GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 214, 10 March 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

A I'KlilT WITH OUTLAWS. i By Cable-Press Association —Copyrignt Khartum, March 8. Major Conry, of the Egyptian army, with a party from an Arab battalion, had a .sharp fight with thirty outlaws at Wady lladi. All the outlaws were killed or captured. Major Conry and three tni'ii were killed. "THE LIMIT." London, March 8. Burglars blew up a unfa in I lie City Road Labor Exchange and swum! ,£IOOO intended for the unemployed. LORU ALL'RED DOUGLAS. ! London, Mf.reh S. Lord Alfred Douglas disobeyed an j order for his appearance in pursuance j of a decision in April, when on a charge ' of libelling his father-in-law he was | bound over in sureties of C50I). lie I wrote to the Recorder ,of the Old 1 Bailey that lie had gone to Paris and | did not intend to appear. His bail of £SOO has been estreated and a warrant issued. A MONEY-MAKING POLITICIAN. Vienna, March 8. A paper asserts that Svislia, leader of the obstructionists and Czechs in the Reichstag, has for ten years supplied information to the Prague police, for which he lias received regular pay. He also offered to discontinue his obstruction if the Government paid him £ls- - Tim paper publishes facsimiles of Svisha's letters and reports. CHANCERY FAIiLES. London, March 8. The stories of' mythical millions in Chancery have been dissipated by an official return showing that C 1,250,001' only is awaiting claimants. There havo been 3838 claims made, and the greatest individual amount paid has been £7OO. The office receives five hundred claims yearly, the major'ty from the HJnited States. OLD-AGE PENSION'S IN' CANADA. Ottawa, March 8. The House of Commons discussed old age pensions. The Minister of Finance was friendly, but thought the legislation was premature in view of the great public undertakings to which Canada was committed. The general feeling of the House concurred with the Minister. A NEW PROPHET. Paris, March 8. Traffic in one of the busiest boulevards, in the busiest hours of the day, was brought to a standstill by a tall nu in a long black robe shouting, "I am the prophet Daniel; hear ye." He displayed a sheet, on which was printed in red letters. "A great wind will fall upon Paris, and everyone will be •wept into the clouds." He waß arrested, and released under the promise of friends to take care of the new prophet. HARD ON'i THE READERS, j Rio de Janeiro, March 8. A further number of journalists having been arrested, the newspaper Impartial is tilling its leading article columns with the story of "Ali liaba and the Forty Thieves." WELL-MERITED PUNISHMENT, Times and Sydney Sun Services. Bombay, March 8. The wife of Buckingham Stephens, a dentist, was found guilty of murdering her husband while asleep in a bungalow at Kottayam, and Burton W. Swinny of abetting her. Both have been imprisoned fer life. A FOOLISH MINER. St. Petersburg, March 8. A miner at Stayanoserbsk opened a safety lamp to light a cigarette. The gas in the mine exploded, killing in men; only two escaped. THE OREAT CIRCUS BURNED. Copenhagen, March 8. The Croat Circus has been burned. ■The damage is estimated at £IOO,OOO. No lives were lost. THE CHARLEMAGNE CREW. London, March 8. The crew of the Charlemagne Tower, which sank in mid-ocean, have been rescued by a revenue cutter. Several were almost, dead from exhaustion. WATER IN COAL MINES. London, March 8. A company has been formed, chieflv of German directors, including Stinnes. a figure in the Westphalian coalfields, to work a freezing method to overcome the influx of water in the shafts employed on Lord Oalway's Nottingham estate. CHURCH OF ENGLAND. London, March 8. The Church of England cear book shows 559,962 baptisms, a decrease of 13,800 during the year; -2,328,707 Easter ] communicants, a decrease of 100,000; 2,544,208 Sunday scholars, a dec reasft of 117,250; 239,018 confirmations, en InI crease of 4533.