GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 64, 2 August 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

PROTEST AGAINST PROFANITY. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Now York, July 31. Four -hundred members of the Dressmakers' Union struck in a Brooklyn Factory on account of the profanity of the foreman of the male employees. The strikers hope that others will join as a protest against profanity. SHIPPING RECIPROCITY. Paris, July 11. The Canadian Ministers have interviewed the French Government regarding reciprocity in shipping certificates; and port customs arrangements. THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER. Paris, July 31. A sensation has been caused through ■Madame Bridge-man Rertrand, a wellknown author, shooting dead Madame . Bloch, a society lady, in the fashionable quarters of La Madeleine. She declares that Hadamc Bloch was a rival for her husband's affections. A CHINESE RANK. Pekin, July 31. Dr. Sun Yat Sen and General Huangh Sian, at Shanghai, are founding a foreign and Chinese bank, with a capital of two million sterling. The Chinese share has been subscribed. The bank would not have been established if the foreign loan had been floated. HORSE THIEF CAPTURED. Ottawa, July 31. | William Ropp, the most notorious | horse ehief in the Western Country, has been captured by the polise after a 1500 miles chase. ALLEGED DYNAMITE OUTRAGE. New York, July 31. At the trial of Darrow at Los Angeles, accused characterised all the evidence against him in the 'bribery case as false. A ROYAL GIFT. New York, July 31. King George presented the New York Tatch Club with a cup to take place of the one presented by King Edward, the latter to he retained as a memorial. A PAINTER'S ESTATE. London, July 31. Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema's estate has been proved at £59,000. TROPICAL MEDICINE. London, July 31. Mr. Austen Chamberlain presided ove-r. a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce to obtain £ 1.00,000 to extend the London School of Tropical Medicine. Of this amount £28,000 was subscribed. CAPTATN AMUNDSEN. Christiania, July 31. King Haakon gave audience to Captain Amundsen.