GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 126, 15 October 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

MOTOR BANDITS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Brussels, October Hi. The police 'have arrested the brothers Gaston and Richard Vergouts, the wellknown motor racers, on charges of murdering Provo, a diamond merchant, recently, and Davidson, another diamond merchant, in 1911. Jewels valued at £3OOO were unearthed.

LOOTING A GOLD MINE. Berlin, October 13. A telegram from Blagovestchensk says, tliat fifteen armed Chinese attacked a gold mine at the river Silimdja. They killed the owner and another official and wounded others. They seized 81 poods of gold, and were pursued. Six were killed, two drowned and three wounded. Thirty poods of gold ihave been recovered.

STOLEN TRUNES. Paris, October 13. Four trunks containing documents in reference to the liquidation of the Bank of Egypt, in transit to London, were stolen from a cab at the Gare de Lyons (railway station). The thief was l apparently not aware that they have no monetary value.

THE IRON DUKE LAUNCHED. London, October 13. The battleship Iron Duke has been launched. DEFRAUDING A DEALER. Pains, October 13. A German, alleged to be a relative of the Kaiser, (has been arrested on a charge of defrauding a dealer in antiques of £3200. He had squandered £250,000 in six years. AN AMBITIOUS JOURNALIST. London, October 13. Bri'erley, a journalist, claims the earldom of Newburgh and estates valued at £6,000,000.