GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 186, 24 December 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

THAMES .IRON WORKS CLOSED. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, December 22. At ■ the instance of creditors, the Thames ironworks lias closed, with the view of selling at the earliest opportunity. One thousand employees have been rendered idle. SENTENCES ON IRISH RIOTERS. London, December 22. Twenty-three Nationalists were sentenced to three months' imprisonment in connection with the Castle Dawson riot, and six Unionists to one month in connection with the Carrick Fergus riot. THE LATE MR. WHITELAW REID. London, December 22. The battleship Natal sailed with Mr. Whitelaw Keid's remains aboard, which were accorded naval honours. Minute guns were fired. STRIKE AT (iERMAN SHIPYARD. Berlin, December 22. Three thousand men have struck at the Germania yard against the stringent regulations dealing with disorderly workmen. HIGHER SHIPPING RATES. v London, December 22. i Owing to the dearer price of coal the | German-Australian and NorddeutseherLloyds companies arc adding V/ 4 to 2 marks to the freight rates to Australia and New Zealand on different classes of goods. ' RUSSIAN FISHERMEN MISSING. London, December 22. Fifteen boats foundered in the Caspian Sea and forty-one fishermen are missing. NEW UNDERGROUND STATION. London, December 22. A large underground station and escalators are being built at the Charing Cross junction with the District, Barkerloo and Hampstead railways. | CONCESSIONS TO WELSH CHURCH. London,' December 22. Welsh members give credit to Mr. W. G. C. Gladstone as being the real author of the Government's concessions to the Welsh Church. LORD PEEL'S ESTATE. London. December 22. Lord Peel's estate has been proved at £125,174. ) FIRE AT SHIPBUILDERS', i Berlin, December 22. I A fire in Blohm and Voss' yard at {Hamburg destroyed the model rooms. 1 ° J 1 RUSSIA AND CHINA, j St. Petersburg, December 22. { Advices from Mukden state that C'hin- ' ese merchants have received from the IPekin Chamber of Commerce a circular [urging them to contribute to the war (fund against Russia. Other telegrams inI dicate 'that the agitation is serious. j British and Russian firms ask for reI inforcements of the railway guard.