GENERAL CABLES.
A SILLY MOTIVE. j By Cable—Press Association—Copyright London, June 16. Trooper Picking, one of the Ist Lifeguards, hanged himself at Knightsbridge Barracks. The only motive given at the inquest was that he feared that he was going bald. TRAMCARS COLLIDE. I Sydney, June 18. Two trams collided in Pit street yesterday evening. Fourteen passengers were slightly injured, BURNED TO DEATH. New York, June 16. I A fire at Milford, Massachusetts, destroyed an American rooming-house. Eighty laborers were trapped. Eight are dead and twenty injured. The men rushed panic-stricken into the streets, the majority escaping, ARMY CANTEENS. London, June 16. ■Mr H. J. Tcnnant, Parliamentary Secretary for the War Office, in the House of Commons, said the Government intended to inquire into the whole army canteen system-. MINERS ESCAPE DEATH. London, June 16. A fall of earth entombed two lvundered miners at Cawdor, near Swansea. AU were rescued after twenty hours. AN INSANE SPY. London, Juno 16. Samuel Maddick was found to be insane, and the charge of espionage was withdrawn.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 24, 18 June 1914, Page 2
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172GENERAL CABLES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 24, 18 June 1914, Page 2
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