GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 115, 1 October 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

A TAXI-CAB TRAGEDY.

By Cable—Press Association-Copyright.

Received 30, 10.5 p.m. ' London, September 29

Francis Dudley, a music-hall performer, was shot three times and killed in a taxi-cab in Fenchurch street. His companion, Edward nopwood. believed to be a professional man, was arrested while attempting to commit suicide.

DEATH DUTIES. London, September 29. An additional £917,000 death duties has been secured, representing three large estates, including Wills's, of tobacco fame.

GALE'S COMET. London, September 30. Gales' comet is now visible here.

SAFETY AT SEA. Received 1, 12.15 a.m. London, September 30. The Shipowners' Parliamentary Committee passed a resolution severely criticising the Board of Trade's new lifesavhur regulations, which subordinate ,hip-owners' responsibility with regard to the design and equipment of vessels to departmental responsibility thus gravelv imperilling the safety of life.

TUBERCULOSIS. London, September 30. The Medical Association states that the Sickness Insurance Committee has drafted a scheme effectively to dea with tuberculosis. It provides for placing each district under a tuberculosis othcer to act in conjunction with the patients doctor. The former is to determine the method of treatment.

A MOTOR SENSATION. Paris, September 30. K powerful motor-car was stolen in Belgium. When it entered Paris there ■was a dramatic police chase. The four occupants are believed to have been connected with a plot to rob a bank on settling day. They abandoned the car and escaped.