GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 302, 15 May 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

KILLED BY A MADMAN. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 14, 10.30 p.m. London, May 13. , Major Lewinsky, .who is attached to the Prussian Legation, was mortally wounded by a man who ran amok at Munich. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR MOVEMENT. Received 15, 12.23 a.m. London, May 14. Rev. J. A. Spencer addressed the Christian Endeavor Convention at Bradford on the progresa of the movement in Australasia and India. A LINER STRANDED. Received 15, 12.25 a.m. London, May 14. A Union Castle liner lias been stranded near Kakar. The Admiralty has sent the cruiser to investigate, but there are no details. THE CHINESE LOAN, deceived 15, 12.50 a.m. London, May 14. Twenty-five million of the Chinese loan will be issued on the 21st inst., whereof £7,500,000 will be issued in London. A SCHOONER ASHORE. Received 15, 12.50 a.m Sydney, May 14. Tl. i gale continues. The five-masted schooner George E. Billings, from Puget Sot,nd, is ashore on a sandbank at Botany Bay. Her position is not s( /ious. WAREHOUSE DAMAGED BY FIRE. Sydney, May 14. A fire in the three-storeyed clothing warehouse of Malouf and Massoor, at Redfern, caused damage to the extent of toOOO. Insurances on the building are £2OOO, and on the stock £II,OOO. FERRY BOAT SINKS. Received 14, 10 p.m. Sydney, May 10. The steering gear of the Balmain ferry boat Birkenhead was thrown out of order .by heavy seas in the harbor, and the vessel crashed into a jetty and drifted into the fairway, where she sank. No passengers were aboard, and the crew of four were rescued.