GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 67, 6 August 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

A BOMB EXPLOSION. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright, i Constantinople, August 4. Two bombs exploded in Uie market at Uskub. Two Jcwh and '.yZ Bulgarians) w'ere killed, and 14 wounded. A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE Athens, August 4. The inhabitants of Ikaria, in desperation at t»ho repressive measures, imprisoned tho Turkish officials and gendarmes, and the islanders 'then proclaimed their independence. AX ALPINE ACCIDENT. Paris, August 4. Mademoiselle Van Goethen fell oveur a precipice on the Domenon Glacier, and was suspended for eight lioiww, wJiile her 'brother .held her by .heir skirts till help ariirved. She subsequently died of congestion of the brain. SEA SCOUTS. London., August 4. Companies of sea scouts are Seing establisliiedl to inculcate sea training, including the handling of boats and reading signals. KRUPP'S CENTENARY. Berlin, August 4. I Five days' festivities will be observed at Essen by the '71,000 employees. Krupp's works, in celebration of tho firm's centenary. Tho Kaiser will attend. The hands, numbering 821, who .'have worked for the. firm for 50 years, will be specially feted. I ' AN ABANDONED CHILD. * Berlin, August 4. A young, and beautiful woman while motoring stopped in t'he countryside at Rohdie.ii.itz T'htiringisii, and gave a peasant woman an envelope saying ''The basket contains a baby, rear it kindly." She gave the woman an envelope containing £4OO and drove off before the peasant could answer. A GERMAN PROTEST. Mexico City, August 4. The German Minister,, Heir Von Ilintz'e, has requested the American Consul, Mr. Wilson, to order an investigation into the haudiling of two Germans at. Nogales, Arizona, United States.