GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 101, 14 September 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

THE ARMY MANOEUVRES. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, September 12. The troops who are manoeuvring in East Anglia were put to a severe tefsi by the: cold and rain. They bivouacked for two nights in the downpour without lires. Thirty -thousand men, constituting a column ten miles long, marched twenty miles on a single road. A RUSSIAN VISITOR. London, September 12. M. Snzonoff, Russian Minister tor Foreign Allah's, will pay a visit to the King at Balmoral ,at the close of the army manoeuvres, when Sir E. Grey will be in .attendance. SEA PRECAUTIONS. London, September 12. The White Star Company's new liner Britannic will bo provided with a complete inner skin, and the 'height, of the watertight compartments will be increased. THE EUCHARISTIO CONGRESS. Vienna, September 12. The Eucharistie Congress opened with striking .splendor. Enormous crowds were present. The delegates include eight archbishops and iiftr bishops, EXPLOSION OF FIIIEDAM 1". Berlin, September 12. An explosion of firedamp at Duisburg killed live miners. PLAGUE OF FIELD MICE. Paris, September 12. The Minister of Agriculture is seekI ing a credit of £IO,OOO to combat the j plague of field mice in the eastern dc- ■ payments. EARTHQUAKE IN SAN FRANCISCO. San Francisco, September 12. A sharp earthquake caused some exJ eitement in the business district, but J no dnmage was done, and the shock only J lasted for a few seconds.