GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 47, 16 July 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

ANOTHER FREAK VOYAGE, Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, July 14. Oldham Holborrow, a cripple, has started from Bridgport, Dorset, to cross the Atlantic, in « small sailing boat of his own construction He has taken forty gallons of water and half a hun-dred-weight of biscuits and other provisions. PUNISH INC A TRAITOR. Berlin, July 14. A eourl-niartial sentenced 'Sergeant l'ohl to fifteen years' penal servitude and ten years' deprivation of civil and military rights, and dismissal from the airmy, for selling military plans. BOMBS DISCOVERED IN FRANCE. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Paris, July 14. Two more l-cmbs have been found on the ground of a waiting- room at a suburban station. They were clumsily manufactured, and it k obvious that a bomb laboratory exists, but whether for political crime or robbery with terrorism is unknown. BRITISH ASSOCIATION - VISITORS. Rome, July 14. Over a hundred delegates of the British Association have sailed by the Orviclo for Australia. THE PRICE OF BOOTS. Melbourne, July 15. Hoot manufacturers are raising prices 5 per cent. VICTORIAN MINERAL YIELD. .Melbourne. July 15. The Mines Department rcp'crl for lOl.'i shows that the gold yield was 4114 i) 32 ounces, valued at £1.847,472, a decrease of 45,108 ounces compared with the previous year. The coal produced was 5!«,fi12 tons, valued at £27L--1(71. an increase of £44710. BROKEN HILL DEBENTURES. Melbourne, July 15. The Broken Hill debentures issue was substantially over-applied for, the subscriptions totalling £744,000. PROTEST ACAINST WAGER BOARDS. Sydney, July 15. Six large unions, representing ' 60,000 workers, are protecting against the. creation of a wages board on craft lines-. A circular explaining the reasons has been distributed to Stale Labor members.