GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 65, 3 August 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

CLYDESDALES FOR AUSTRALIA. 8 By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. 0 London, August 1. | The New South Wales Government has 1 purchased the Clydesdale stallions Clan- I dale for £4.j(), Robin Adair for £SOO, 1 and Royal Warden for £420, and threo I inares in foal for £l3O each for Govern- 8 raent farms. | A TYPHOID OUTBREAK. Ottawa, August 1. The typhoid outbreak which began a fortnight ago has attained alarming proportions. There are f>o new cases daily, and 80 since yesterday. The total number of cases is 525, awl seven deaths have occurred. The hospitals arc full, and an emergency hospital, opened three days ago, is lilling rapidly. The citizens want the city to pay the expenses. Nurses are scarce. The civic authorities are pouring chloride of lime into the Ottawa river. The Government I holds that until pure water is provided, I people should not be induced to come to the town. A DESPERATE CRIMINAL. New York, August 1. At Los Angeles gaol a prisoner named j John Valshik killed C. H. Mullen and fatally wounded Lewis Noell and Martin Nondez, fellow prisoners. Valshik, who i was acting as a waiter, concealed a knife, j He stabbed Mullen in the head; Noell ! was cut in the back, and had. an arm nearly severed, and Nondez was stabbed near the heart and face. 1 THE DUTCH TARIFF BILL. The Hague, August I. The Dutch Government has amended the Tariff Bill, which enables reprisals 1 to bo made against foreign nations which unduly raise duties on Dutch products. RAILWAYMAN KILLED. Ottawa, August 1. Ray Blair, a brakesman, was shot dead at Calgary hv a tramp who was stealing a ride on the train. The tramp succeeded in making his escape. A JEWEL ROBBERY. St. Petersburg, August 1. One hundred thousand pounds' worth of jewels were, stolen from Princess Sliakouski at Moscow, including a gem valued at £IOO,OOO, which belonged to j the wife of Peter the Great. 1