GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 195, 7 January 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

DODGING THE LAW. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. Received January 6, 10.50 p.m. St. Petersburg. January 5. Three hundred dentists have been charged with issuing certificates of proficiency to untrained Jew-, thus enabling them to reside outside the pale. Seventy-six dentists were acquitted and the rest imprisoned.

WRECK OF A LINER. Rio de Janeiro. January 5. The liner Workman is ashore. Her cargo ia insured for £150.000. It is feared that she is a total loss. A CARELESS CASHIER. Received January 6. 11.5 p.m. Paris, January fi. A cashier at the mofor works at Puteaux withdrew from the bank .€2200, called at a cafe, and sat with his wallet, which he forgot when he left. Returning five minutes later, the money was gone.

RECORD PASSAGE. A Received January 7. 1.15 a.m. Sydney. January fi. The Sonoma arrived from San Francisco after a passage of IS in- S hour-, a record. She landed her English mails in 28 days from London. The passengers include the Hon. J. C'. Lister and Dr. Dunwoody, both en route to Rotorua on a fishing expedition. LOOKING AHEAD. Melbourne. January G. The English m< ferologist. Dr. Douglas Archibald, has arrived. He predicts the beginning of a general drought aliout, 1920. which will probably be severe. The prediction is based on Professor Bruckner's discovery of alternate cycles of wet and dry weather in waves of 35 \ ears' duration each.