GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 192, 3 January 1913, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

THE RUSSIAN SUCCESSION. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. St. Petersburg, January 1. The Grand Duke Michael, who refused to annul his morganatic nKpriage with a view to bis succession to the throne, lias been removed from the command i of the Chevaliers of the Guard, and given eleven months' leave. MT. ETNA ACTIVE. Point January 1. Vapour poured out o? Mt. Etna throughout yesterday, and a rain of ashes is falling ow ti>. ; villages. . -An eruption is feared. PANAMA C.WAi. Paris, January 1. A committees of the-, Ministry of Marine, 'which was entrusted with the duty of studying the effect the Panama Canal would have on K-ench interests, advocates 1 extensive wjrfks, with the object «f making Tahiti the centre of French influence in the Pacific.

A GALLANT RESCUE. London, January 1. A hoy named' Kaiser, aged 14 years, carried a -bor and girl aged four and five years from a burning building in Bishopsgate street to a roof, whence a fireman rescued thein. AN IRISH MIRACLE. London, January 1. News from Dublin says that a cattledealer named Fit&patrick died in the fields at Keels and was taken to the mortuary. His St. Joseph's cord was cut in the process of laying-out and ho recovered. The incident is popularly regarded ass a miracle.

DEMANDS OP SCENE-SHIFTERS. London, January ]. Two thousand five hundred sceneshifters and stage hands in London threaten to strike, demanding a minimum of half-a-erown for a three hours' performance and additional for longer hours.

MANCiniRIAN TRAIN HELD UP. St. Petersburg, January 1. Chunehuses held up and plundered a train -on the Manehurian railway and wounded four Chinese, one fatally. ASIATICS IN CANADA. Ottawa, January 1. The Bord'en Government announces that it will deal with the Asiatic question where pending legislation is completed.

GIFT TO DUNDEE. London, January 1. Sir F. Caird has given Dundee £15,000 for a public park and golf course. BRITISH PUBLIC TRUSTEE. London, January 1. The business of the Public Trustee aggregates £84,000,000 and is self-sup-porting. A GENEROUS FIRM. Madrid, January 1. A business house at Santader won the New Year Lottery and divided the prize of £240,000 its employees.