GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 314, 2 July 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

A VESSEL SAVED. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. i London, June 30. The King Arthur was stranded at Bahia on May 1 and the underwriters settled on her hull for £II,OOO as for a total loss. The vessel has since been refloated and brought into harbor.

BRITISH REVENUE. London, June 30. British revenue for the quarter ended June 30 was £38,747,000, customs £7,472,000, excise £8,040,000 stamps, £2,410,000.

HEARTLESS MOTORISTS. Berlin, June 30. Motorists knocked down and killed a sergt-major of Gendarmerie at WeiMar. With incredible callousness they dragged him to the roadside, placed hfs helmet on his head, and drove away. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. London, June 30. Three Irish cows suffering from foot and mouth disease have been sent to the Liverpool abattoirs, and further import from Ireland is prohibited. THE MICHELET ACCIDENT. Paris, June 30. Much anxiety is felt over the accident on the cruiser Michelet. The consensus of opinion is that defective powder caused the emission of the vapour of amy! alcohol. The officers demand that .-.11 powders manufactured up to the present year should be destroyed and an inquiry ordered. I THE BUNKER'S HILL GUN. Ottawa, June 30. The Government has refused to return the captured Bunker's Hill gun, although requested to do so by several patriotic associations in the United States. The Government is prepared to give up the gun if the United States will give a quid pro quo in the shape of some of their captures. THE FRAM'S CREW. London, June 30. Fourteen of the crew of the Fram have arrived in London, en route to Norway. The majority will rejoin Captain Amundsen for his northern dash. THE CAPE SHIPPING DISPUTE. Capetown, June 30. General Botha, speaking at Rivcrsdale, paid a tribute to Sir Owen Phillies, and said he still hoped there would be a settlement of the shipping dispute before September. It was impossible to allow Government freights to be tied up for a long period.