GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 212, 7 March 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

DEADLOCK IN TASMANIA. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Ilobart March, fi. The Assembly (imls itself in a unique position, and when it meets on the 25tn Mr. Evans intends to resign the Speakership and take a seat on the lloor of tha House. This makes the parties equally divided, and without a Speak.vi'. WOMEN POLICE. New York, March 5. The policewomen in Chicago nave been relieved of duty, after sever.il months' trial, because of their rough- j ness in dealing with the waitresses' strike. Their operations caused crowds i to assemble. I THE GERMAN NAVY. J Berlin, March 5. ! Grand Admiral von Koster, address- | ing the Navy League, said that Germany was building cruisers on the model of other nations, but could not, expect a great excess of cruiseYs, especially against a Power depending on its largo import trade. Germany must maintain its naval supremacy on the Continent. ' It must have two strong naval wings to resist blockade at tne back of the eastern and western armies on the frontiers. A SUCCESSFUL OPERATION. Paris, March 5. Special tiny instruments were used in ■ a successful operation to separate "Siamese twin" girls, aged three months. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. London, March 5. There is an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the Conway district, North Wales. DOMINIONS' EXHIBITION'. London, March 5. The Imperial Council of Commerce passed a resolution supporting the Dominions' Exhibition. A WELCOME GIFT. London, March 5. Sir John Kirk is distributing Mr. Tunley's welcome gift of frozen mutton to the poor of London and Liverpool. SUEZ CANAL. Paris, March 5. The Suez Canal is being deepened to admit 28,000-tonncrs drawing 33ft. FATAL AVALANCHE. Rome, March 5. An avalanche in the Ortler Alps killed seventeen soWiers engaged in manoeuvres. A WOMAN SPY. Paris, March 5. A young German lady has been arrested at Cherbourg in possession if complete plans of the naval arsenal. SOLOMON ISLANDS LABOR. London, March 5. Sir William Lever, presiding at a meeting of Lever Bros., Ltd., referring to the shortage of labor in the Solomon Islands, said ho did not see the slightest objection to importing labor from congested districts in India. HONORING THE DEAD. London, March 5. Three battleships, three destroyers and thirteen submarines were present at the funeral service above the submerged submarine. It concluded with three volleys, the bugles sounding "The Last Post." A TURKISH INTRIGUE. London, March 5. The newspapers urge Sir E. Grey to use diplomatic influence to secure the release of Aziz Bey, who has been arrested for conspiring against the Committee of Union and Progress. The contradictory charges wore an air of intrigue. The opinion is freely expressed in Constantinople that the incident would end similarly to that of Kavakli, who was reported to have committed suicide in prison. AN X*AY VICTIM. London, March 5. The death has taken place of Henry Green, the pioneer manufacturer of Xray tubes. His death was due to carcinoma of the liver, induced by X-ray poison. Green developed the first focussing tubes and succcssfuly operated, later beginning their manufacture on a commercial basis. MINERAL OUTPUT. Sydaey, March 5. The total value of the New South Wales mineral output in 1913 was £12,095,000, an increase of £453,049. Gold contributed £035,703, silver and lead ores £5,721,854, copper £588,733, tin £421, 292, coal £3,770,375. Excepting gold, all show considerable increases. OLD-AGE PENSIONS. Ottawa, March 5. Mr. George Kyle, in the House of Commons, introduced an Old Age Pension Bill, on the lines of those adopted in Australia and New Zealand. The Minister of Finance, Mr. White, opposed the measure, declaring that public opinion in Canada was not ready for such action. FREE FIGHTS IN CHURCH. New York, March 5. The Industrial Workers of the World invaded St. Alphonsius' Roman Catholic Church and interrupted the service. The police endeavored to eject them. There were violent scenes of disorder, the police taking the worshippers instances for the disturbers. There were many free lights, but finally a soorc of Socialists were arrested and the service proceeded.