GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 55, 23 July 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

CHURCH UNION. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, July 21. The Bishop of Liverpool visited the Wesleyan Conference, and welcomed the members as brothers. He said he looked hopefully towards 'the time when all would be one again. Union should not be a compromise for the sake of peace, but comprehension for the sake of truth. He paid a tribute to Wesleyan foreign missions. THE CHURCH AND PRIZE-FIGHTING. Ottawa, July 21. The Social and Moral Reform Council of Canada is seeking to prevent the fight between Tommy Burns and Rickarcl. An appeal has been made 'to the Attorney-General to prohibit prize-fight-ing. A COOLIE RIOT. Hague, July 21. Advices from Banca Island, near the Celebes, report that three hundred Chinese coolies started a riot, attacked the manager's office at the tin mines, and killed one man. They defied tile troops who were called in, and the latter were forced to fire on them, killing six and wounding twelve. GERMANY IN AFRICA. Berlin, July 21. The Crown Prince is planning a visit to the German colonies in Africa, and hopes to represent the Kaiser in East Africa in 1914, at the celebrations of the inauguration of the last section of the railway to Lake Tanganyika. MURDER OF A PRIEST. Bucharest, July 21. A priest, who rebuked three peasants at Tatatreste for leading a loose life, was murdered with a hatchet, along with his wife and seven children. One of the peasants has been arrested.

THE BOY SCOUTS. London, July 21. Lord Rosebery, addressing the Boy Scouts in Midlothian, described the movement as the best and most helpful started in his lifetime. THE JAPANESE RICE CROP. Tokio, July 21. Prospects of a good rice crop are evident, and prices are falling. A DUTCH EXHIBITION. The Hague, July 21. M.M. Barto and Vandenbreuk have organised a successful Holland-Austra-lian exhibition in Amsterdam. They will shortly proceed to Australia and New Zealand to report on opportunities for the extension of trade. A TRAIN DISASTER. Paris, July 21. An express from Paris was derailed at Pup-de-Dome, and several persons were killed or injured. FATE OP A SPY. Paris, July 21. •A workman at Toulon has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment for having attempted to sell military documents. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE 1 . London, July 21. Thirty-five Irish cattle arrived at Carlisle infected with foot and mouth disease.

A STEAMER ASHORE. London, July 21. Howard Smith and Co.'s new steamer Time was being towed to Hartlepool to receive her engines when she became stranded on the sands at Seaton Carew. The vessel is in a position from which it will be difficult to refloat her. A VALUABLE ESTATE. London, July 21. The estate of Mr. Macfarlane, who was drowned by the upsetting of one of the boats after the Oceana had collided with the Pisagua, has been valued at £151,634, The will was recovered from the wreck.