GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 October 1921, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES.

SPANIARDS CLAIM SUCCESS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyrigtt. Madrid, Sept. 29. A communique reports heavy fighting near Melilla, the rebels finally retreating. Spanish aeroplanes dropped tons.of explosives on the retreating enemy. The losses on both sides were heavy. EARTHQUAKES IN CALIFORNIA. New York, Sept. 30. Southern California experienced a series of earthquakes during last night and to-day, but no damage is reported. —Aus.-N,Z. Cable Assn. BILLS OF LADING. Received October 1, 5.5 p.m. London, Sept. 30. The British Bankers’ Association approved the addition of the Hague Conference recommendations to all bills of lading after January 31, 1922.—Au5.N.Z. Cable Assn. TROUBLE IN SOUDAN. London, Sept. 30. A small local rising is reported in Darfur, Eastern Soudan, where an agitator named Abdullah attacked the post at Nyalla, killing a British officer and a British civilian engaged in the Soudan civil service. The incident is stated to have no political significance. SECEDES FROM MINERS’ FEDERATION?"’ London, Sept. 30. The National Federation of Colliery Enginemen and Boilermen overwhelmingly balloted in favor of seceding from the Miners’ Federation. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. COPE RETURNS FROM ANTARCTIC. London, Sept. 30. Cope has returned from the Antarctic. He declares he made important discoveries. He expects to return -o the Antarctic in December, accompanied by his wife. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SECESSION FROM TRANSPORTERS. London, Sept. 30. A conference of the Sailors’ and Firemen’s Union endorsed the decision of the executive with regard to the withdrawal of the union from the Transport Workers’ Federation.—Reuter. THE SEINE MYSTERY. London, Sept. 30. The Daily Chronicle’s Paris correspondent states that Estelle Jobin confessed that Burger strangled her husband and put his body into three bags. Two were dropped into the Seine and the third buried in the Forest of Clamart. Yesterday Burger and Estelle, hapdeuffed, were led by detectives to the forest, the earth was removed, and the bags recovered. The woman did not wince, but the man fainted. SOCIETY’S HEAVY LOSS. London, Sept. 29. At a meeting of the Scottish Wholesale Co-operative Society it was disclosed that the society made a loss in conjunction with the English Wholesale Co-operative Society, estimated at £1,000,000 to £1,750,000 on rubber and tea plantations. WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE REJECTED. Brussels, Sept. 29. The Chamber rejected the Women’s Suffrage Bill by 89 votes to 66.