GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 220, 5 February 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

AX ERRING WIFE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. .Received 4, 9.50 p.m. London, February 4. Colonel Sir W. Manning, Governor of Jamaica, lias divorced his wife. He left for Xyassahmd in 1010 on account of his health. When lie returned to England he found thai his wife had eloped with Captain Llewellyn, his aide de camp in Nyassaland. while he was absent on leave, HEAT IX VICTORIA. Received 4. 11.5 p.m. Melbourne, February 4. To-day was the hottest of the season. 105 degrees being recorded in the shade, THE TROTTER MURDER. Received 4, 11.5 p.m. Newcastle, February 4. Counsel applied for bail for Thompson, charged with the murder of Trotter, on the ground that he desired to obtain evidence of his whereabouts on th« flight of the tragedy. Bail was refused. THE CEMETERY SCANDAL. TTobart. February 4. At the reserved case against George Luckmaii. manager of the Queensborongh Cemetery, defendant was fined .€lO. AMBER FRAUDS.

Received 4, 11.3 p.m. Berlin, February 4. Seven amber dealers have been charged with defrauding the Prussian Treasury of £50,000. Amber is a State monopoly. BAXKRUPTED BY WAR. Vienna, February 4; Three dressmaking firms have gone bankrupt, with liabilities of £SSo,OOO. owing to stagnation over the war.