GENERAL CABLES.
THE MISSING BULLION BOXES. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 8, 8.55 p.m. London, December 7. The missing bullion boxes have been found, and will reach London on Monday!
HISTORIC CASTLE BURNT. Received 8, 5.5 p.m. London, December S. Moydnim Castle. Wcstmeath. has been damaged by fire. The household escaped in their night attire. Lady Castlemaine had a. narrow escape. Lord Castlemaine rescued a number of servants. Valuable furniture and pictures were destroyed.
CHINA AND MONGOLIA. St. Petersburg. December 7. The Government has been informed that China has decided not to send troops to Mongolia.
A DISASTROUS GALE. Lisbon, December 7. During a gale a fishing fleet was foodless and waterless for live days. Four men became insane, jumped overboard, and were drowned. Boats containing seventy-two men are missing. Six bodies were washed ashore at Bremen.
JAPANESE POLITICS. Tokio, December 7.
The Council of Elder Statesmen, under Prince Yamagata's pressure, recommended, that Viscount Teranchi should be summoned to form a Cabinet.
THE SYDNEY FIRE,
Sydney, December 8. The damage, at Harrington's amounts to £25,000. The firm was largely insured. The brigade did splendid work, and managed to save the adjoining premises with only slight damage.
THE PHILIPPINES. New York, December 7. President Taft, in a message to Congress, opposes the suggested independence of the Philippines, and advocates the return to the two battleships per year policy.
AMERICAN STEAMER WRECKED. New York-, December 7.
Advices from Duluth, Minnesota, state that the Booth Line steamer Easton went ou the rocks during a snowstorm. Fifty passengers were aboard. A dozen tugs were despatched to her help. All the passengers were saved in the teeth of a fierce blizzard.
A PRISON MUTINY. London, December 8. Fifty criminals in the new preventive detention prison on the Isle of Wight mutinied because one was sent to the punishment cells. The warders, aided by staves, quelled the mutiny.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 173, 9 December 1912, Page 5
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311GENERAL CABLES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 173, 9 December 1912, Page 5
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