GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 154, 16 November 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

FIRE AT BANK OF ENGLAND. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, November 14. A fire broke out on the ground iloor of the Bank of England, but sixty liremen extinguished it. NEW NAVIGATION COMPANY. Santiago, November 14. English capitalists have offered to form an Anglo-Chilian Navigation Company, to run from the beginning of 1913, six steamers to Europe, Australia, and Japan, provided that Chili guarantees £1,250,000 of the capital. THE MAYFLOWER WRECK. Ottawa, November 14. Three survivors from the wrecked paddle steamer Mayflower have come ashore on pieces of timber half dead. It appears that the vessel sprung _ a leak and capsized, all aboard being thrown into the icy waters. LOAN QUOTATIONS. London, November 14. Scrip of the Sydney loan is quoted at 3s 8d premium, and Queensland at 2s Bd. NEW GERMAN AMBASSADOR. London, November 14. Prince Lichnowsky, the new German Ambassador, has arrived in London. THE STAR. OF AUSTRALIA. ] London, November 14. ! Tiie Star of Australia is at. Aden, awaiting a new shaft stern tube from England. A FATAL FIRE. London, November 14. In a fire at a private house at Sheffield four persons were burned to death. They were too' terrified to jump from the windows into the firemen's sheet. A MURDER CHARGE. 1 London, November 14. John Williams, charged with murdering Inspector Walls at Eastbourne, has been committed for trial. ! ROYAL SOCIETY'S MEDAL. ■ London, November 14. | The Royal Society's medal has been awarded to Elliot Smith for researches of J the anatomy and brain. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION. Paris, November 14. A boiler exploded at a dye works in the suburb of Vitry. two persons being killed and twenty-six injured, six seriously.