GENERAL CABLES.
OERMAX EXECUTION'S. I!y Cable—Press Assoriiition —Copyri'^lit Koccived 2K. ;V!0 i>.in. Berlin. March 28. There is «n agitation fur the abolition of tin' headsman, sword ami block*. In cusi's of capital punishment, the execution is stayed in ihe courtyard of the penitentiary. Thr condemned person is thrown face downwards on " a bench. Willi a cup-shaped hole for the head, and strapped there. Then the masked headsman raises a heavy sword to the level of his chin, and lets the razor-edge drop. STEAMER BLOWN" UP. Received 28. ,".40 p.m. Honolulu, March 2fi. The island steamer Maui, with a cargo of explosives, blew up in Pearl Harbor, and instantly disappeared. SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION. Received 2!). .'.5 p.m. Sydney. March ill. Tire gutted the tramway workshops and destroyed oils valued at £SOOO. Spontaneous eonilinslion was the cause, of tlic outbreak.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 258, 30 March 1914, Page 5
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137GENERAL CABLES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 258, 30 March 1914, Page 5
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