GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 210, 24 January 1913, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

SHOOT IX (I A PIIIEST. I'} Gable— Press Associat ion—(,'opyrighi, Paris, January 22. Alice Crespy has been arrested at Agen for shooting with a revolver a priest named <'hassaing. whom she ha.! met in confessional. The bishop, !o prevent a scandal, hail transferred (hassaing. The woman reported (he suicide (if till! priest at her house, explaining hi, motive as grid at separation from ncr.

A STEAMER ASHORE. London, January 22. I iie Blue Star liner lirodland is ashore at Port Talbot, ncai Swansea. The crew of 44 has been saved. The vessel is insured for £:i.>.<)o(). SiIII'WIIKCKKI) SAILORS' REsi !'!<;]). Port Said. .'I a unary 22. A steamer has picked up live of the Estonia's missing crew.

A SENSATIONAL DISASTER. ■Snakim. January 22. A caravan of Indian pilgrims at K! llainra. midway between .Medina and Zambo, were overwhelmed at midnight by a sudden mountain Hood, and :150 people were drowned. IMMIGRATION TO CANADA. London, January The Canadiail-l'ncilic Railway has secured a concession from Austria to establish an immigration service from Trieste to the Dominion, and is chartering vessels to supplement its own ships with a view to a full service in the spring.

WRECK, 01' A LINER. . London, January 22. The liner I'lstcrmore went aground, near Liverpool on a falling tide, which caused it to break in halves. A lifeboat amid excitement rescued' Hie crew and passengers. TOLERATION IN SPAIN. Madrid, .January 22. The Government lias pardoned Pablo Fernandez, a Protestant soldier who was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for refusing to kneel during Mass. and. has issued an order to prevent a similar incident.