GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 244, 5 March 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

A HANDSOME LEGACY. By Cable- Press Association—Copyright. Received 4, 10.50 run. Sydney. J [arch 4. Mr. Bailey, owner of Duucdoo station, lias been left a fortune of 2'/ a millions by an uncle in England. The property is entailed and it is stated that Mr. Bailey will succeed to a peerage. A SMUGGLING RAID. Received 4. 10.50 p.m. Washington, March 4. The police raided the liner Mongolian, at Philadelphia, and found large quantities of smuggled goods. They endeavored. to arrest members of the crew. A j revolver duel followed, and one of the crew was killed. IMPERIAL MOXOG RAPHS. Received 5, 1 a.m. Lond'on, March 4. The Colonial Institute is offering annual!}' a gold medal aud a hundred guineas for an Imperial monograph. The subject for 1913 is ''lnteraction between trade and foreign policy." with a view to ascertaining whether Imperial co-op-eration in defence need involve co-oper-ation in trade. A BURGLAR'S HAUL. Received 5, 1.5 a.m. Burglars broke into Swell's jeweller's shop in Berkeley Squa-re and stole goods valued at £4OOO. A DISASTROUS FIRE. Received 4. 11.45 p.m. London. March 4. Thirty thatched cottages at Swansey, in Cambridgeshire, have been burnt, and seventy people are homeless.