GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 255, 26 March 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

FERRY BOAT CAPSIZED. | By Cable—Pits.■; Association—Copyright ' Berlin, March 24. A ferry boat at Koepenik capsized with twenty-two operatives on board. ■Sixteen were drowned. • THE EASTERN CABLE. Sydney, March 25. Tho cable steamer Patrol has returned after having overhauled the Eastern cable between Botany and Nelson. The actual cost of repairs was £25,000. The cable was laid in 1876, and found in batter condition than expected. The new ones are both in excellent condition. A BIG COLLIERY SCHEME. Sydney, March 25. It is reported that preparations are being made for opening up a large new i colliery at Cessnock. The name of the party financing the scheme has not been divulged. It is believed to be a wealthy speculator who negotiated the purchase on the same land five years ago of the largest colliery in the Southern HerniaP l "** . ; j^iMIII

MOTOR LIGHTS. Times and Sydney Sun Special Services. 0 London, March 24. Experiments show that the dazzje of motor-car head lamps can be avoided by obscuring the top right-hand segment of the lens. PEEL YOUR APPLES. Times and Sydney Sun Special Services. London, March 24. An analyst reports that blue vitriol found on imported applies as the result of spraying is dangerous to the health of caters if the apples are not peeled.

RHODESIAN ELECTIONS. Capetown, March 24. The Rhodesian elections went largely in favor of the Chartered Company. ECLIPSE OBSERVATIONS. '- London, March 21. The British Association and the Radio-Telegraphic Committee have requested the Commonwealth to observe radio-active effects at wireless stations during the August eclipse. AUSTRALIAN SUBMARINES. London, March 21. The Australian submarines have left Suez. A LONG TIME AGO. . Paris, March 24. No official at the Louvre remembers having seen the missing papyrus. It seems to have disappeared about 1892.