GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 207, 2 March 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

.BUIUED BENEATH AN AVALANCHE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 28, 8 p.m. Paris, February 28. Three members of tlie French' Alpine Club, who left Lyons on a ski-ing expedition, were found buried beneath an avalanche of snow. HELP FOR SHIPPING COMPANY. Paris, February 28. I The French Government lias decided i.to lend the Moasageries Shipping Co. engineers to replace the strikers to enable the company to maintain the mail services.

CAPETOWN'S SHIPPING FACILITIES. Times —Sydney Sun Special Cables. Received 28, 8 p.m. London, February 28. Nicholson, the harbor engineer, giving evidence before the Dominions Commission, said that in two years Capetown would be able to accommodate 750 vessels, of thirty-eight feet draught. This is important in view of diverting the Australian mail service to the Cape route. BIG PRICE FOR PICTURES. Received 28, 8 p.m. New York, February 28. Millionaire Krick has purchased Van Dyck's famous picture, the ''Paolo Addorno" for £BO,OOO sterling. MOTOR SPEED. New York, February 28. Racing for the Vanderbilt Cup, over a distance of 2!14 miles, the winner, a Mercedes car, averaged 73% miles an hour. A SLEEPY POLICE GUARD. Times—Sydney Sun Special Cables. Received 28, 8 p.m. Bombay, February 28. Authentic news regarding tarring the faces of the 3tatues of the Royal Family at Kolhapur shows that the police guard was asleep on the night of the outrage.

A WALL COLLAPSES, Constantinople, February 27. The wall surrounding Seraglio Parkcollapsed, burying twenty-two laborers. Five were killed and two seriously injured. CARDINAL RAMPOLLA'S WILL. Rome, February 27. Inquiry has failed to disclose the late Cardinal Rampolla's second will. Received 28, 8 p.m. Rome, February 28. . Cardinal Rampolla's valet has been arrested for repeated peculations. It is suggested he may know something of the missing will. ACE LIMIT IX FKKXCII ASMY. Paris, February '27. General Joffre, chief of the 'French General ■Staff, suggests a reduction in the age limit from captains to generals by two years. The cost of the change is estimated at £400,001).

A HEAVY SENTENCE FOR ESPIONAGE. Vienna, February 27. i Lieutenant Jundrif, who was 'in the kabit of meeting Russian agents in a [Greek church here and handing them doouments, while apparently .engaged in his devotions, has been sentenced to 19 years' imprisonment. The trial of his brother, Cedomyl, for espionage, has begun. EXTENSIVE IRRIGATION. St. Petersburg, February 27. The Government has prepared a Bill to provide for the irrigation of the Karabagh Steppe, at a cost of one million sterling. Eighty-one thousand acres will be devoted to cotton plantations. THE SPREAD OF SMALLPOX. Sydney, February 28. Smallpox is again extending in the country centres. A case has been reported at Carrowbrook. BUSH FIRES IN WEST AUSTRALIA. Perth, February 23. Extensive bush fires are causing much damage in different parts of the State. At Gingm several thoroughbred horses wero incinerated. At Geraldton two racehorses, consigned to Connolly, of Meekatharra, were badly burned and ■ad to bo destroyed.

| A STATE BAKERY. i' „,. Sydney, February 28. i the State bakery is in Percival road. H is officially owned that the property cost the Government £B2OO. It is under the management of George Boss who employs six hands, and has commenced by turning out 5000 loaves per day. The bakery i s capable of an output of 30,000 loaves. DESMAN INSURANCE ACT. Berlin, February 27. The State insurance of domestic servants has broken down, because ten per cent, of their wages is taken. It has been decided to create separate classes restricted solely to domestics.