GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 8, 28 May 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

OROMAItTY FIRTH DEFENCES. By Cable —Press Association —Copyright London, May 20. The Admiralty 'has completed the defence of Onomarfcy Firth in twelv months. There are four batteries which oontaiin the largest guns ever erected in IJri tiah shore defences. LIBERAL COLONIAL CLUB. 'London, May 2t>. Lord ha.-} accepted the presidency of the Liberal Colonial Club. NEW CARDINALS CREATED.

Rome, May 28. Tho Consistory 'has createdi thirteen new Cardinals including tlho Abbe 'Gasquet, President of the English Benedictines, and Monsignor Begin, Arahbfetoip of Quebec. MURDER CHARGE BREAKS DOWN. Paris, May 26. In January an engineer naanied Qadion disappeared from Brest, and a month later his body was found, and it was supposed 'ho had been murdered. His partner, Pierre, was suspected of having committed the crime, and was arrested, but he has now been provisiona/lly released for lack of evidence. WIRELESS COMPANIES COMBINE.

Berlin, May 86. The Teletunken Oonvpaity and the High Frequency Company, using the Golderaidt system, liave concluded a working agreement. AN UNEXPECTED HAUL. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Paris, May 2fl. A burglar rifled the house of Dr. Bonnefoy, of Marseilles. Dr Bonnefoy was conducting experiments w&tQi the bacilli of various diseases, and kept a. stock of rabbits, some of which were innocubited with virus. They formed part of the bunglair's luwil.

INCENDIARISM IN BOMBAY. Bombay, aiay 2G. Hhe fortieth fixe stinc© March 23 destroyed 10,000 bales of cotton. FEJNNEK'S CSABR. London, May 20. iFenner, the stockbroker who was entrusted by Lord Murray with itlie investment of the Libera] Party funds in Marconi shares, pleaded' guilty m counts involving the misappropriation of £G6,000. A PRINCE IN LOVK. Berlin, May 26. Prince Oscar, the fiffli son of tihe Kavser, is engaged ito Fraultfin Bassewilta, formerly a lady-in-waiting of ithc ICaiserin. She was dismissed when the attachment wa.s discovered. The Kaiser i-l bitterly apposed to the marriage. Prince Oscar, on Sunday, secured three days' ilcave from the Guards at Ptotsdani', and went with his fiancee to Mecklenberg. To-day he 'telegraph*',-1 to the Kaiser siunouncing the engagement.

WAIPAHA STILL AGROUND. j Brisbane, May 27. Another attempt to tow off t'iie stranded' Waipara has failed. ■HUNDREDS HOMELESS. New York, May 26. An taig»'tdon dam u<t Italtclifcawn, UtaHi, 'brake, owing to u landslide, ann a flaoid rurihwi) down tlie Savder River valley. Telephones and horsemen warned settlers. It is not 'believed there was any lass of life, but hundreds arc homeless. It is fea<r<xl' that another reservoir, fur.tiher down the valley, has also broken. CONFESSION OF A MADWOMAN. Brisbane, May 27.. Jane Nightingale was charged with fcho murder of Emily Halbuin, a victim of tiic (ire (in the Solvation Army iionne at Taringa k>n January 23. At the time of it/he fire, Night'ingiaie told a constable that she fired the ihome for revenge on the matron. The jury found that defendant was insane at the time of liei* confession, therefore it was n,ot acceptable as evidence against her. Defendant was discharged. TIIK WAIMATB. London, May 2(1. The Wsuimiate, Whose (lax cargo 'was on fire, (has reached 'the Falkland Islands.