GENERAL CABLES.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume III, Issue 361, 21 February 1914, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

' [press ASSOCIATION —OOPYBIGHT.] The subsidence of a coal mine at Cradley Heath .’(England) caused fifty yards of the main street id sink live feet. Many buildings were wrecked, and gas and water mains broken. The damage is estimated at ■ £20,000. Senator Machado, hr the Portuguese Parliament, has introduced ,a bill to amnesty all political offenders except the leaders, who will be exiled.* . Since, August Ist, only 49® points Of rain have' been recorded in Sydney—a record dry spell. x Belgian, believed to be a member of an international gang, was arrested in Paris fin- the theft of pictures from the British Museum. _ The’ police are shadowing four of his' accomplices. The authorities of the British Museum deny the theft. ’ . “times”-“sydneY sun” BPBCIAI. CIBtXS. Tbe offices of the “Hamburger Echo” (Hamburg) were searched by the police to discover the name of the author of a novel dealing with the'life of 'forkingmen, which it is alleged contained insulting and contenjptmous references to officers and cqrps. * The Prussian War Minister is taking vt'eps to prosecute the author aud publisher.