL. London, May 28. The estate of the Duke of Fife has been sworn at a million pounds. The document has been sealed, it being regarded as a Royal will.

NEW SOUTH WALES ROWERS. London, May 28. The New South Wales rowers visited Oxford during Eights Week and dined in New College hall. They will start training to-day.

FOOD FISHERY REGULATIONS. Ottawa, May 28. The United States Commissioner, Mr. Hedges, is here seeking to induce the Canadian Government not to withdraw from the fishery agreement in consequence of the 'failure of the United States to keep faith as to the proposed food fishery regulations. THE AMERICAN NAVY. Washington, May 28. Efforts are being made to induce Congress to reconsider the naval ship-build-ing programme. The representations include assertions that Germany designs to break the Monroe doctrine by the annexation of parts of Brazil. The' antiAmerican tone of some Gorman newspapers is the subject of comment. A CURIOUS DISASTER. Ottawa, May 28. The river steamer Mildred missed the locks at the canalised portion of the Lievre river and wont over the dam backwards. The crew leaped into the water and escaped. There were no passengers on the steamer, the boilers of which blew up. The craft is floating in fragments down the river.

ROMAN CATHOLIC PICTURES. Rome, May 28,

The Papal decree allowing cinematoJ graph pictures to be taken of services (in Catholic churches extends to Britain ] and Greater Britain. It vests a veto tin the bishop, and the parish priest must be present as censor, and the I sexes seated strictly apart.

A PICTURE THEATRE BURNED. Madrid, May 28.

j While a cinematograph performance jwas being given before ISO spectators {in an old abop, a spark set fire to the jbuilding. The door was barred and the ■'other exit was blocked by the flames. A few escaped through the fire. Out of sixty bodies which have already been recovered only 22 were identifiable.