GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 160, 23 November 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

NISSHEN EXPLOSION. By Cable— Association—Copyright. Received 22, 5.5 p.m. ', Tokio, November (21. It is officially stated that the twenty reported as killed in the Nisshen explosion were only wounded. THE TERRITORIALS. London, November 22. From now on imprisonment will follow non-payment of fines imposed on Territorials not attending summer camps. A GENEROUS FIRM. London, November 22. At the inquest into the fire at Barker's a verdict of accidental fire was returned. Barkers' are compensating their employees with gifts of three years' wages beyond the legal claims. A HANDSOME LEGACY. London, November 22. Besides the'legacies cabled on November 4 Sir Thomas Bartlett has bequeathed the residue of £50,000 to the Liverpool Cathedral. THE MARCONI COMMITTEE. Received 22, 9.30 p.m. At the Marconi .Committee Mr. King flatly denied that political. heads, had pressed him to accept the Marconi terms, nor had anyone attempted to influence him by pecuniary considerations. The contract was made entirely in the public interest. THE POOR BOOKMAKER. London, November 22. Justice Rentoul's decision has placed the bookmakers in a quanlary. They are liable to be sued by losers for bets. An appeal is being prepared. LORD DEN-MAN'S EVICTION. London, November 22. The Times says that whatever the rights or wrongs of Lord Denman's eviction, it is not calculated to raise Australia's reputation within the Empire. It declares that Mr. Fisher's attitude was one of unquestionable regret at New South Wales's appearance of discourtesy and disrespect to the King's representative.

THE WAVERLEY TRAGEDY. Sydney, November 22. At the inquest on the Waverley tragedy. the verdict was that Miss Gowan and Veitch both committed suicide. THE GERMAN NAVY. Received 22, 11.5 p.m. Berlin, November '22. The navy personnel will be increased in lfll3 by 1623. SOUTH AFRICAN UNION. Capetown, November 22. The South African Party's congress at Pretoria, under General Botha's presiapproved of a platform including' . \1 Immigration and restriction of Asiatics, a concilitory native policy, and securing for white labor a fair share of the agricultural and industrial development of the country. AMERICAN LABOR FEDERATION. New York. November 22. The American Federation of Labor has refused to endorse the formation of a National Labor Party, preferring a continuance on a non-political basis. THE PANAMA CANAL. Washington. November 22. The Interstate Commerce Commission decided to withdraw its ruling restraining foreign shipping carrying material from United States ports to the Canal zone, at Porto Rico and elsewhere, 'on the discovery being made that the ruling would delay the completion of the C'anal for a year. THE PRICE OF PETROL. London, November 22, Three thousand taxica.li drivers rejected the owners' proposal to increase the price of petrol in January.