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GENERAL CABLES.

•JAPANESE NAVAL SCANDAL, By Cable—Press Association—Copyri"';; Tokio, February 15. Five naval nlliecM, including a rearadmiral, have been detained pending a court-martial in connection with the corruption scandal. LIPTO.VS HAND FORCED. London. February 15. Mr. Sawyer gave evidence that it had always been the case that Lipton's were forced to do what other contractors did. They lost several Salisbury Plains contracts because they refused to give as much as others. MIXING IN THE TRANSVAAL, . Johannesburg, February 14. The Sunday Observance Commission recommends that the cessation of milling mines on Sunday would mea» an immense reduction and depreciation in values, amounting to millions, besides a shrinkage of the gold output. STARVING CREW. New York, February 14. The steamer Idaho was stopped in the Atlantic by the barque Edinburgh, with a request for food. The crew were starving. Thay had no flour, bread, biscuits, tea or coffee for Hi days, storms delaying the vessel. . HUGE ITALIAN FRAUDS. Rome, February 14. An auonymous communication led to the discovery of frauds of four million lire in connection with contracts for tho army at Libya.

FOR USEFUL PURPOSES. Brussels, February 14. The King js applying a million" francs from the special Congo fund to co»nbat sleeping sickness, and also 300,0 ft) francs to the Belgian missions to nativeß - / «f ■ $. A LONDON TRAGEDY. London, February 14. A eabdrrrcr named Harlesden committed suicide by hanging after strangling his wife and three children. SIR WM. LYXB'S ESTATE. Sydney, February 15. Sir William Lyne's estate has been sworn at £17,8112. the bulk representing shares in public companies. He directed the trustees to divide the proceeds of the sale of the whole estate in equal shares to his wife and ehildrwi. A BRUTAL ACTION. Suva, February 15. Sydney Levy, junr., a picture show manager, was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment for throwing ammonia and sererely burning Arthur Groom, intervened in a fight between the Levy brothers. ECUADOR REVOLUTION. Guayanuil, February 15. The British consulate and the eable afiiee wur» burned during the .ffghtii" at Esmeraldas. ' '

„. OVER-TAXED JAPAN. Tokio, February 13. I lie police are rigorously repressing struct demonstrations i„ ' connection with the growing anti-tav agitation, due to the Budget not affording relief. Two hundred arrests have been made. THE KIKUYU CONTROVERSY. London, February 15. Mr Robertson Nicoll, i„ „ letter to the press, doubts whether Nonconformists will adopt Bishop Frodsham's suggestions. n EI CUT MILLIONS WASTED. Ottawa, February 15. ■I He larhamcntary Committee "reported that olght millions had been wasted on the Canadian transcontinental railway from Moucton, New Brunswick, to Winnipeg, but the committee did not impute actual dishonesty. RIOTOUS SCENES. . _. , Tokio, February 15. Kietous scenes occurred in the Diet. An outsider entered the committee-room and as S a„ lt ed a „„„„,,„. who WM to the hospita. seriously injured. The interloper was arrested. ABYSSINIAN RAID.. . Nairobi, February 15. Ttie Borani tribe of Southern Abys»mia crossed the British frontier and .asm Minted Rondille village killing two Hundred men, women and clhildrcn. REMOUNTS FOR GERMANY. , , . London, February 15 A law-suit resnoelimi a hoise revealed S l ,;' v \ cnm '." '"''""' «'Hi.iin B at Market Drayton. ,„ 1013 exported 321 thoroughbreds for the Herman army. WASHINGTON'S STATUE. London, February 1.5 Promoters of the peace celebrations areeonsu ering the facing of Washington s statue i„ Westminster Abbey or 11 l" lh1 ,'? I''""', if Canadian opinion s agreeable. ,■ 'J' l "'- DUBLIN RIOTS. ~., London, February 15. the iuots Commission exonerates the police on charges of brutality in' s,-. Pressing tl,, ~;,,,, •„, A t temlier. ' A MYSTERIOUS EPIDEMIC. in xi ■'. , ■ S - V(1,11, V. February 1(1. All t ,e lis , ,„ ,1„, s.nte hatcheries in the National Parked | a „ ( wepk . „„, ~ .s.ng... o„c e5r,,,,,,!. There was some mysterious enidenne whie.li no one is dole to explain. DRV DOCK Kuii MEMioriiNE. Melbourne. Febrnarv jfi. I he Premier staled, in tl„ Assembl". that negotiations were again prorccd•iig '" -Main the co-operation of the CommouwcalHi in buildin- a dry dock to cost KOO.nilfl at Port Phillip. QUARANTINE OFFK ER. WANTED. Svdney, February 1(1. Application. M -r invit,,] l, v the Imperial Cfcvernmi nl for (h,. position „|' ciii.'f (|iiar:uitiiie ollu-.-r. al a n' £(!!!(). I

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 196, 17 February 1914, Page 2

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GENERAL CABLES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 196, 17 February 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 196, 17 February 1914, Page 2

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