GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 178, 14 December 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

A REFRIGERATOR DAMAGED. By Cable—Prass Association— Copyright. London, December 12. The Otranto has sent a wireless message to Colombo that the after dry-air refrigerator is damaged, and that the forward machine is working' all the holds. CORDITE MAKES A BLAZE. London, December 12. Drying stoves, containing 40 tons of cordite at Ardeer, Ayrshire, ignited, illuminating the country for mile*. ELUSIVE SILVER. London, December 12. Eight bars of silver awaiting shipment to West Africa mysteriously disappeared at Liverpool. THE INSURANCE ACT. London, December 12. Hurlock's appeal case was dismissed. [Hurlock was convicted of non-com-pliance with the Insurance Act.] THE SUNKEN STEAMER. London, December 12. A lamp found by the Centurion has been identified as belonging to the Italian steamer Derna, with a crew of 40, bound from Memel to a Welsh port. A stove-in boat, belonging to the Derna, containing the body of a scantily-clad man, drifted ashore on the Isle of j Wight. THE TERRITORIALS. London, December 12. Sir George Reid, addressing the British Empire League, said it was a shame upon England, when he saw what the Dominions were doing in defence, that territorials should be short of the requisite number. Mr. T. Mackenzie detailed the success of compulsory training in New Zealand, despite an outcry by a minority. TROUBLE IN SAN DOMINGO. ■ New York, December 12. The battleship New Hampshire has been despatched to San Domingo, where j conditions are reported to be serious. THE IRISH CROWN JEWEL?. • London, December 12. Lord Aberdeen states that the reiport that the Crown Jewels had been restored is without foundation. The Daily Telegraph's Dublin correspondent says the general opinion is that the jewels have been recovered and are now iin London. j A JEALOUS NEGRESS. ' London, December 12. ] Frank Crain,'a coloured pugilist, has ibeen arrested as an'accessory to the 1 murder of Jessie Mcintosh by Annie, ] Cross, a negrcss. Evidence showed that jhe and Cross purchased a revolver the ■ day before the murder.