GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 307, 24 June 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

A RAILWAY ACCIDENT. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. London, June 21. The Liverpool-Leeds expresa jumped the rails near Hebden Bridge. Three carriages were telescoped and four people were killed (one being decapitated), and twenty injured. A ROYAL RESCUE. Berlin, June 21. Prince Joachim, while cruising at Kiel, rescued the crew of an overturned boat. A BY-ELECTION. London. June 21. , In the by-election for Holmfirtli Division of Yorkshire, the voting was:— Arnold (Liberal) 4749, Ellis (Unionist) 3379, Lund (Labor) 3195. THE CHINESE LOAN. Pekin, June 21. The bankers of the six Powers have agreed on terms, and are prepared to negotiate a China loan of £60,000,000. PUNISHMENT FOR ESPIONAGE. Berlin, June 21. At Frankfort, Nicolas, an Alsatian sculptor of Metz, was sentenced to five years' penal servitude for espionage. It was a secret trial. Three Germans, a French woman, and an American will be tried shortly. THE COAST DEFENCES BILL. The Hague, June 21. The Government lias withdrawn tile Coast Defences Bill, including the mucb-talked-of fortifications of Flushing. THE POPE AT THE PICTURES. Rome, June 21. The Pope witnessed at the Vatican a cinematograph representation of the in--1 auguration of the new Campanile at St. Mark's, Venice. CAPTAIN AMUNDSEN. London, June 21. Captain Amundsen has been awarded j the Royal Scottish Geographical Society's Livingstone gold medal. 1 i THE PRINCE OF WALES, i London, June 21. ! The Prince of Wales has returned from France to celebrate kie coming of age on Sunday. THE JAPANESE TARIFF. London, June 21. Mr. Robertson, Under-Secretary of the Board of Trade, replying to Mr. Peto, denied that the new Japanese tariff, as modified by the AngloJapanese Trasity, would have any injurious affect on British trade as a whole. Though Britain's cotton and woollen exports had declined, other goods had more than correspondingly increased. LONDON'S ACCIDENT ROLL. London, June 21. During last year 14,254 people Were injured in the streets of London. Of 410 fatal accidents 228 were due to motor vehicles.