GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 311, 28 June 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

A BAD LOSER. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 27, 9.10 p.m. Vancouver, June 2(5. Joseph Barry, the American pugilist, was arrested on his arrival by the Zealandia, on n charge of assaulting the fourth ollicer, Webb. Barry was playing cards and. losing his money, attacked a player, and Webb intervened. CALCUTTA'S HARBOR. Calcutta, June 27. A commission has been appointed to report oil the harbor warehouse and Customs facilities and future needs. A FRANCO-JAPANESE BANK. London, June 27. A Franco-Japanese bank, with a capital of a million sterling, has been subscribed in. France and Japan. Its principal object is to promote Japanese industrialism. SMALL HOLDINGS. London, June 25. In the House of Commons. Mr. Runcimnn said that the small holdings movement was- growing. There were 8548 unsatisfied Applicants for 134,000 acres. The real difficulty was to supply land good and cheap enough. CATHOLIC SCHOOL UNIVERSITY. London. June 27. The Times' Dublin correspondent says that Cardinal Loguos, in a speech at Maynoth, hinting at a National Uni- : versity. said that, the scheme does not enjoy the Catholic Church's confidence iu several important respects. A FATAL EXPLOSION. I Paris. June 27. A cartridge exploded while being inserted in a gun on the cruiser Jule.s Michelet. It killed a sailor and wounded three officers and twenty men, several fatally. THE ADELAIDE RAILWAY ROBBERY. Adelaide, June 27. In connection with the railway robbery. two watchmen have been dismissed and two clerks disrated for alleged carelessness. UNSIGNED ARTICLES. Melbourne, June 27. Six proprietors of the Argus were fined 20s each and f> gns. costs for publishing an unsigned article commenting on the Werriwa election candidates, in contravention of the new Electoral Act. This fircf ptiso nf it.s kind.