GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 263, 29 March 1913, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

FROZEN MEAT PROSECUTION. I By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, March 27. Mr. Thos. Mackenzie is prosecuting a butcher at Shanklin, isle of Wight, for selling Argentine mutton as New Zealand. DIPLOMAT'S SUICIDE. Rome, March 27. Prince Vincent of Wendesohgaertz, who was attached to the Austrian Embassy, has committed suicide on ao. count of a love affair. IMMIGRANTS FOR NEW ZEALAND. London, March 27. Mr. Thos. Mackenzie has arranged with the shipping companies for at least 1000 emigrants this year. He is endeavoring to arrange to re-ship the party of Maoris from the Festival of Empire, who were stranded in England. THE TURAKINA. Rio de Janiero, March 27. The Turakina is expected to sail on the 14th. The engines are undamaged. The butter in the third hold is slightly rancid, and the cheese soft. The wool in the first hold was much heated, and is considerably damaged. THE MARCONI ENQUIRY. London, March 27. Before the Marconi Committee, Sir Ruins Isaacs gave evidence that his brother Harry's profit in selling him 10,000 shares was between £SOOO and £9OOO. BRITISH WIRELESS STATIONS. Singapore, March 27. The Government has decided to construct wireless stations at Singapore and Penang, independent of the proposed Imperial chain. GERMANY'S WAR TAXATION. Berlin, March 27. The newspaper Germania states that the .new army and taxation Bills include a million marks as a war levy, and make the Empire heir to the estates of intestates dying without kin. The latter Bill is calculated to produce thirty-seven million marks annually. FARMER'S FAMILY BURNED. Melbourne, March 28. Mrs. McMiehael and three children were burned to death at Glenmaggic in the absence of Mr. McMiehael, who is a farmer. The house is situated in hilly country. SHOOTING A CHINAMAN. Sydney, March 28. As a result of the inquest on Chung Foon, a Chinaman who was found shot near Parramatta, Cecil George Eathei was committed for tria! on a charge of shooting. Accused stated that Foon chased him because he asked Foon if he had taken a bird-trap. He fired four shots with the idea of stopping Foon, but did not intend to hit him.