GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 July 1915, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES.

A FATAL MISTAKE. By Cable—Tress Association—Copyright. Sydney, .July 10. At the inquest on Mra. Page, at Newcastle, her niece gave evidence that sin obtained some medicine which her aunt took, remarking that it had a nasty taste. A quarter of an hour later alio died. Dr. Petherbridge gave evidence that he made a mistake in preparing the medicine, using stm'liriino instead of quinine hydrochloride. He called to see the pationt, but she was already dead. He told a Government officer of his mistake. Petherbridge was committed for trial. YUAN SHIH-KAI. Peking, July 'O. ' President Yuan Shih-Kai sternly protested to Chinese officials that lie had 110 secret ambitions for sovereignty, if it was offered to him he would leave the country and live abroad. He had already purchased an estate in England. A PUNITIVE EXPEDITION.

Brisbane, duly 10. Passenge.rs by the Morinda, from Papua, state that a punitive expedition succeeded in capturing a notorious native alleged to be the instigator _ot' tho recent attack oil a white settler and also of the attack on the native police tvhile arresting a murderer. ( LABOR CAUCUS. Brisbane, duly 10. The Labor caucus decided that Mr. Hamilton, .Minister of Mines, should b" transferred to the Legislative Council to I'epri-a ut the Cavciument. Mr. ll'.ixham Kihelly has been elected an honorary member to a-.M-t. the I'rem'u r am! llom:' Seen tary. Till: !.!i.:':'AL e:iX!':d;i N; la. S;,,'c..y, s. 'I ho I ,!i :a I c,. a nee a"> • h eil I hat ; a d;-;. haa-e" ao , .... . a! -a iaiai,f aa - lieu e . . ... b ■ ih a vh '> e■" - ■.' ■!.i 'a a' - M'hli-i-t I' '- '■ e . d lo : -11.- aI• I- a :a- ,oa .ae a! e : ■ : e M :' a clea'. .::g c 1 a "ad : . -.