GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 171, 6 December 1912, Page 3

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

(Australian Service). WIFE THRASHES HUSBAND. San Francisco, November "23. Mrs. Masters, of Medford, Oregon, believes in the expression "spare the rod and spoil the- husband." .. Mr. Alex. Masters is n.iw recovering from shock and injury consequent on the vigorous treatment he has had at the hands of his wife. Several ladies had secret, and not altogether hopeless, admiration .for Mr. Musters, and they used to write to him ali'eoiiuiiate letters. Mrs. Masters happened to find one of these letters, and saw at once that it was a case for the rod. Unfortunately for Mr. Masters, he was asleep in his armchair, so, without disturbing him, Mrs. Masters brought in a clothes line, and tied him very securely by the legs and arms. Then she* cut a two-foot length out of the garden-host', and proceeded to spoil the beauty which other ladies found so charming. • The vigorous Mrs. Masters hammered her husband on the face and body till he was nearly unconscious, and she was exhausted. Then she dragged him on to the sidewalk, where he was rescued by a puzzled policeman, who took him to the police station for repairs. EXCITING AERIAL EXPERIENCE. London, November 22.

Two men left Battersca Park, Southeast London, in a balloon, intending to alight on the English coast. Their experiences proved to be exciting. They rose to a height of 3000 ft, and, travelling swiftly with the wind, suddenly heard what they took to be the beating of the surf. It was night-time, a,nd in dead silence they descended, only to find, themselves in the midst of a think fog accompanied by rain. The envelope of their balloon was soaked, and the balloon sank quickly until the men found that they were about 50 yards above the waves. They shouted for two hours, and passed close over several steamers, but nobody heard their cries. They had only three matches between them. The first went out, the second broke, but the third limned for a few seconds, and some fishermen noticed the Hare and rowed a boat to their rescue. As a last resource one of the occupants of the balloon decided to jump out, and thus give the other a chance. Both were saved.

CHINA'S WARLIKE MOVEMENTS. Hongkong, November 22. The Mongolian war agitation is becoming very strong in the south. A meeting hold in Canton yesterday, at -which 10,000 people went present, unanimously favored immediate? aetion being taken against Russia, all the speakers demanding that the measures should be of a vigorous character. Merchants and other.-, .-lie providing the necessary war funds. Outbreaks in the Kwang-tung and Yunnan provinces are expected to occur within the next three weeks.

London, November 22,

The Pekin correspondent of the Daily Telegraph confirms the report that a Chinese expedition has begun its advance on Mongolia, and states that three columns are converging towards Urga, where, a large number of troops are already massed. PENSIONS FOR EX-PRESIDENTS. * i ME. CARNEGIE'S OFFER. London, November 24.

Mr. Andrew Carnegie has made an ofler to provide an annual pension of £SOOO to future ex-Presidents of the United States, but it has not been welcomed, at Washington. The statement has been made that President Taft will leave office a comparatively poor man, and that he will be obliged to return to his practice as a lawyer. _._