GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 14, 17 June 1913, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

GERMANY'S OOLD RESERVE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright, Berlin, June 15. The Imperial Bank has announced that the gold reserve increased since June 7 bv £1,050,000, making the total £53,800,000. THE DUKE OF ORLEANS. Rome, .unc 15. The newspaper II Corriere della Sera, published at Milan, states that the Duke of. Orleans, travelling as Phillippe de Villier, has sailed for Buenos Ayrcs with the so-called Countess Jean.de Salverte. A SARDIANIAN VENDETTA. Rome, June 15. The village of Orgosolo, in Sardinia, I has been occupied by the military, owing | to eight murders following the acquittal of the men charged with assassinating a priest's brother. FATAL BULGARIAN EARTHQUAKE. Sofia, June 15. There have been two severe earth tremors in Bulgaria and Southern Hungary. Some houses at Tirnovo collapsed, and there were several fatalities. INCENDIARY FIRES. London, June 15. Two men have been remanded at Bradford in connection with the recent fires. DUTY ON RUBBER. Brussels, June 15. The export duty on rubber from the Congo has been reduced to France. j IRISH WHISKY. I London, June 15. Eight Irish distilleries have combined to produce the best Irish whisky. A capital of £1,000,000 has 'been subscribed. The object is to terminate the system of importing British whisky, and, after blending, reshipping it as Irish. ELECTROCUTED. Sydney, June 16. An electric meter reader, named Pollock, was found electrocuted near a live wire. He was aparently testing it while standing on a wet floor.