GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 167, 2 December 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

ALLEGED MURDER. By Oable—Prass Association—Copyright. Calcutta, November 29. Mrs. Clark, wife of an oil'icer of the medical department sit Allahabad, was found with her head shattered. It was first supposed that the act was due to burglars. Subsequently her husband and a ' widow named Fullam, with a native servant, were arrested, Mrs. Fullam's huuband died a year ago. It is suspected that he was poisoned with arsenic. A LIGHT SENTENCE. London, November 29. Wright, who stole about £1155 notes and 040 sovereigns from the bank in whose service he was. a clerk, was sentenced to six mouths' imprisonment. FUMIGATING SHIPS. London, November 29. The United States Health Department has adopted the system, originated by Dr. Marker, of Sydney University, for the fumigation and disinfection of ships. GUN-RUNNING. Paris, November 2!). A denial is given to the statement that the despatch of a cruiser to Muscat implies a demonstration in connection with gun-running. THE MOBILISATION BLUNDER. Paris, November 29. , The postmaster at Nancy has been suaI pended for his blunder in connection with ! the mobilisation order. DISGUISED AS A MAN. London, November 29. I A workman who had been loading steel j plates at the wharves for fee months was injured, and confessed to a doctor that her name was Margaret Neilson. Her husband had ill-treated her and she was foVced !o adopt male attire to support herself and children. i IRATE CHINESE. Hong ICong, November 2#. Owing to the electric trams refusing debased Chinese coins, placards well' posted in the streets threatening the pasJ sengcrs. Many of the men belonging to the Royal Artillery and First Yorkshire Regiment' have "been' enrolled as special constables 10 protect the trams. JAPAN AND KOREA. Tolrio, November 29. The struggle over the War Office's proposal to establish a permanent military division in Korea is becoming a question of popular Government versus militarism and bureaucracy. Hitherto the Ministers of War and Marine have been re- • sponsible to the Emperor, not to the Premier. Supporters of rigid economy op--1 pose the Korean proposal. ! A SHIPPING CASE. I ' Sydney, November 30. j The High Court reserved judgment in j the Steamship Companies appeal in the \ Merchant Service Guild ease.