GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 238, 27 February 1913, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

A JOURNALIST'S INDISCRETION. By Cable —Press Association—Copyi'ight. Johannesburg, February 25. CJeorge Stanley, a journalist, has been sentenced to six months' hard labor for having libelled Sir J. IS. Robinson. OUTBREAK OF CHOLEHA. Amsterdam,- February '25. Cholera has broken out at Batavia. The parents, tivo children, and two servants of a European family have succumbed. BURIED TREASURE. London, February 25, The Chronicle says that six jars full of gold coins and two jars of jewels were found buried at Ilasiemere. A document, written in Latin, states that fifty jars were buried. WIDOWS AS EMIGRANTS. London, February 25. The New South Wales Immigration Department is arranging to send small batches of widows of the artisan class, with one child, also teashop waitresses, if prepared to accept domestic service. FOOTBALL AND BETTING. London, February 25. The management committee of the Football League lias decided to warn players that it is determined to suppress betting. Northev Smith, a bookmaker in Edinburgh, has been fined £IOO , or two months' imprisonment for carrying on football coupon betting competitions. William Hodgson received a similar fine for the same offence.

A FRONTIER BRUSH. Calcutta, February 25. The check to the police "by the Naga tribesmen, cabled on February 14, was due to the Nagas rushing the baggage coolies who were in the rear of the force. The eoolies became panic-stricken, dropped their loads and clung to the Sepoys, many of whom were thus enable to fire, i Reinforcements have been sent. [ OPIUM LOCK-UP. Delhi, February 25. The Government has refused to lend money to bankers upon Indian securities to relieve the money market, owing to the lock-up of opium in Chinese warehouses. THE LATE EMPRESS. Peking, February 25. A semi-official statement is made that both the late Emperor and the Dowager Empress of China were of unblemished 1 character, ami were not responsible for the downfall of the dynasty. WHOLESALE" MURDER. Rome, February 25. Frasca, a landowner at Alatri, disappeared after murdering his wife., father-in-law and three other relatives. THE CRYSTAL PALACE.

London, February 25. A supplementary report shows further widespread support to the scheme to secure the Crystal Palace as Empire grounds. EARTHQUAKE IN SICILY. Rome, February 2.">. There was an earthquake, of local origin, at Messina and Reggio. ° SEQUEL TO A COLLISION. London, February 25. The Admiralty Court found that the German steamer Mario C.artz wnjs to blame for the collision with the Karamea on August 30.