GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 304, 20 June 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

A SALUTARY PUNISHMENT. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, Juno 18. Frederick Crowley, who was arrested in February for distributing literature at Aldershot calling on soldiers not to shoot strikers, has been sentenced to four months' imprisonment. PHENOMENAL SHOOTING. London, June 18. At the meeting of the National Rifle Club of Scotland, Armorer-Sergeant Martin scored 74 in fifteen shots at 900 yards, 75 at 1000 yards, and 73 at 1100 yards. THE MONARCHIST INVASION. Lisbon, June 18. Captain Conceiro was tried in Absentia and sentenced to six years for leading the Monarchist invasion in October last. Seventeen others were also senteacei. , •, ARTIFICIAL RUBBER, London, June 18. After long competition, Dr. Perkin, discoverer of artificial rubber, forestalled the Germans in taking out patents "by three months. MIXED MARRIAGES. Ottawa, June 18. Another marriage case is pending in the Quebec courts. Mr. Justice Brulau endorsed the nullification pronounced by the Roman Catholic authorities. The case is between two fourth cousins. The wife, De Patie, sues the husband, Tremblay, contending that the civil law does not recognise any such ground of divorce. DISASTROUS INUNDATION. New York, June 18. A dyke broke near an Indian village on the Colorado river, and a great portion of the village was destroyed and some lives lost. The Indians made a great raft of logs, and floated it dlown the river and attempted to swing it across the gap. It was a perilous expedient, but was partly successful. SASKATCHEWAN ELECTIONS. Ottawa, June 18. At Regina tlio Saskatchewan Provincial Legislature has dissolved. The elections will be held on July 11, and it is expected that they will turn chiefly on reciprocity. THE COST OF LIVING. Ottawa, June 18. The cost of living is still ascending in Canada. There has been a rise of ten points in standard! commodities recorded during the past month.