GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 10, 12 June 1913, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

ANARCHIST OUTRAGES. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Lisbon, June 10. During the commemoration of the birth of the Portuguese poet, Camoens, an anarchist, threw a bomb at a children's procession. It is reported that several were killed and many injured. In indignation the populace wrecked a kiosk frequented by anarchists. Several arrests were made. COLONIAL SUGAR COMPANY. London, June 9. The Privy Council has dismissed a petition for the recision of an order granting special leave to appeal in the case of Gordon v. the Colonial Sugar Refining Company.: The appeal referred to an action brought by the directors of the company to make answers to specific questions. AN INDUSTRIAL DISEASE. London, June 10. Mr. G. H. Roberts, -M.P., at a Labour demonstration at Mansfield, said fatigue among employees should be scheduled as an industrial disease. It should be illegal for anyone to be over-worked. ROUGH WEATHER. Sydney, June 11. The wild weather, heavy rain and rough seas continue. Shipping is sheltering. MODERN STREET CLEANING. ' Sydney, June 11. The City Council has decided to pur-1 chase electrical machines to replace the' old brush machines for street cleaning. STRIKE IN STATE MINE. Melbourne, June 11. The miners in the State mine voted against resuming work and a protracted struggle is likely. THE VICTORIAN MINISTRY. London ,June 10. Mr. Haelthorn has accepted the Works portfolio in the Victorian Government. The position of Honorary Minister will not be filled until Mr. Watt returns from Berlin. GENERAL BOOTH MEMORIAL HOME.' Sydney, June 11. The Lord Mayor opened the General Booth Memorial Home. It is capable of accommodating (150 men. He declared that a man could live there like a ''toff" for 8s weekly.