GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 293, 7 June 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

WHITE MISSIONARIES. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. Received 6, 10.20 p.m. Sydney, June 6. The Bishop of Polynesia has returned from a visit to England, where he arranged for an increase of his staff of white missionaries to twelve. CONSTABLE MURDERED. Ottawa, June 6. Constable Davies, of the North-West Mounted Police, was found on the prairies at Medicine Hat with a bullet through his heart. It is suspected that he was murdered by the Indians. A DIAMOND FIND. Ottawa, June 6. A rich discovery of diamonds is reported from Ungava, in the Hudson Bay Territory, and a great rush has set in. A LUCKY GAMBLER. London, June 6. 'Marcus Cotton, a Birmingham jewellery merchant, won £40,000 in a Calcutta sweepstake. * THE TITANIC LESSON. Washington, June 6. The Commerce Department is issuing regulations based on the lessons oi the Titanic wreck, compelling lake and coasting vessels to comply with the oceangoing regulations covering the numbers of lifebelts and lifeboats to be carried.

THE WIRELESS CONFERENCE. Received 7, 12.20 a.m. London, June 6. Mr. Samuel, in inaugurating the international wireless conference, welcomed the delegates of four languages—French, German, Italian and Spanish. THE SANDOW INSTITUTE. London, June 6. The Central Medical Council has erased the name of Dr. James Wallace from the register for associating himself with the Sandow Institute. A PICTURE SALE. Paris, June 6. The Doucet collection has been sold. Mr. Henri Rothschild paid £26,400 for a Latour pastel, which was auctioned in 1903 for 6000 francs. Seventy-four drawings and twenty-two pastels realised £132,504. EIRE ON A STEAMER. Capetown, June 6. The Elder-Dempster cargo steamer Canada is afire. She was towed out of the harbor and beached. The vessel is doomed.