GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 311, 28 June 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

A DISHONEST MESSENGER. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Berlin, June 20. Brunning, a messenger of the Dreadner Bank, has disappeared with £13,000. GOVERNMENT BILLETS. London, June 2G. There have been 45,000 applications for 20 appointments on the outdoor staff of the English Health Insurance Commission'. SHOP ACT NOT ENFORCED. London, June 2(5. Many shopkeepers, particularly drapers, are ignoring the Shops Act, but there have been only a few prosecutions. The Times alleges that the Government is not at present trying to enforce the law. A RUSSIAN INTRIGUE. Vienna, June 26. In order to secure State papers from St. Petersburg, which were in the possession of a Bulgarian general named Ivan Sarafoff, some Servian conspirators set Are to the steamer Koenigin Elizabeth at Galatz. Sarafoff escaped in a boat, but several other passengers were drowned. The conspirators escaped. HARASSING THE JEWS. St. Petersburg, June 20. The Governor of Kieff has served a thousand Jews with a week's notice of expulsion. AN OLD MASTER. Berlin, June 20. A Rembrandt, recently sold in London as a copy for a few pounds, realised £22,500 in Germany, where it was pronounced an original. . STORMS IN THE ANDES. Santiago de Chili, June 20. Fresh storms in the Cordilleras and Andes seriously damaged the ChiliArgentine railway, and traffic will be interrupted for two month?.