GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 302, 15 May 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

BIG FIRE IN SHANGHAI. BLAZING STREAMS FLOW INTO HARBOR. (Sydney Sun Special). London, May 3. A big fire occurred in Shanghai yesterday, in connection with which there were many sensational incidents. The outbreak started in an oil and tallow warehouse, and with such highly inflammable fuel to feed it the lire soon assumed large proportions. Blazing streams of oil poured from the burning building, into the. harbor, and the British cruiser Newcastle., which was'lying at one of the wharve. l , narrowly escaped serious damage. " j Some men who were in a launch engaged in fighting the flames had a thrilling experience. Their boat became ignited, both fore and aft, and 'the crew, to save their lives, were compelled to plunge overboard and dive beneath the flaming tallow floating on the surface of the water. The only lives so far reported to have been lost wece those of three natives, all of whom perished in the flames. NEW ARMY RIFLE. MUSKETRY EXPERTS TESTING. - London, May 3. The new .270 rifle is being tested i-t the Hytlie School of Musketry, but >t i s not "expected that the report concern- | ing the results obtained will be made th 5 year. I LEE-ENFIELDS FOR AUSTRALIA. London, May 3. The first instalment of 25,000 Lee-En> field rifles ordered by the Commonwealth Government has been promised for di'ivery in July. AUSTRALIAN RESOURCES. ADVERTISEMENT IN BELGIUM. London, May 3. Preparations are being made for an Exhibition of Australian produce in Amsterdam from June to October. The High Commissioner's office has also arranged for the display, at the Ghent Exhibition, of a series of biograph pictures illustrative of Australian y i life and resources. TRACK OF BLOOD. . _ ( DUEL IN A TRAIN. I London, May 3. A Mr. Short, a wealthy mine-owner, was awakened in his Pullman ear at lansas City by a masked man. , He gave him a thousand dollars, and when the robber dropped the curtain of the bunk Sliort whipped up his revolver and fired thrice. The masked man re- . \ plied, and the mine-owner was wounded .. in the body, but not fatally. The robJ ber escaped, leaving a track of blood. J NO GOOD AS FOOD. THE INNUTRITIOUS ! ASPARAGUS. London, May 3. I The Lancet asserts that asparagus is useless as an article of food. According to this well-known authority, the vegetable that is so highly esteemed by many people does not possess any nutritive qualities, and anybody attempting to subsist upon it w .rve. «• PIT » OF HOME RULE. '• GOVERNMENT'S MAD ENTER- | PRISE." At the annual demonstration of the Primrose League, a Tory organisation at the Royal Albert Hall, London, yes terday, Lord Cur/.on said that the mul:i.2i of Home, Rule was drifting nearer and nearer to the abyss, and unless the Go vernment stopped in their mad entsr--1 prise the pit lilto which they would fall 1 would be the pit of fratricidal strife. Writing a letter to the meeting jip'j'.o gising for non-attendance, Mr. Bonar Law, the leader of the Opposition, said: \ "The Constitution has been destroyed, churches avu threatened, and the integrity of the Kingdom is again imperilled." ; | ROYAL ACADEMY. [I A MEDIOCRE SHOW. London, M»y 3. The Royal Academy pictures thii ye; < go to make up a mass of mediocrity. ' Promising painters appear to have ' shunned Burlington House. ' Mr. John La very's Royal Group si .i ' satisfactory, the figures appearing in 1 congruous in their setting. £ Mr. George Lambert sent only one por trait, and that of no particular iu.:rit. [ GERMAN DIRIGIBLES. NO MORE TRTALS NEAR FRENCH FRONTIER. i 1 London, May 3. f The trials of Zeppelin airships in Ger- ' many will in future be carried out at 1 Potsdam, in order to prevent the diri- ! gibles from descending in France, where k their construction can be scrutinised by 1 the French authorities. i 2 MARGARINE COLORING. 3 PREVENTION OF FRAUD. t a London, May 3. The Australian Co-operative Butter Committee will interview Sir George Reid on Tuesday to urge him to move the British Government to introduce legisli lation to prohibit the coloring of niars garine. d LEGS AND THE JUDGE. :f n LADY AND HER STOCKINGS. s London, May •'■ Judge G a vegan, of the New York y Supreme Court, caused a sensation during the hearing of a matrimonial suit yesterday by his comments on fashions. There'was a lady in court gowned ? smartly in a walking costume. ilor i. skirt cleared the floor by two inches, A and she was sitting with her legs crossed, 'C and she was showing grey dancing shoes »s and grey silk stockings. 3- The judge stopped the proceedings of 3- the Court, and, addressing the lady, nc'c cused her of making an improper expo- -• sure of her limbs in a public place. "Your lower limbs are insufficiently clad," he said. l e The lady burst into tears, and frantically pulled down her dress. % MURDERS BY MICROBE. Ed A STARTLING DISCOVERY. London, May i. Consternation has been caused in Europe by the discovery that people of B criminal tendencies arc able to piuvluse r living microbes from the official laboratories, providing that they describe * themselves as qualified practitioners, e Several cases of administration of dant gerous bacteria with felonious intent have brought o\,t fie infoiwr.tica