GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 109, 24 September 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

RAIDING AN EXPLORER. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. Received 23, 11.10 p.m. London, September 23. Burglars stole jewels and silver valued at £4OO from Bernacci'ts the Antarctic explorer's residence.

A DISASTROUS FIRE. Brisbane, September 23. A fire at Messrs Groth and Company's oil and paint manufacturing premises in Georgo street to-night, scorched the roof of the Empress Picture Theatre, next door. Groths' three storey building was gutted. The damage is estimated at £40,000. INSUFFICIENT FREE-BOARD. Received 24, 12.20 a.m. London, September 23. The Board of Trade attributes the wreck of the North Briton to insufficient free board, and recommends an enquiry with a view to a revision of the rules, which were altered in 1900.

A CRUISER'S TRIAL. London, September 23. The battle-cruiser Princess Royal did 34 knots in her trials at Barrow-in-Fur-ness. TIIK NEW ZEALAND. London, September 23. Captain Lionel Tlalsey has assumed command of tiie New Zealand, which is ready to leave the Clyde on her ollicial steaming trials. PRESS CABLES. London, September 23. The Western Union Company is taking press messages for Australia and New Zealand, via the Pacific, at a. word ordinary, and 4 1 /« d a word deferred. A CANADIAN FIRE. Ottawa, September 23. Tommy Burns' clothing establishment at Calgary, Albert, has been burned down. The damage is estimated at ten thousand dollars. SUNDAY THEATRES. London, September 23. A meeting of musiehall artists at the Trocadero protested against Sunday opening. TIIE ARMY MANOEUVRES. London, September 23. The King, in an Army order paper, pays a tribute lo the zeal and energy of the ••rmy. He says that lie is satisfied that the present training is conducted on sound lines. A RAILWAY COLLISION. Paris, September 23. Two excursion trains came into collision at Caen. Eight passengers were killed and twenty injured.