GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 68, 7 August 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

LESSOX TAUGHT BY TITANIC. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received C. 9.20 p.m. London, August 6. The White Star Line has decided to place a double *kin on the third vessel of the Olympic class now being built at Harland and Wolffs yards, Belfast. The shell will cost ..€70.000, and be placed three feet from the outer hull. It will absorb a quarter of a million feet of cubic spaee. HOEY'S MURDER. Sydney, August«. At the inquest on Noey a verdict of murder was returned against Theogose. VICTORIAN OAT CROP. Melbourne. August <5. The area under oats shows a large increase, being 1,292,700 acres, against 837,383 last year. EXTRAORDINARY CLOUDBURST. London, August 6. An extraordinary cloudburst occurred at Greenock. Shops were Hooded, and trains stopped. BANK HOLIDAY FATALITIES. 1/ondon. August C. There were seventeen boating fatalities on Bank Holiday, due to the boisterous weather. COWES REGATTA. Loudon. August li. The King and Queen of Spain were present at ('owes regatta. The Germania defeated the Mi icor and Shamrock T. in the race for the International Challenge Cup. THE TYPHOID EPIDEMIC. Received (i. 11.20 p.m. Ottawa, August 0. A hundred cases of tvj.hoid fever were reported at Calgary in ten days. LEl'Eiis ESCAPE. Receive;! 7. 12..V. ...111. Bri-Vi'ie. AugtM 0. Two tepir- .--'iij.i .1 ;'r..;i! l'--l l-land S»:it;..n "li Eri:!e-.-. enl -■■ <■■■)■ are mi-