GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 160, 6 January 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

AX AUDACIOUS ROBBERY. | 5y Cable--Press Association—Copyright Melbourne, January 5. An audacious robbery took place at Visner's, a jeweller in Bourke, Street. L'he window was smashed early in tins norning and 4-1 watches, valued at £IOO, vero removed. A BELGIAN CONSUL. Sydney, January 5. Provisional recognition has been grantto M. Matt'euw as Belgian Consul, in Sydney, for New South Wales, Queensland and the British possessions in the Pacific. DEATH OF AN OLD FEX-lAN. Perth, January 5. The death is announced of Thomas Duggan, aged 92, tlio last but one of sixty Fenians, transported in 186 S. i LYNCH LAW IN TEXAS. New York, January 4. At Jefferson, Texas, fifteen masked men took David Lee from the county gaol and hanged him on a bridge. Lee was accused of the murder of a con- j stajile. GERMAN RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Berlin, January 4. ' A military train, near Metz, collided with a 'buffer-stop. A coach was telescoped, and seven soldiers were killed and twelve seriously injured. EXPENSIVE GREEK LOAN. Athens, January 4. A Bill has been read a first timo authorising a twenty million 'sterling five per cent. loan issuing at 87%. The rate of interest obtained by investors would be 5 7-10. EUGENIC MARRIAGES. New York, January 4. The Eugenic Marriage Law, in' Wisconsin, requiring medical.examination of both applicants for a license, will bo operative from the New Year. State 1 officials are besieged by a crowd of persons seeking permits to evade the Act. Those who are not successful intend to get married in neighboring States, where tlio law is less stringent. AUSTRALIA'S NEW STAMPS. London, January 4. The King has received from Mr. Wynne, Commonwealth Postmaster-Gen-' eral, the first letter bearing the new stamp. The abolition of the kangaroo stamp carries out the King's wish that the King's head should ' represent the emblem of Empire for the colonies as wfell as for England.