GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 114, 13 May 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

. I Mr. Joseph Chamberl-ain and his family have quitted Cannes on their return to England. Thr estate or Mi« Emily So'deno, (lir actress-journalist. Ins been vai'nod for probate at £SlO. j General Rnden-T\>well (chief of tho boy scout movement! lias arrived at Brisbane. Arrangement? are being ir.a.lp to celebrate the centenary of peace between the United States and Canada. The South Wales Miners' Federation have passed a resolution sympathising with Torn Mann on what (hoy call hi.' unjust sentence. It. Williamson, a jockey, was Icillod through his horse falling in the Albion Park races. Brisbane. The amateur sculling championship of Australia, rowed at Perth, resulted: — Green (N.S.W.) 1. Rogers (Westralia) 2. Coverdale (Tasmania ) ."!. German financiers are lending £.100.000 to the Cbo-kiang province. Another group of financiers is lending £800,000 to the Chili province. A well-known jockey named Lewis Kuhn was found dead in bed, death being due to poisoning. It is supposed that Knhn committed suicide. The men joining Britain's Immediate Naval Reserve will undergo 2S days' sea I training annually. Otherwise they will be free to follow their civil occupations. Two French thieves, aged 19. after exchanging numerous revolver shots with the police, have been arrested on a charge of attacking Lady Cour-de-vois (a fedy of over 70 years of age) and robbing her of jewels, title deeds, and a sum of money. j The second readings of the Army Bill I and the Supplementary Army Estimates J have been carried in the Reichstag against i the Socialists" votes. The national aviation subscriptions have reached £100,000. i A terrific electric storm has occurred at Dee -Moines, the capital of lowa. Many houses were flooded and. a warehouse was destroyed by lightning. All traffic has been suspended* ,