GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 118, 5 October 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

ROYALIST CONSPIRACY. By Cable—Press -association —Copyright. Lisbon, October 3. A number of Royalist conspirators have been sentenced by court-martial to six years' imprisonment, followed by ten years' deportation, or alternatively to twenty years' deportation. NEW GUNS. j London, October 3. The Vickcrs firm has received orders, including commissions from five firstclass Powers, for 1080 new automatic rifle-calibre guns, which fire longer without over-heating than the earlier types. A GERMAN TRAGEDY. Berlin, October 3. Baron Von Reden, the newly-appoint-ed Minister to Abyssinia, killed Fraulein Firsese, a Berlin dressmaker, by shooting her, and then committed suicide. The Baron desired to marry the girl and his parents threatened to disinherit him. THE SUFFRAGETTES. London, October 3. Miss Gladys Evans, one of the suffragettes who attempted to set fire to a theatre in Dublin, has been released on the ground of ill-health. She was one of the suffragettes who had to be forcibly fed. i . i THE CAMPAIGN FUNDS. London, October 3. Mr. Pierpont Morgan, giving evidence before the Campaign Funds Investigation Commission, said lie gave £30,000 to aid Mr. Roosevelt in the campaign of 1908. He did this for the people's sake and for the Government, and did not expect any return. If he believed the Democrats were likely to do the country more good than Republicans then his contributions would be I given to the Democrats instead. ITALIAN MONARCHS IN DANGER. Rome, October 3. The King and Queen of Italy, wliile motoring at Pisa, collided with a tram- : car and had a narrow escape. WESLEYAN HEADQUARTERS. London, October 3.

The new Wesleyan headquarters at Westminster liave been opened with great ceremony. M.P. INJURED. . London, October 3. [ Mr. John Dillon, M.P., was thrown | out of a dogcart at Swinford and i badly injured in the head. He is un- ! conscious. A specialist has been called in. JAPAN AND KOREA. Tokio, October 3. The Government lias abandoned the promised increase of the troops in Korea, owing to opposition within a-nd outside Cabinet, on the ground of expense. BRITISH TERRITORIALS. I London, October 3. I Colonel Seely, at Dumfries, said the | Territorials now comprised 203,497 offi- ) cer3 and men, or 84 per cent, of the > establishment. Some favored compulsion, but he hoped to see universal serJ vice by consent. j TURKISH WARSHIP SOLD, j Paris, October 3. The Eclair states that Italy puri chased from Turkey for £200,000 the j cruiser Abdul Hamid, seized at the i commencement of the war. .SIR GEORGE REID. New York, October 3. I Sir George Reid has arrived at Wash--1 ington on a visit-to Mr. Taft and Mr. j James Bryce. The Press Club gave an enthusiastic reception in his honor. Sir George Reid cordially acknowledged the compliment.

A TEAM CAR OVERTURNED. ! New York, October 3. i A street ear in Pittsburg got beyond control, ran oiF the line, and overturned at a corner and was wrecked. The car was laden with passengers, of whom two 5 were killed and 55 injured. STATUE OP C.U'TAIN COOK. London, October 3. Lord Charles Beresforcl unveiled a statue of Captain Cook at Whitby, where he learned seamanship, and where the vessels in which he sailed were built. ========