GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 216, 12 March 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

PLAGUE INFECTION BY FLEAS, j By Cable —Press Association—Copyright London, March 10. The Lister Institute has conclusively proved that the flea infects with plague by regurgitation. THE ARRESTED MISSIONARY. London, March 10. The British acting-Consul at Boma will proceed to San Salvador to conduct an independent investigation into the arrest of the Rev. Mr. BowskiL. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. London, March 10. Moore, a timber porter, who gave evidence in the Starchficld case, was found by his landlady inhaling gas from tubing attached to a gas bracket, and was taken .to the hospital. JAPANESE NAVY ESTIMATES. Tokio, March 10. The Budget Committee of the Upper House, by 48 votes to 7, recommended a reduction of seven millions in the Navy Estimates. SYDNEY STREET CLEANING. Sydney, March 11. City street cleaning last year cost £B-1.562. Carting refuse involved e.n expenditure of £29,773. THE ST. LOUIS FIRE. New York, March 10. In the St. Louis fire searchlights revealed eleven bodies in the ruins of the Athletic Club. The death roll is now stated to be thirty-one. Many hysterical persons escaped and .are wandering around the city. Their relatives are .svarching for them. Some, half-dement-ed, had a shocking experience.