GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 September 1919, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

AN INSANE EDITOR. By Telegraph.—-Press Assn.—Copyright. Paris, Sept. 13. M. Caillaux has been transferred to a private asylum. i ~ • RANSOM PAID TO BANDITS. New York, Sept. 15. A message from El Paso, Texas, says that the Americans paid a ransom for the release of Dr. Smith Monson, a Swedish subject, who was captured on Mexican territory by bandits. THE MARATHON REFLOATED. London, Sept. 15. The Marathon has been refloated, and is proceeding to London under her own steam. [The Marathon was sunk as a result of collision with a Japanese steamer.] WEST INDIAN ISLANDS. London, Sept. 14. Lord Rothermere, in an article in the Sunday Pictorial, suggests paying off some of Britain's debt to the United States by selling some of the West Indian Islands. SOLDIER PRISONERS. London, Sept. 13. The amnesty granted to Australian soldier prisoners iB restricted to minor offences. Sentences for civil offences will be completed in Australia.—-Am.-N.Z. Cable Assn. A BIG BLAZE. New York, Sept. 15. I The fire at the naphtha plant at Long I Island caused more than five million dollars damage. Fifty firemer were injured, some seriously. The conflagration lasted 48 hours. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable ABsn.