GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 121, 9 October 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

BURGLARY IN LONDON. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright, London, October 7. The shop of Messrs. Elkins, jewellers, in Liverpool street, was entered by burglars, and ,£4OOO worth of properly stolen.

BEQUESTS TO POLITICIANS. __ London, October 7. An elderly Scottish lady baa bequeathed £7OOO between Messrs. J. W. Redmond and Keir Bardie.

FIGHTING IN PERSIA. Teheran, October 7.

■Salar-ed-Dowleh's forces were routed near Kermanohak, and it is reported that he has lied.

SIR GEORGE REID. New York, October 7

Sir George Roid spent four days in Washington, meeting the British Ambassador and Mr. Barrett, of the PanAmerican Union. He was entertained at lunch by the Chamber of Commerce, and spoke of Australian and American relations.

ELECTROCUTED. Rome, October 7. Professor Polacehi and his wife, while on their honeymoon, were electrocuted and burned to death in bed. Tnc fatality was due to switching an electric light cord around the metal bedposts and contact ensuing with the high tension wires.

THE DYNAMITE OUTRAGES. New York, October 7

Edward Clark, business agent of the International Bridge and Structural Ironworkers, pleaded guilty on 55 counts to conspiracy in connection with the national investigation of dynamite outrages. Forty-five other trade unionists are awaiting trial.