GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 137, 28 October 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

THE BINGHAM STRIKE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 27, 5.5 p.m. New iork, October 25. Five hundred Cretan miners at Bingham fired on a posse of deputies and mine employees, wounding five, one fatally. The Cretans have fled to the hills, strongly armed.

: A VOLCANIC ERUPTION. Received 27, 5.5 p.m. Vancouver, October 26. The Katmai volcano is again active. The sea and vessels in the vicinity are covered with pumice stone. Darkness prevented the vessels from proceeding, and heavy smoke hides the peak, from ■which flames are shooting. Many people fcave been driven from their homes.

A STEAMER ACCIDENT. Received 27, 5.5 p.m. Vancouver, October 26. Owing to the fall of a gang plank on the steamer Marama, a steward named Turkington was killed and another steward and a sailor badly injured.

MOROCCO. Paris, October 26. France and Spain have reached an agreement on all points regarding Morocco. PTOMAINE POISONING. Received 28, 1.10 a.m. Sydney, October 27. Out of a party of 18 picnickers, 12 are in the hospital suffering from ptomaine poisoning from eating sandwiches. Two are in a serious condition. ; SENSATIONAL TRAM ACCIDENT. Sydney, October 27. A peculiar tram accident occurred toHay. A fuse blew out, and the molten lead poured- on to the passengers. Three jumped out. A man named Kishovitch ■was killed, and his son and a lady were aeriously injured. HENLEY-ON-YARRA. Received 28, 12.30 a.m. Melbourne, October 27. It is estimated that there was an attendance at the Henley-on-Yarra regatta of 100.000. The Albert Park crew won the Grand Challenge Cup. BALLARAT BAND CONTEST. Melbourne, October 27. Twenty thousand were present at the finals of the Ballarat Band Contests. The Rozelle Band, New South Wales, won the championship with 187, Geelong Municipal Band being second with 186.