GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 April 1919, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

A MURDERER ACQUITTED. Paris, March 30. Raoul Villain, who was accused of murdering: M lames in 1014, has been acquitted. He pleaded patriotic motives The prosecution did not demand the death sentence. It blamed a section of the press for virulent attacks on M. Jaures, which was morally responsible for Villain's act. Villain's mother has been an inmate of an asylum since his child-hood.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. JAPANESE-AMERICAN LINES OF STEAMERS. New York, March 28. According to cable advices received at San i Francisco, Japanese and American capitalists have established a steamship company with a capital of fifty million dollars. The lino will be established betw«en Calcutta and South American ports; a second line between New York and Vladivostock via Panama canal; and a third lice between Yokohama and Liverpool via Suez. —Aus.-N.JO. Cable Association. COLONIAL INSTITUTE'S ESSAY. Received March 31, 11.10 p.m. London, March 24. Owing to the Australian mail delays, the closing date of the Colonial Institute's essay competition has been extended to July 31.