GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 161, 7 January 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

CHARGES OF SEDITION. By Cable-—Press Association—Copyright I Budapest, January 5. The prisoners at Mannorossziget admit participating in Alexius' move- I ■ment, 'but describe it as religious and | non-political. i WEAVERS AND POLITICS. London, January 5. A weavers' amalgamation has decided ] in favor of political action under the Trades Union Act, 1913. PUNITIVE EXPEDITION. Cairo, January 5. A punitive expedition under Captain Fairbum dispersed a thousand Nuers who inhabit the banks of the Zeraf. ENTERTAINERS sSTRANDED. London, January 5Owing to the failure of the syndicate conducting the "Romance of India" at •Earl's Court, four hundred performers have been stranded. A distress committee is raising subscriptions. DASHED OVER A PRECIPICE. Vienna, January 5. Seven peasants, while sleighing at Bedaussee, Klinenbachstal, dashed over a precipice, and all were killed. A BASEBALL MATCH. Sydney, January C. At baseball the New York Giants defeated New South Wales by 15 to 2. NEW SOUTH WALES RAILWAYS. Sydney, January 6. The term of Mr. Johnston, Chief Railway Commissioner, ends in February, and pending the reconstruction of the Railway Commission by legislation Mr. Harper, Traffic Commissioner, acts us Chief Commissioner,

WESTRALIAN GOLD PRODUCTION. Perth, January «. The gold production last year was 1,314,044 ounces, an increase of 31,388 ounces over 1912. CLEVER SURGEONS. Times-—Sydney Sun Special Cables. London, January 5. A girl named Pauline Bell, aged 15, had been suffering from a deformed back since childhood. Surgeons took slender splints of bone from the girl's shin and inserted them in a groove cut in the inner side of the spine where it was crooked. They declare she will be absolutely well.