GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 105, 19 September 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS CARNIVAL. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. Received 18, 9.40 p.m. Sydney, September 18. Cold rain succeeded the unseasonable hot spell. Six thousand children participated in the splendid tableaux displays at the public schools' carnival, in the presence of a great gathering of scholars and parents. Rain partially spoiled the function.

FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION. Received 18, 9.45 p.m. New York, September 17. The boiler in a malt-drying plant at Elgin, Illinois, exploded. The buildings were wrecked. Three employees were killed and several injured. MON ETARY STRING ENC Y. Washington, September 18. A monetary stringency is impending throughout the United States, necessitating the Government depositing funds in the national banks, which require money to handle the grain crop, which is worth ten thousand million dollars. AN ADMIRALTY APPOINTMENT. London, September 18. Rear-Admiral Waymouth has been appointed Director of the Naval Equipment Branch of the Admiralty. THE TURKISH EARTHQUAKE. London, September 18. The Turkish Ambassador announces that the recent earthquake destroyed 32 Government buildings, 11,000 dwellings and shops. 35 mosques, and 11 churches in the Gallipoli and Rodosto districts. It partially wrecked 5000 dwellings. Eleven hundred and fifteen people were killed, and 2122 injured. Twenty-nine thousand required assistance. TOWN v. COUNTRY. Ottawa, September IS. The census has disclosed a strong rural-to-city movement of recent years. Consequently the Redistribution Bill will provide for largely increased representation in the larger cities. A shifting of the political centre of gravity from Eastern to Western Canada is becoming obvious. WRECK OF A LINER. Received 10, 12.5 a.m. London, September 18. The steamer Dacre Castle, from Yokohama to New York, went ashore at Formosa in a typhoon. It is feared that she is a total loss. She was valued at £200,000. THE WAR OF THE AIR. Loiiuon, September 18. An armored ship will be laid down in 1012. provided with a new gun against all air-craft attacks. She will fire shrapnel at 9000 yards at an elevation of eight degree*. j FOULING A MINE. Constantinople. September 18. The Barrowmore fouled a submarine mine off Salonica. She has a hob' twelve feet square in her hull. The authorities accusal the captain of disregarding signals. FLOODS IN SYDNEY. Svdney. September 18. It is reported that the rivers are rising and big floods are pending. Stock-owners are warned to remove the bulk of their stock. There have been some losses. Four men who took refuge in trees have been rescued. A BOY DROWNED. Received 10. 10.15 p.m. •Sydney. September 18. In the Murrunibidgee flood a boy named Ryan roped a drifting log and was dragged into the river and drowned.