GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 159, 22 November 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

THE JAMA [CAN HURRICANE. By Cable—Prass Association—Copyright. Kingston, November 20. *orty lives are reported to have been lost in the hurricane in the town of Savanalamar. A vessel arriving from Port Antonio reports that the town was practically destroyed. The Governor has despatched a special train to the stricken district and a detachment of artillery will afford aid. One hundred houses were levelled. UNION TYRANNY. London, November 20. A manifesto of the Sailors and Tiremen's Union orders members after January 1 to refuse to sail with non-union-ists. A RAILWAY ROBBERY. St. Petersburg, November 20 Robbers altered the signals and boarded the Ekaterinburg train. They robbed thirty passengers and escaped. CHILDREN AND MOTOR CARS. London, November 20. Some of the London board schools are teaching, children how to escape from motor traffic. CHECKING STREET NOISES. London, November 20. Mr. John Burns, President of the Local Government Board, has prohibited i the use of exhausts or cut-outs on motor- | cycles, with the view of making the streets quieter. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION. Tokio, November 20. Through a boiler explosion on the cruiser Nishin, during its temporary stranding at Shimosa, twenty men were killed. SUFFRAGETTES SENTENCED. London, November 20. Ethel Slade and Isabella Irving were sentenced to six and four months' imprisonment -respectively for windowsmashing iu Bond Street on November 5 - . _ THE PHILIPPINES. Washington, November 20. Mr. Champ Clark favours granting independence to t'le Philippines. The Democrats are likely to introduce the measure in the coming session. A RAILWAY COMBINE. London, November 20. The Underground Klvliic Company has taken over the O ntvn! London and City and South London tubes. The \ amalgamation is part of the contemplaI ted general combine of the city traffic 'system. The aggregate capital invested in the underground group is £40,500,000. BETTING DEBTS. i London. November 20. Under an Act of William IT. Mr. Jtis- , tice Rentoul has decided that a book- !• maker can recover from a defaulting client winnings he may have previously paid the defaulter, provided that the payment was made -by.ehnpie.

j ESPIONAGE. j London, November 20. j A 'detective gave evidence that Parj rott, who was recently arrested as a j spy, was conversing for two hours with I a German at Oste:id, and nobody else, ■ until he returned to England. The same j night, in his application for leave prior to going to Ostend, hi: suited he was going to Plymouth. The incused has been remanded. TOWN PLANNING. London, November 20. Mr. Davirtge. architect, gave a lecture, with demonstrations, on the town planning of the Australian Federal capital, with a view' to a representative meeting of the Garden Cities Town Planning Association. He will be lecturing in Aus- ! tralia in IflU. This is not connected with the visit of Professor Morton, of Liverpool, next year. t SUN SPOTS. London .November 20. The Meteorological Society passed a resolution that a solar observatory in Australia or New Zealand was essential for elucidation of the connection between solar changes anil the meteorological conditions of the i'arlh. and the hope was [expressed that the Commonwealth would I accept the opportunity of acquiring the I equipment to initiate the work.