GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 45, 14 July 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

AN OLD -MASTER DISCOVERED. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, July 12. A picture owned by a Ohester tradesman proved to be a Michael Angelo. Tlie owner lias received an oiler of £IO,OOO for it. UNCLAIMED WAR .MEDALS. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, July 12. Although atbertised extensively, the War Office l»a; on Jbnnd 50,000 unclaimed South African war medals and 200,000 clasps. DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, July 12. Mrs. Rebecca Clark, aged 110, the oldest inhabitant of England, died from shock due to a thunderstorm. BRIGANDS IN MOROCCO. By Cable.—'Press Association.—Copyright Tangier, July 12. Brigands held up a motor car containing ten persons near Ujuda, murdered four and wounded another. One of the brigands was killed. BAIL FORFEITED.

Berlin, July 12. j ! J'oJiuim WaJta, a well-known cta-i----caturist, who v as sentenced to a year's imprisonment {or stirring up class hatred and libelling, the authorities in his "Christmas Hook for Children;." in which lu; glorified the former Alsatian authorities at the expense, of tte present, has absconded, forfeiting £1251) bail. EXPLOSION ON A OUNI'.OAT. Shanghai, July 12. An explosion on the Chinese gsinlioat Tuiigchia, off Kiangnane Arsenal, underneath the sleeping' quarters, killed thirty-live cadets. The cause is a mystery. KliW WIRULKSS IIKtiI'LATION. Sydney, -Tnly 13. The postal authorities have issued a new regulation prohibiting the. use of ships' wireless while moored at any wharf or territory of the Commonwealth. WESTRALTAK l-TNAXCE. Perth, July 13. The revenue for the year amounted to .C 0,205,343, an increase of £6081,702. The expenditure was £5,348,303, an increase of £561,240. The deficit was £142.0(50. The Commonwealth returus totalled £640,063, an increase of £5352.

DIAMOND SMOGGLINTi. New York, Jnly 12. The Government is losing £500,000 in diamond smuggling, which is carried on by secret agents on the Continent and in England. Fi;om recent disclosures in the bankruptcy of a- jewellery firm, detectives calculate that £10,(100 worth of diamonds is monthly smuggled into the United States across the Canadian frontier.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. New York, Jnlp 12. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has decided that the acceptance of fees for Christian. Science treatment is illegal.