GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 53, 23 July 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

THE SHAH OF PERSIA CROWNED. By Cable—Press Association—oopyright Teheran, July 21. The Shall was crowned with pomp. GERMAN ENCROACHMENT. - London, July 31, The Standard's Hague correspondent states on the highest authority that the Government has yielded to Germany's demands for a strip of the foreshore. A COMPANION OF COOK. St. Petersburg, July 21. A memorial to Captain Clark, Captain Cook's companion, was unveiled at Petropavlovsk, in the presence of the Vice-Governor and officers of the warship Newcastle, which was sent specially.

A BANNED PLAY PERMITTED. London, July 21. The censor has withdrawn the ban on Maeterlinck's Monna Vanna, which is to he produced in London to-day. THE AMERICA CUP. Ixmdon, July 21. The Shamrock has sailed from Plymouth for America.

THE PRICE OF BREAD. Melbourne, July 22. The 'bakers have decided to incresae the price of the 21b loaf to 3%d from August 1. SYDNEY HAND VALUES. Sydney, July 22. Receut city property sales disclose that values during the past year have increased 25 per cent. USEFUL RAIN IN AUSTRALIA. Sydney, July 22. Great rains are falling in the coastal districts. Over seven inches has been recorded at Clarence River. POLICE WOMEN WANTED. Melbourne, July 22. The National Council of Women is agitating on the question of the appointment of police women to safeguard girls and children. PLEASURE FOR PRISONERS. New York, July 21. Excepting IS condemned l murderers, MOO inmates of Sing Sing prison were overjoyed at being allowed a day's miting in the baseball field with the objcol: of relieving the deadening mvonotOllT.