GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 310, 23 May 1913, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

QUESTIONABLE DANCES. By Cable—Press Association—-Copyright. London, May 21. There is a growing crusade extending I in the columns of the newspapers arising through West End hostesses condemning the Turkey trot, liunnyhug and Tango dances. Bandmasters are asked to exclude them from programmes, even if younger dancers request them to be played. Mine. Pavlova, the famous dansou'se, states that the Turkey trot and Tango are abomination and travesties. CHARTERED STEAMERS. London, May 21. The Telegraph states that it is reported that the United States Government has chartered twenty seamers for six months to be delivered at a Pacific Coast port or Australia. WASTE LANDS. London, May 21. The Times, commenting on emigration, said it was desirable that the great sparsely populated portions of the Empire should not be allowed to lie waste. Their development should be carried on by our own people; the interests of Empire demand it. A SOLIDER'S REVENGE. St. Petersburg, May 21. A soldier, in revenge for a punishment, shot and wounded a sergeant and bayonetted two policemen. He then entered the apartment of the captain and bayo;.netted him, causing a severe wound. Troops, surrounded and fired on the soldier, wlio replied, but was finally wounded and arrested. THE CENTURION COURT-MARTIAL. London, May 21. The court-martial enquiring into the sinking of the Derna by H.M.S. Centurion, reprimanded Lieutenant Hector Boyce, officer of the watch at the time of the collision, for hazarding H.M.S. Centurion by fault. A BIG SUBMARINE. Paris. May 21. The submarine Gustave Zede, the largest in the world, has been launched at Cherbourg. It resembles a torpedo destroyer and will perform the duties of that class of vessel while on the surface. It has a speed of twelve knots when submerged and twenty knots when on the surface. THE UNION COMPANY. Sydney, May 22. • When the Willoehra takes up the running on the San Francisco route the Warrimoo will resume the New Zealand run. RUBBER FACTORY BURNED. Sydney, May 22. A fire destroyed the factory of Duval and Company, rubber merchants, at Paddington. The building was of wood and iron, of two storeys, and covered an extensive area.