GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 182, 19 December 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

A VESSEL DOCKED. By Cable—Pres* Association—Copyright. Capetown, December 17. Owing to her having grounded, the Tasmanic will he docked Jit Durban. The repairs will take a month. SICILIAN RAILWAY DISASTER. Rome, December 17. Twenty-five were killed and a hundred injured' in the railway smash at Catania. A number were pinned under the wreckage for four hours and begged to be killed. The dead were terribly mutilated. The switchman has absconded. SEAMAN'S WAGES RAISED. London, December 17. The Tyne Committee of • the Shipping Federation has fixed rises of wages at 10s per month for overseas vessels and 2s 4d weekly for coastal vessels. MR. WIIITELAW REID. London, December 17. Mr. Whitelaw Reid's family has accepted the, offer of a warship to convey hia remaitjs to Washington. NEW ABERDEEN LINER. London, December 17. The Aberdeen Line has ordered from Harland and Wolffs' an improved Demosthenes of 12,500 tons with triple screws, driven by a combination of reciprocating engines and low pressure tur- | bines. THE TITANIC INQUIRY. London, December 17. Mr. Buxton states that the approximate cost of the Titanic inquiry will be £20,031. WOODROW WILSON THREATENED. Ottawa, December 17. Letters threatening Mr. Woodrow Wilson still continue, arriving from New Jersey. The writers demand large sums 1 of money to be delivered at a specified place in' New York. The police precautions have been redoubled. SOCIETY GAMBLERS. ) London, December 17. The police raided a mansion near Belgrade Square and arrested twenty persons in good social positions. It is statied that a prominent lady lost £28,000 at baccarat. ARREST OF A SPY. Berlin, December 17. Sergt. Wolferling, one of the headquarters staff at Thorn, has been arrested for supplying important information to Russia. Wolferling has been S sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment, and | fined £750 for high treason. The £3750, ) which he received from Russia, has been j confiscated. I - =