GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 175, 11 December 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

IRISH CATTLE QUARANTINED. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. London, December 9. The Board of Agriculture is imposing a period 'of detention on all cattle from Ireland, whether or not foot and mouth disease is prevalent. Much indignation and alarm is felt by Irish breeders and dealers. THE TAXICAB ROBBERY. London, December 9. James Gale and George Hayes, who entered a jeweller's shop and carried off valuables in a taxicab, have been sentenced to twenty-t\yo months', and Leslie Gale to "three years' imprisonment undei the Borstal system. SIX GIRLS DROWNED . London, December 9. Seven girls were playing on the fr«zem river at Aschaffenburg when the ice broke, and six were drowned. , CINEMATOGRAPH EXPLOSION. London, December 9. Owing to the explosion of a cinematograph at Rio de Janeiro, three persons were killed and many injured. TRADE UNION BALLOTS. London, December 9. Trade unionist societies officially deny Viscount Wolmer's statement that the trade ballots had been irregularly conj ducted. LYELL MINE FIRE VICTIMS. Hobart, December 10. The bodies of McCarthy, McCashland, Burke, Bianohini and Rolfe were recovered from the North T^yell Mine, at the 700 ft. level. They were buried in the cemetery at Queenstown. The funeral was the largest ever witnessed in the. West. Practially the whole population of Queenstown was present.