GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 82, 23 August 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

RUBBER-TAPPERS PCX [SI lEU. By Gable.—Press Association.—Copyright Singapore, August 21. Thirty-eight rubber-tappers have been sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for the murder of Mr. Mackav. GLACIER BLOCKS' RIVER. Ottawa, August 21. Cable advices from Alaska announce a glacier burst in the Miles Lake district, causing the Copper river to rise twelve feet in a few hours. The railroad was swept of!', and a bridge destroyed. Extensive damage has been (lone, but it is -not yet known if any lives have been lost/ "SHERLOCK HOLMES." London, August 21. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in a booklet, demands an (inquiry into the case of Oscar Slater, convicted of murdering Marion Gilchrist at Glasgow in December, 1908. ITe searchingly analyses the unsatisfactory evidence. AN EXTRAORDINARY .STATEMENT. London, August 21. The Standard publishes a singular story stating that Mr. Churchill directed the recent naval manoeuvres by wireless telegraphy, afterwards summoning the admirals to Whitehall and lecturing them on their handling of their ships. THE SAN FRANCISCO EXHIBITION'. London, August 21. The Standard says that Britain has accepted the principle of an invitation officially to participate at the San Francisco Exhibition, and the intimation lias given the greatest satisfaction in Washington. CANADIAN SHIPPING CASE. Ottawa, August 21.

Owing to no explanation being given for the dismissal of Kiely, chief officer of the Canadian Pacific Company's steamer Mount Royal, the National Union of Masters and Mates demands his reinstatement, besides the increase of officers' pay; otherwise they will prevent . vessels sailing to-morrow. The olliccrs of the same company's steamer Montreal will not sign unless the dispute is settled this evening. EDWARD TERRY'S ESTATE. London, August 21. The net personalty in .the estate of the late Edward Terry has been proved at £IO.OOO. ' TRADE WITH CALIFORNIA. San Franeiscoj August 21. ' Mr. 1?, E. Quinn, Acting-Commissioner of Trade for New South Wales, who is investigating conditions throughout California, urged that tluu Pacific Coast should establish textile manufacturios, as Australian wool could be shipped to San Francisco cheaply, thus building as great an industry as now exists in England. Mr. Quinn also suggested that the importation of Australian meat would greatly reduce the cost of living in California.