GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 2, 3 June 1913, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

A FICTIONAL VALUE

By Cable—Press Association—Copyright.; London, June 1. ■ Mr. Hearst, the well-known Neljr> York newspaper proprietor, has purchased the serial rights of Mr. Hall Caine's literary productions for the next five years for £20,000.

THE THEATRE DISPUTE. London, June 1,

Hansen, the actor, who assaulted Arthur Bourcliier in connection with the production of Rothschild's play Croesus, has been released from custody on promising to quit Great Britain.

ROYAL MAINTENANCE CASE. Brussels, June I,

The Duchess of Orleans, who was separated from the Duke of Orleans in 1912, is suing her husband for maintenance.

DIMINISHING BIRTH-RATE London, June 1,

The birth-rate in England and Wales for the past three months averaged 23.8 per 1000. A VIOLENT GALE. . Lisbon, June 1. Violent gales have occurred throughout Portugal and several people have been killed by lightning. A fishing vessel with twenty aboard was wrecked at Nazareth, fifteen being drowned: DRASTIC REMEDIES. ' St. Petersburg, June ]. An inter-village dispute occurred in the Yadrinsk district over land demarcation. The guards dispersed the disputants, and in so doing they shot six dead and wounded eleven seriously with shot or sword 1 .