GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 8, 10 June 1913, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

OFFICE BOY WINS £1875. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. London, June 8. A wel-known member of the Stock Exchange drew Aboyeur in a sweepstake on the Derby. He was so disgusted at his luck that he presented the ticket to his office boy, who won £1875. COUNTENANCING SLAVERY. London, June T. The Daily Mail publishes statements made by Dr. Fraser, medical missionary at Lushai, in Assam, accusing British officials of countenancing slavery. Families, he says, are ruthlessly sundered and sold to chiefs. Dr. Fraser charged the authorities with banning him for interfering with the customs of the country. CHINESE PIRATES. Honkong, June 8. Pirates in the West River captured the French steamer, Robert Le Beauday, plying from Hongkong to Foochow, and stole £2400 in specie. A Chinese passenger was shot dead and six of the crew were wounded in defending the ship. A MINE EXPLOSION. New York, June 8. Thirty miners are imprisoned following an explosion in the Susquehanna Coal Company's shaft in Shamokin district. Six men much burned were rescued, and two dead bodies have been recovered WHIRLWIND AT MACAO. Honkong, June 8. I By a whirlwind at Macao 100 were drowned. Boatmen fired crackers and bombs to propitate the anger of the gods. Many junks foundered and widespread damage was caused. THE GREEK NAVY. London, Juno 8. Reuter's Athens correspondent reports that Greece is constructing a 19,500-ton Dreadnought. ACTIVE VOLCANOES. | New York, June 8. I A number of Alaskan volcanoes are active. Flames and dense smoke " are visible for miles seaward. ARGENTINE MEAT. Buenos Aires, June 8. Guiseppe Pomara, accused of sending a threatening letter to President Wilson, has been arrested. His letter read: "Five thousand dollars, or it will be the worse for you." EXODUS OF RAILWAYMEN. London, June 8. | lliree hundred skilled railwaymen, j from Swindon, arc emigrating to* Can-' | ada, attracted by the hio-h wages. [At Swindon the Cv.-d Western Railway Company lias emririe and oaiTiice works employing 12,WH) hands.] rn:K i\ t Sydney. Sydney, June (I, hire destroyed the Innr-slorev premises of Wcingott, a waterproof manufacturer. The damage amounted to £SOOO. The insurance on the buildin- was £(>7so, and on the contents £SOOO. A NEW CATHEDRAL. Sydney, June 0. Ihe foremoiry of laying and blessing the foundation stones of the additions to St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral was yesterday performed bv Archbishop Kelly. Representative* from all parts of New South Wales were present, and it is estimated that the con"re«ation reached 13,000. Whin finished £300.000 will have been spent on the work, exclusive of £50.000 on the original building. The attendance included Sir Gerald Strickland and visiting prelates.