GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 222, 7 February 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

ACCIDENT AT A FOOTBALL MATCt By Cable—Press Association—Copyright London, February 5. A number of persons climbed on tli roof of a buliding to watch the Sun derland-Manchester cup tie at Sunder land. The building collapsed, and fif teen persons had to be removed to tin hospital. Many sustained broken limbs ,and several are suffering from concus sion. ASSISTED EM IGRANTS. London, February 5. The Evening News that Knight and Crimes are aboard the Port Lincoln, having obtained assisted passages from the Victorian Government, Knight is in possession of £375. Sufl'ield, a girl friend of Grimes, alleges that she was aware of the scheme for Knight's disappearance. Knight declared that his married life was miserable. Grimes wrote to Sufl'ield stating that she and Knight were going to Australia. THE FIVE-DAYS' WEEK. London, February 5. Fivethousainl two hundred and eiuhtynine North Wales miners voted against and 2525 in favour of the five"lavs' week. THE CRUISER MELBOURNE. Malta. February .5. The cruiser Melbourne has arrivt.d. THE JAPANESE PARLT.\M!']\T. Tokio. Ko!;irur..iv 5 The Diet passed a vote of censure on the Government after Ihe Rmlg.'t. had been introduced, and then adjouou-d for five days. THE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION New York. February 5. Mrs. Scott, the Antaivtic exp.'evei's wife, has left San Fra-useo to r.uet her husband. She expects that Captain Scott will return to Lytt;Uon. in Mi.rch. She does not doubt his fafety. PRESIDENT OF SALVADOR SHOT. Received 6, 11.5 p.m. New York, February G. An attempt was made to shoot Senor Araujo, President of Salvador. The President was wounded. Several arrests have been made. Mulatilo, a Gautemalan, is believed to be the perpetrator of the outrage. , A HUGE EMBEZZLEMENT. London, February 6. Francis Grey, a clerk of the Denniston Cross Company, bankers, has been sentenced to eighteen months' hard labor for frauds aggregating £42,000. The prisoner controlled securities valued at £750,000. Uproar in Japanese parliament Tokio, February 6. Wakatsuki has presented his Budget. The Opposition violently attacked Katsura as unfit to hold the Premiership. Katsura replied, amid uproar. He read the. Imperial edict adjourning the Diet. The crowds outside cheered. The Opposition threw out secereds to Katsura's party from rickshaws, and attempted to duck them in. a canal. A SURGICAL TRIUMPH. New York, February 6. A dog's brain was inserted to replace a portion of the brain removed from W. Smith, of Kalamazoo, who was dying of an abscess. He is expected to recover. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. I Received 7, 12.23 a.m. Berlin, February 6. Prince Eitel's train, in Transydvania, collided with another train. A petroleum tank was set afire. The guard was killed, and several passengers burnt Prince Eitel was not hurt, and assisted in removing the injured. A GERMAN CENTENARY. Berlin, February G. The Kaiser and Crown Prince attended the opening celebrations on the centenary of the War of Liberation. The Kaiser recalled inspiring memories of 1813, which showed that prosperity lay not in warlike laurels but in the moral force, which ensured a nation's fate and future. The universal military service given to the Fatherland in its present prosperity would, if necessary, be extended. The people would be prepared to make further sacrifices.