GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 28, 23 June 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

GRIEF-STRICjvKN mother. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright London, June 21. Mrs. StariMjeld has been arrested for j] attempting suicide. The act was due a to grief for her son Willie, who was r murdered in a train in January last. c Hor husband was accused' of the ntur- I der, 'but acquitted. MUSICAL BOYCOTT. Sydney, June 22. The orchestra at the National Theatre 'lias struck, owing to the appoint- ! ment of three recent American arrivals. > The trouble may spread. A QUEENSLAND FIRE. Brisbane, June 22. A fire at Olonciurry destroyed the tootel and twelve shops. An Indian was burned to death. The damage is estimated at £13,000. i SMALLPOX IN SYDNEY. Sydney, June 22. The 'health authorities state that all the smallpox cases are of the true type, but mild in character. THE ROTHSCHILD AFFAIR. Paris, June 21. Baron de Rothschild's injuries are not swrious. A bullet has been extracted from his 'thigh. Proudhon said that he belieived Riotbschild's milk depots for poor people had ruined) his business. I A BANK COMBINATION. 5 j London, June 21. j The absorption of the Metropolitan ) Bank of England anil Wales by the ' London City and Midland Bank has } | been arranged. f AUSTRIAN BANK IN DIFFIf CULTIBS. 1 Vienna, June 21. Cuat&v Ghober Shole, proprietor of the banking firm, of T. J. Plewa, lias been aTreated and has confessed to the embezdement of £20,000 belonging to depositors. The liabilities aire estimated at £25,000. ■■ a THE SALVATION ARMY. Loudon, June 21. Salvationist of all nations made an 0 impressive pilgrimage to General Booth's r _ grave, and sang the "Hallelujah Ohorus." is ,! LAUNCH OF GERMAN ONER. n i Berlin, June 21. ill ] The Kaiser attended the launching of is j the Hamburg-Amerilain 05,000-tonner in Bismarck, at Hamburg. _ SCOTTISH RAILWAY DISASTER. • ' a London, June 21. m The body of MLs3 Gutihrie, niece o' Lord. Guthrie, a victim of thfi Can'c Bridge accident, 'has been found five hj, miias down the stream.

ACETYLENE AN EXPLOSIVE. London, June 21. An Qnler-mCounoil under the Explosives Act makes 'acotylene an explosive. HOSPITAL SHIP LOST.

\ London, Jiune 21. The hospital ship Maine, presented by American women during the Boer War, is ashore at Larue. Sli,e has been abandoned, owing to her age and the cost of .salvage. The Admiralty will re-name the Mediator, the new hospital ship, Maine.

FOOD PADS. ' ■ London, June 21. Professor Metchnikoff, in a 'message to (■'lie British people, advises them, to cultivate their intestinal gardens with the same care tihat they ibestow on terrestrial gardens. The professor begins 'his day with a pot of soured milk:, and afterwards 'has a plate of vegetable bouillon and a cup of weak tea. He takes meat and vegetables for lunch and dinner, but his consumption of meat is very restricted, t'hough lie docs not insist on its being avoided altogether.

THE WRONG MAN SHOT, Delhi, June 21. ■ An assassin, who was attempting to shoot Narpndra Sen, an approver in the Dacca conspiracy case, killed his companion, Satyendranath Sen, a Customs official.

TO THE NORTH POLE. Copenhagen, June 21. OJsen, the millionaire, has offered to equip the Knud 'Rasniussen expedition for two years for a journey to the North Pole.

FRENCH FINANCES. Paris, June 21. The Senate passed the Loan Bill. STREET SUBSIDENCES JN PARIS. Paris, June 21. Further subsidences have occurred in the Boulevard Housmann. Four persons were engulfed, but were rescued.