GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 30, 25 June 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

NEW SYDNEY THEATRE, iJy Cable—Proas Association—Copyright ' Sydney, June 24. ' The City Council has approved the 1 plans for J. C. Williamson's large new tueaire in Bathurst street. | A SUSPECTED MURDER. j Adelaide, June 24. The body of an unknown man, who has apparently been dead for six weeks, has been found in the bush at Sedan with a bullet wound in the head. There are indications of an attempt to burn the remains. There is no clu? to .the crime. QUEENSLAND GOLD MINES. Brisbane, June 24. The mineral output in 1913 decreased by £317,000. The departmental report states that the decline in the gold yield is serious, and, in the absence of fresh discoveries, will probably continue. THE LOST ADELA. Sydney, June 24. Much wreckage from the Aleda has come ashore. It is supposed that she turned turtle in a storm. COMPULSORY WINDING UP. London, June 24. Chancery Court has ordered the compulsory winding uip of Chaplin, Milne, Grenfell and Co., Ltd. Mr A. M. Grenfell's pictures will be sold at Christie's on Friday. They include one each by Titian, Cuyp, Gainsborough, and Lawrence and several Reynolds. Mr Grenfell spent extraordinary sums on his home. THE TOWNEND ESTATE.

London, June 23. Mr Thomas H. Moore, of Castletown, Isle of Man, has been notified that he is residuary legatee of his cousin, Mrs Townend, of New Zealand. It is reported that the estate is worth £BOO,000. Mr Moore is a justice of the peace, a widower with one infant son.

BIG FIRE IN PARIS. Paris, June 23. , A fire ifi the Magasins .Gcnercaux de ivilette did damage to the amount of £40,000, principally to foodstuffs.

LONDON BUILDERS' STRIKE,

London, June 23. The Building Employers' Federation is balloting on the question of a national loek-out, owing to the London strike ■A LINER ASHORE. London, June 23. The liner Gothland, from Montreal jto Rotterdam, struck near the Bishop /Rock. The Ascanius and other vessels •have gone to her assistance. THE ItULES OF BRIDGE. Times and Sydney Sun Services. ' London, June 23.

The laws of auction bridge, as revised liy the Portland Club, have been issued. The chief point is the abolition of the dual value for the spades suit. The 6 lower value is eliminated, but the royal value remains. In the other suits clubs icount six, diamonds seven, hearts eight, and no trumps ten. The dealer '.is no longer compelled to make a declaration