GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 120, 8 October 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

$ ■SPANISH RAILWAY STRIKE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Madrid, October (i. The railway strike is ended. FIRE ON A JAPANESE BATTLESHIP. Tokio, October fi. A mysterious fire on the battleship Mikassa close to tho magazine was quickly ■extinguished. The outbreak is attributed to an incendiary, who committed suicide. INDUSTRIAL RESTITUTION. Bombay, October <i. The Salvation Army is raising £50,000 to establish an industrial institution anil settlement for criminals. .Sixteen thousands pounds have already been collected. A GENEROUS EMPLOYER. Berlin, October fi. Herr Zeiss, proprietor of the Schichau Shipbuilding Works, has endowed a workmen's benefit institution with £150,000. AMERICAN GRAFT CASE. New York, October G. Jack Sedig, who was connected with tho Rosenthal murder, and assassinated Davidson!, a fruit dealer, has been arrested.

FATAL MOTOR-CAR COLLISION. New York, October 6. By a collision at Philadelphia between three motor-cars on a bridge; the cars overturned and were shattered, burying the occupants in the wreckage. Seven men were killed and two seriously iinjured. A MOTOR RECORD. New York, October C. Caleb Bragg won the international grand prix at Wanwatosa, with a Fiat car, averaging 09 3-10 miles per hour. THE MEXICAN REBELLION. Mexico City, October C. The rebels defeated two hundred rurales, killing 22. Guerilla warfare is continuous in Northern Zaeatecas.