GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 283, 22 April 1913, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

CITY GARDENS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, April 20. The Cities and Town Planning Association entertained Mr. Watt, Premier iof Victoria, Sir Joseph Ward, Mr. Hoiman, Attorney-General of New South Wales, Captain Collins, and Mr. Baillieu (Victoria) at Letch worth Garden City. 'Sir Joseph Ward said that New Zealand had already attempted to do by legislation what Letch work had done by private enterprise. AN OVERDUE STEAM Kit. London, April 20. Forty per cent, lias been paid to reinsure thi! steamer Natal Transport, bound from Ocean Island to Europe. A HEAVY RATE. London, April 20. The new education rate in London is Is lid in the £. MOTOR-CAR FATALITY. Paris, April 20. A motor-car skidded, in crossing a bridge, and fell into the Seine, w.th the result that the governess and two children of Madame Duncan, the famous dancer, were drowned. ATTEMPTED MURDER. Paris, April 20. Picron, the Mayor of Gentilly, who was reputed to be a wealthy man, has ', been sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment for attempting to murder Madame Chabruk, the widow of a banker, and her sister. Picron had borrowed money from the banker before his death. THE VICTORIA HARVEST. Melbourne, April 21. The official returns for the oat harvest are 8,393,039 bushels, an average of 18.95 bushels per acre, compared with 4,585,326 bushels and an average of 15.17 bushels per acre in the previous Season.