GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 317, 31 May 1913, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

A BATTLESHIP AGIIOUND. By Cable —Press Association —Copyright. Berlin, May 2!). The battleship Koenig Albert is > again aground at the mouth of the V istula, and is blocking the fairway. AN APPRECIATION. London, May 29. The Standard of Empire says that Mr, Deakin's prediction that Mr. Watt, Premier of Victoria, was a man whom London would listen to, has been fulfilled. Not since Mr. Deakin's eloquence charmed Home audiences has an Australian statesman been heard here who could exercise the power Mr. Watt has shown. McCULLOCH'S PICTURE SALE. London, May 29. Mr. George McCulloch's sale to-day realised £77,000. Sir John Millais' picture "Isumbras at the Ford" brought 7800 guineas. Cecil Lawson's "Marshlands" brought 2800 guineas. The latter was secured for the Felton bequest, Melbourne. A LIBEL ACTION. London, May 29. Mr. George Balfour, an engineer's employee, who was Unionist candidate for the Govan Division of Glasgow at the last election, sued the Glasgow Daily Record and Ben Tillett for libel. He alleged that Tillett circulated' amongst the newspapers allegations as to Balfour's responsibility for a strike. The case was settled by the payment of £IOOO dam-

LABORERS' COTTAGES. London, May 29. The Daily Chronicle suggests that the Board of Agriculture should build 10,000 cottages at £l6O a-piece, getting 3s to 3s fid weekly rental, and acquir-. ing land of agricultural value. A POLITICAL ARREST. Vienna, May 29. Colonel Real, an active officer on the general staff, committed suicide when on the point of being arrested to-day on charges of immorality and of selling official secrets to a foreign Power. Real had been heavily blackmailed. A MINE EXPLOSION. Paris, May 29. Six persons were killed and many injured by the explosion of two tons of nitro-glycerine ill the factory at Port Vendres. Many mangled bodies were hurled into the sea. A LOST EXPEDITION. Berlin, May 20. A telegram received to-day from Archangel states that several wealthy men are organising a motor-boat expedition to Nova Zembla to search for Lieutenant Seedow's polar expedition. THE CONGO STATE. London, May 21). Sir Edward Grey, in the House of Commons, referring to the reforms in the Belgian Congo, declared that Britain had recognised the annexation. PREMATURE SHELL EXPLOSION. London, May 20. A 31-pound shell burst prematurely on board the battleship Colossus in * the North Sea. Several men were injured by the flying fragments. TRADE WITH - TASMANIA. liobart, May 30. A North German Lloyds steamer has initiated direct calls. Previously all German goods for Tasmania were sent to London for transhipment by the Shaw, Savill and New Zealand Shipping Companies' steamers. A NEW SOUTH WALES LOAN. 1 London, May 2fl. The New Soutli Wales Government has placed £750,000 in treasury bills for the year at 4 per cent. THE FEDERAL ELECTIONS. Sydney, May 30. The weather is again broken. There is a strong southerly blow, heavy rains and rough seas. The outlook for tomorrow's Federal elections is unpromising. Both parties held, big final rallies.