GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 194, 6 January 1913, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

AX OMINOUS RUMOR. By ('able—Press Association—Copyright. JjOiulon, January .'!. The Madrid correspondent of the Evening Standard mentions an ominous report that the revolutionaries are planning a great coup by means of a general strike. An emissary of the revolutionaires was expelled from France after collecting thousands of franes. lie has also been in England.

A PHILANTHROPIC BISHOP. London, January •'!. Bishop Montgomery has spontaneously relinquished a considerable portion of his stipend as secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in view of his decreased family expenditure, THE SARDINE INDUSTRY. Paris, January 3. One hundred and sixteen sardine factories in Brittany have closed, the fishermen having declined to adopt new methods to secure more plentiful catches. The abandonment of the industry will affect fifty thousand persons. FLOODS IN NATAL. Capetown, January 3. Torrential rains fell in Natal and on the Transkei border, and a number of dams burst in the north-west, and many sheep were drowned. THE TRADE COMMISSION. London, January 3. The Trade Empire Commission is sailing by the Medina for Australasia. MISSING VESSELS. LondMi, January 3. Underwriters consider that the steamers Whittingham and Snowdon Orange are hopelessly overdue in the Atlantic. EXPLOSION AT DYNAMITE WORKS. Capetown, January 3) An explosion in the De Beers' dynamite works, in Somerset West, killed two whites and five natives-.

A CLERGYMAN'S WEALTH. London, Janaury 3. The estate of the Rev. John Ellis has been sworn at £184,000. He left £IOO.000 to Cambridge University and £30.000 to various Church funds. He requested that his name should be in no wise identified with the bequests. THE COMMONWEALTH REVENUE. Melbourne, January 4. The Federal Customs and Excise revenue for the six months 'just ended was £7,955,740. an increase of £037,031. The Treasurer forecasted a decrease of £109,000 in the total revenue, but it increased by £37,215.