GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 201, 14 January 1913, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

Bit; gun accident. By Gable—Press Association—Copyright. London, January 12. At Hie inquest into tlie recent gun accident at Shoeburyness, by which two men were killed, evidence showed that owing to a clerical error the, gun was loaded with an excessive charge. A verdict of accidental death waw returned.

THE SINGAPORE DOCK CASE. London, January 12. Aird and Co. received £32;>,0u1) dam ages in the Singapore dock case.

ACCIDENT ON A LINER. London, January 12._ A valve blew out on the liner Arajuiiyii. at Southampton. Two men were killed, two are in a precarious condition and several others were serioii-sly injured. >

COLLISION' AT SEA. ■Copenhagen, January 12. The Danish steamer Axel collided with and sank a German tugboat, off Cuxliavcu. Six men were drowned.

RUSSIAN MINING ACCIDENT. St. Petersburg. January 12. The cage fell in the 'shaft of a mine at Ekateriiinlav and seven men were killed ■and live injured.

! RIOTS IN SPAIN. | Madrid, January 12. I A prolonged drought in Orense -c-iil-j minatetl in labor riots at Carballino. The rioters pillaged the cellars and granI aries. Troops have been despatched.

VRO.ua TED POULTRY SHOW. London, January I'-. The National Poultry Club discussed the raising of 13000 for purposes of the Empire Exhibition at Olyinpia in 1913, not conflicting with the annual show. It is hoped to make the exhibition the finest on record. SPANISH POLITICS. Madrid, January 12. Senor Maura has responded to the Conservative appeal and resumed the leadership. A ■ROYAL FIREMAN. Berlin; January 12. A defective chimney caused a fire at the New Palace at Potsdam. The ■Kaiser assisted to extinguish the outbreak. Some valuable furniture was -damaged. SAFETY AT SEA. London, January 12. The Board of Trade committee recommends the stowage of extra boats to accommodate all aboard. Where stowing is impossible the committee suggests the carrying of reversible pontoon rafts, capable of being thrown from the decks. A NOVEL COMBINATION. Paris, January 12. At the conclusion of the South African football match the Government presented 55,000 francs, the French South African Committee's contribution, towards a chair for French Language and Literature at Capetown University. A LINER DISABLED^ London, January 12. The Grosser Kurfurst has broken her crank-shaft a thousand miles east of Cape Race. DANISH STEAMER WRECKED. London, January 12. The Danish steamer G. Koch was wrecked at Girdle Ness. Seven men were drowned and twelve rescued. A MOTOR ACCIDENT. Adelaide, January 13. A train collided with a motor-car at a surburban crossing and Mrs. Leaeh and her son of twelve years were killed. Leach and Padman, the owner of the ear, were injured, Dyer, .the crossing-. keeper, attempted to stop the car and was knocked against the train and injured. AN EARTHQUAKE RECORD. Sydney, January 13. The Riverview seismograph on* Saturday night recorded earthquake shocks for four hours, 3200 miles distant.

. THE MIXERS' DISPUTE. Sydney, January 13. Work at the northern collieries is proceeding and the outlook is slightly brighter. THE TROTTER MURDER. Melbourne, January 3. In connection with the murder of Trotter it is stated that the burglar who removed the money from under the mattress did not speak throughout and it is now suggested that this'person .was: a woman. .■ SCIENCE CONGRESS. Melbourne, January 3. The next Science Congress will be hold in IJobart in January, 1910: HEAT IN MELBOURNE. Melbourne, January 3. The weather is hot. a temperature of 100 degrecij in the shade having been registered yesterday. There is a northerly wind.