GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 215, 11 March 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

VliNliimjL IN DEATH. l'y Cable-- -Press Association—Copyright Now York, March !>. Mrs. .Robert Louis Stevenson's will bequeathed live dollars to -Mrs. Catherine Osborne, the divorced wife of Mrs. Stevenson's son, declaring her to be a woman of incredible l'erocity. Mrs. Osborne declared that the will was an old one, as before Mrs. Stevenson died amicable relations had been restored. FIND OF 11AD1UM ORE. Kingston (Jamaica), March 9. An\ English expert, after prolonged prospecting, lias discovered an extensive deposit of ore containing radium. LONDON STREET ACCIDENTS. London, March !). Then: were 18,944 street accidents in London in 1913, chiell) due to motor traffic. Of these 570 were fatal. A STEAMER DISABLED. Capetown, March D. The Marathon has arrived at Port Natal. A furnace crown collapsed, and repairs wijl occupy four days. PUOEKSSIONAL PLAYERS. New York, March 9. An amazing limit has been reached in the payment of baseballers. The management of the Boston American League team oll'ered Tris Speaker, a famous center-fielder, £7400 for a two years' contract ami £IOOO bonus. SMALLPOX AGAIN. Sydney, March n. There are two ;ases of smallpox at Helensburgh. I. AMERICAN TRADE COMMISSION. Sydney, March 11. Passengers by the Riverina to Auckland to-morrow will include members of the United States Trade Commis.sion. H.M.S. TORCH. Sydney, March 9. The Torch sails for New Zealand on Thursday. IN LOWLY CIRCUMSTANCES. St. Petersburg, March 1). A newspaper man has discovered the sole surviving descendant, of Prince Potemkin selling tickets at a cinemograpli show. The man proudly showed his family papers, which were proved to authentic. Prince Potemkia assisted the Empress Catherine to get rid of her husband, Peter 111, and subsequently, as Catherine's farorite, guided the foreign policy of the Empire.