GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 23, 17 June 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

GREAT THUNDERSTORM. By Cable—Press London June 15. Another adult luis died as the result of the lightning striking trees on Wandsworth Ciii.mon. PASSING IT ON. Sydney, June 1. The increased freight rates, which in some cases are as high as ten shillings are causing comment and raising doubts as to the correctness of casting the 'blame on the whaifles' wages. FEDERATION TURNED DOWN. Sydney, June Hi. . A meeting of the Railway Workers' Association decided not to accept the constitution of the newly-created union's federation. A DRUNKEN FREAK. London, June 16. Harry Pike, who entered Buckingham Palace, was bound over to come up for sentence. The King desired him to be treated leniently. A NEW LIFEBOAT. London, June 15. The Board of Trade inspected a lifeboat on the Thames hand-driven by a propellor, at a speed of six knots. There were no oars, and thus no danger, of catching crabs in rough water. THIRSTY CHORISTERS. Berlin, June 15. The church choir at Gebesce is striking because the municipal council is discontinuing the ancient custom of granting the choir four hundred litres of beer and four pieces of land annually. The council rtgranted the beer but refused the land. The strike continues. THE KAISER IN AUSTRIA. Vienna, June 15. The Kaiser, when visiting Turmitz, had an interview with Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Este (the heir presumptive), and discussed the Mediterranean and Adriatic questions.