GENERAL CABLES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 101, 29 April 1910, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

MEAT BOYCOTT. a WAB AGAINST THE TRUST. n t n VANCOUVER. April 20. '- The war against the iniquitous beef d trust in America still continues despite &, the fizzling out of the recent meat strike. c | Ten thousand Jewish women recently a j established another boycott, and last '1 j night a union was formed with a view d to closing a thousand shops in New York c next week as a protest against the high '• prices fixed by the trust. 5 RAILWAY ACCiDENT. - TRAIN FALLS DOWN A CHASM. t, VANCOUVER, April 20. i A horrible railway accident has oci curred in Quebec, Canada, as the result of the collapse of a temporary trestle bridge spanning a ravine 75ft deep. A train of six cars on the National Transcontinental Railway was yesterday prej cipitated into the chasm, and three people v were killed and 25 injured. I, I CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE RIFFS a LONDON, April 20. 1 Reports from Gibraltar state that a s blockade of the Riff coast, Morocco, has ' been established in an effort to stop the 0 landing of arms for the natives. a The Riffs are still carrying on their • guerilla warfare against the Spaniards, s and Germans are suspected of supplying t them with weapons. THE MAD MULLAH. i REINFORCED BY NATIVES. LONDON, April 20. r Alarming news has been received from Somaliland, wheje the Mad Mullah ha? been devastating the country and killing the inhabitants. About a fortnight ago he was responsible for the massacre of . many natives, and since then thousands j who were formerly opposed to him have joined his forces. With this increase the J Mullah will be a very formidable oppo nent. and the Italian authorities are not j a little agitated, seeing that Italian | oomaliland will probably be the scene ol , the Mullah's future operations. The , Italian Government do not like the idea , of sending troops to fight the Mullah, as 1 that would involve a tremendous expense. JAPANESE IN ENGLAND. i J BOOM IN IMMIGRATION. LONDON, April 19. i There has been a sudden boom lately in Japanese immigration to England, . and a feeling of racial hostility is deve- , loping, particularly in the city, which is beginning to seriously alarm public men. In view of the existence of the AngloJapanese treaty, which is regarded by the masses in England with bitter disapproval, the situation is becoming diffi- , cult. The sight of a Japanese in company with an English woman in the streets has several times nearly provoked ,■ a riot, and such couples are in constant danger of insult. , The Anglo-Japanese Exhibition, to be i held shortly, will mean a temporary in- | flux of several hundred thousand Japa- ; nese, and their coming is not looked upon 1 by the majority with any enthusiasm. \ DESPERATE CONVICTS. ' y ( AMERICAN PRISON SENSATION ' j NEW YORK, April 21. 1 The story of a daring revolt among 1 convicts comes from Leavenworth. ' Five of the most dangerous prisoners ; in the gaol at that place overpowered ' the crew of an engine which at the time c was in the prison yards, and compelled ' the driver to run the locomotive into the * country. Two of the ruffians were recaptured, i but the others swore that they would ' not be taken alive. A special train has c been sent after the fugitives. c THE KING OF SIAM. ] TO VISIT AMERICA WITH 3 FORTY WIVES. f o VANCOUVER, April 21. J The King of Siam, Somdeth Phra Para- . minda Maha Chulalonkorn, intends to £ visit the United States this summer. " He will be accompanied by 40 wives. JACK JOHNSON TALKS. c CONFIDENT OF VICTORY. t NEW YORK, April 21. Jack Johnson leaves Chicago to-night ~, for the Pacific Coast. The champion is confident of his ability to vanquish Jeffries. He declares that he will "mix things" from the start, and that the ring will be the liveliest place in California between the gong taps. _