GENERAL CABLES.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 96, 6 April 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

iJurglars clambered on the roof of putwall J. Moore, jeweller, Oxford street, Loudon, and stole £lOO worth of jewels;

Lord Lister’s estate was valued at C1i0,190. He left the Royal Society £lO,OOO, hospitals £30,000, and the Lister Institute £20,000. The South African Miners Phthisis Bill imposes on the irjnos an animal liability of £lBO,OOO, or 5 per rem. of the last twelve months' di\ idends. Alfred Motley and C. A. Millei. described as wealthy American tnanufacn hirers. have been arrested in London J on an extradition warrant from New York for alleged frauds amounting to £20.000. An engine drawing freight trains at Rosebcrg, Oregon, exploded, wrecked the cars, and damaged the track,,* The engineer and firemen were killed, but the Olliers escaped. The engine ins left a mass of twisted iron. A widespread conspiracy to dump y foreign immigrants in the United States has been discovered at New York. San Francisco is involved in more municipal scandals. The Grand Jury recoin mends the removal of ten members from various city commissions for inalfer'.mee, graft, and unnecessary creation of offices. Private cables received at Sydney announce definitely that the Oceanic Co. will resume the San Francisco-Syd my service on July 2nd. The Australian Manufacturers’ Week trill he held all over the Conmioawealtli in the first week of October. At the police court at Suva mi Thursday. Humphrey Berkley, a barrister, well known in Australia and New Zealand, was ordered to refund £23 paid by an Indian us passage to tho Argentine, and £’> damages. It was stated in the evidence that a number of other Indians paid similar amounts. Notice of appeal was given. A private, bill was introduced in tlio Diet at Tokio to permit criminals who are sentenced to death to commit hari lari. A quantity of bombs ami dvnamitn Iras been seized at Constantinople. They were intended for Russia. Au Armenian has boon arrested. Two wore killed and fifteen injured by an explosion of dynamite' at Nobel’s factory at Avigliana in Italy. The imports of motor cars last year into Australia are valued nt £1,237.000, Now South Males leading the imports with cars to the value ol £529,000.