GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 220, 17 March 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

THE RUSSIAN WAY. j By, Cable —Press Association-^Copyright j St. Petersburg, March 15. Seventy-four persons arc charged at j the coming Warsaw trial, which is cx- | pected to last three months, A thou- | sand witnesses have been called. 1 BREACH OF TRUST. j Delhi, March 15. J Ivothavle, manager of the Bombay Banking Company, which failed in October, has been sentenced to three mouths' imprisonment for breach *t trust. TEN! MILLIONS INHERITED. Times-Sydney Sun Special Services. New York, March 15. Miss Cornelia Vanderliilt, aged 13, has inherited her father's ten millions. "A TORN DRESS!" Times-Sydnoj Sun Special Services. Brussels, March 15. At a Court ball a lady wore a very decollctte gown with a big slit. The King whispered to the marshal, who conducted her to her carriage, saying, "Tho King noticed that you have torn your dress. Return home and have the damage repaired." EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN. Tokio, March 15. An earthquake at Akita caused numerous fatalities in several villages. BY THE KAISER'S ORDER.

Berlin, March 15. The Kaiser has ordered officers' wives i» refrain from riding horseback astride. BASUTO CHIEF FINED. ' Capetown, March 15. The paramount chief of Basutoland has fined Jonathan, a troublesome chief, twenty head of cattle. STRIKERS FINED. Capetown, March 15. Six Volkrust strikers have been fined sums from 50s to £l3 for desertion of duty"* and inciting others to desert. GALES IN ENGLAND. London, March 15. Violent gales are raging in the west and South of England. A hundred houses have been unroofed at Queenstown. JAPANESE NAVY ESTIMATES. Tokio, March .15. The Lower House rejected the Senate's reduction of the naval estimates, A joint conference of both houses has been summoned. CATHEDRAL DAMAGED BY FIRE Berlin, March 15 The cathedral at Neuss, one of the finest specimens of mediaeval architecture in Germany has been greatly damaged by fire. The tower collapseii, but the nave was saved. A COLLAPSED SCHEME. ' Berlin, March 15. The world's commerce scheme has collapsed, owing to one of most important trade organisations holding aloof.

SPIES' HAUL. London, March 15. The Daily Chronicle states that the agents of foreign Powers have been making many endeavors to obtain the signal code of fire control. It is now revealed that the book was stolen from H.M.S. Queen Mary. TRUST. Sydney, March 16. Mr. Ustis flatly contradicts the statement cabled from Auckland on Tuesday that the Chicago Meat Co. was extending its operations to Australia. He denied that he had any connection with the conjpany. FIREMEN PAID OFF. Sydney, March 16. After complaining of the food, the, firemen on the Mokoia gave notice, and were paid off. A new crew was obtained, and the vessel sailed for Hobart on Saturday night. THE NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. Melbourne, March Hi. Agents of the Norddeutscher Lloyd Company state that the service w'ill continue until May 12, 1915, whether the subsidy is renewed or not. The last vessel on the present programme leaves Sydney on that date. MELBOUKNE TRAMWAYS. London, March 15. The British Insulated and Ilelshy Cables Company has secured a £300,001) contract to supply overhead cleetri« equipment for the Melbourne tramways.