GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 85, 27 August 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

THE BIRTH OF NONCONFORMITY. By Cable—Press Association.—Copyright l London, August 25. | In many Nonconformist churches today reference was made to the 250 th anniversary of the ejectment of Puritans from the Church of England, and the birth of Nonconformity. A RACE WAR. New York, August 25. At Springfield, Illinois, a negro chauffeur, named Johnson, murdered Ruth Powers and then committed suicide. For a while there was every prospect of a repetition of the bloody race riot of four years ago, as people did not beliove Johnson had committed suicide. Coroner Rhodes averted the trouble by announcing that peoplo could view the body of the murderer.

THE ARIZONA EARTHQUAKE. New York, August 25. Prospectors at Flagstaff, Arizona, report that enormous earth fissures have resulted from the great earthquake, and hundreds of cattle and sheep have been destroyed. Steam is pouring out from the fissures, and there are continuous rumblings. . A TELEPHONE DISTURBANCE. London, August 25. The fusing of a wire in the test box at the General Post Office paralysed thousands of others. The loss of power interrupted communication inland and on the Continent. Temporary emergency measures prevented a complete isolation in London. It is feared that it will be a week before a normal service ia restored. The wires are being rapidly repaired, and a full and efficient service will be restored to-morrow.

THE TITANIC INQUIRY. Vienna, August 25. As the outcome of the Titanic inquiry new regulations have been gazetted requiring a sufficiency of boats and other safety precautions. GERMANY'S NAVY. Berlin, August 25. The battleship Goelen has concluded her trials. Under forced draught for several hours a miximum speed of 28.4 knots was attained, on a consumption of coal below the estimate. The fact that the speed was in excess of previous i vessels of the same class is the more tc- ' markable, owing to an alteration inI troducing a stability keel to prevent rolling.

THE SARAWAK RUBBER LANDS. ! London, August 25. " <The Pall Mall Gazette supports the determination of the Rajah of Sarawak to prevent oil and rubber lands, belonging to the people, falling wholesale into the hands of. foreign capitalists. It adds: "They would be exploiters, who would consider the conditions the Rajah imposes in the interests of the natives too stringent." A MEAT BOYCOTT. Berlin, August 2a. A Widespread meat boycott is going I on in many towns of Wurtemberg, owing to extravagant prices. The Tageblatt says the movement protesting against the exclusion of. foreign meat and cattle is extending. A PAYABLE BURGLARY. 1 Rome, August 25. | Count Sormani's residence at Milan was I entered 'by burglars and £4OOO worth |of coins and £SOOO worth of jewellery was taken.

TROUBLE IN PERSIA. Teheran, August 25. The tribesmen rushed Bander Abbas and raided the premises of several 'British subjects. ITALIANS FOR THE ARGENTINE. Rome, August 25. A decree has been issued by the Government permitting the resumption of emigration to the Argentine. PICNICKERS DROWNED. Paris, August 25. A pleasure boat containing seven poetmen upset at Onival, on the Somme, and four were drowned. A TRAIN DERAILED. Brussels, August 25. A train was derailed at Chatelineau, and went over an embankment. Several persons were injured. A FREAK ENTERTAINMENT. New 'York, August 25. Cornelius Vanderbilt gave a freak entertainment, in a specially fitted theatre, to a thousand guests, at a cost of £SOOO. THE WRONG TRAIN. New York, August 25. Three armed masked men, at Cleveland, Ohio, who were seeking to rob the express, held up a freight train in error and secured only a small sum. UNITED STATES ARMY BILL. . Washington, August 25. Mr. Taft signed the Army Bill. The Houses conferred, and after an excited session the 3111 was adjourned to the December session. A BANK HELD UP. Ottawa, August 25. Six desperadoes held up a bank in the Cedar Cottage district and escaped in an automobile with £IOO. They fired wildly in the streets, and a fleeing bystander was wounded.