GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 301, 17 June 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

CONTRABAND OF WAR.. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 16, 5.5 p.m. Brussels, June 16. The authorities detained the Glasgow steamer Edith, suspecting that she was about to embark 150 Portuguese Royalist and 50,000 cases of ammunition. A STONEWALL. Brussels, June 16. The Persian deputies, profiting by the Government's anxiety to pass the Defence Bill, stonewalled the attempt to force the creation of a Lemberg university. One deputy spoke uninterruptedly for thirteen hours, and was removed in an unconscious condition. A GENEROUS EMPLOYER. St. Petersburg, June 16. Hinkel, a German merchant at Moscow, has bequeathed his business, with a fortune of half a million sterling, to his employees.

FATAL TRAIN WRECK. Ottawa, June 16. By a train wreck at Moose Jaw two engineers, two firemen and two brakesmen were killed, and twelve passengers injured. The cars fell into a gulch. THE ALASKAN ERUPTIONS. Ottawa, June 16. Terror-stricken Indians are flocking to the coast from the volcanic regions of Alaska. They report a considerable death roll. Some villages are a foot deep in ashes. The fish canneries have been compelled to stop work r as the water is clogged with ashes. DECLARATION OF LONDON. London, June 14. The Manchester Guardian has commenced opposition to the Declaration of London. It states that the whole history of the Declaration negotiations is a grave warning against the Foreign Office's persistent neglect of current opinion.