GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 195, 16 February 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

ARMY CANTEEN CASES. iiy Cubic—"Press Association—Copyright London, February 13. Warrants have been granted for tke. arrest of Minto anil Ness in connection wit It the. eatrteen eases. Ness is supposed to lie in Canada, and Minto recently quitted for Paris. GALES IX ENGLAND. London, February 13. There are heavy gales on the English eoast with some wrecks and loss of life. The second Australian submarine, which is on the voyage from Harrow 1 to PorUinonlh, is sheltering at Fishguard. EXPLOSION AT POWDER FACTORY. Mew York, February 1". Four employees at the Hercules powder factory, Kenvil, Xew Jersey, were killed when an explosion destroyed the. plant. The destruction was so complete tint I no trace of the bodies hits been found. PEOPLE FOR AUSTRALIA. London, February 13. The Orsora bus left Tilbury Docks with three hundred (migrants and their families, for Australia. A TALUAISLH INVENTION'. s , Rome, February 13. At an ollicial test Olivie's rays exploded two torpedoos, charged with gunpowder ami submerged at Arno. The Itaiian Government has secured the invention. VERDICT AGATXST ASYLUM WARDER. , Paris, (February 13. ( A wife visited her husband at a luna- | tie asylum, and during the temporary I absence of the warder the man drew a I lohji nail and attacked and terribly ini jurcd his wife's face. Tha court awarded her £l-100 for the. warder's- negligence. ECONOMY IX RAILWAY SLEEPERS. Melbourne, Eebruary 14. The interim report of the Powellising Commission recommends the reduction of the size of sleepers on the tran*Australian railway, thus saving £70,000 to £IOO.OOO. A STORE DESTROYED. Sydney, February 14. Mackenzie's store at Manilla lias been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £20.000. There was no fire brigade nor water supply; the citizens were, therefore, powerless to fight the ontbreak.