GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 164, 10 January 1914, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

AN INSANE ACT. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright Received 9, 11 p.m. Sidney, January 0. Thomas Gallagher, a wharf laborer, who recently arrived from New Zealand, jumped from the Pyramont Bridge into the Darling Harbor. He was rescued and taken to the police reception-house. SWEPT IIY A SHEET OF FLAME. Received !), 11 p.m. Vienna, January 0. An explosion occurred among the cinematograph films in the Gaumont Company's premises, which were swept by a sheet of flume. Two girls were killed anil several persons seriously injured. The fact that only n few employees were working in the "premises minimised the c.ssualties. DEVELOPING JAPAN'S RESOURCES. Received 9, 11 p.m. Tokio, January 9. French Capitalists, with a capital of £20,000,0(10, are negotiating a loan, spread over four years, for tl e development of Japan's national rcso trees. A BOY STRANGLED. Received !), M "p.m. London, January 0. A seven-year-old bby was found strangled under a seat in a railway carriage at Sborrditch Station. The child has been identified, but the inline of the parent', who reside at Hampstead, is withheld. The mother sent the boy on an errand and he had not returned. THE DUBLIN CASTLE SHOT. Received ft, 11 p.m. London, January 7. After investigation, no significance is attached to the shot at Dublin Castle. THE SEXGIIYYD CATASTROPHE. Received !), 11 p.m. London, January 9. An expert witness at the Sengryyd inquirv expressed the opinion that an explosion occurred in the lamp station, where an open lamp was ignited and the gas freed by a heavy fall.