GENERAL CABLES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8102, 4 October 1904, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

BURGLARS SECURE A GOOD HAUL.

[PRESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received October 4, 0.14 a.m.) MELBOURNE, October 3. Rowland's jeweller's shop in Oolites street was entered by burglars and £9jX> worth of jewellery stolen.

ATTEMPT TO WRECK A NEW BATTLESHIP.

(Received October 4, 1.7 a.mJ» NEW YORK, October & After the battleship Connecticut wa« launched, one comportment ,wm found ;?> be flooded, and a hole was discovered bored through the keel plate. There is no duo. to the perpetrator.

DANGEROUS LUGGAGE.

(Received October 4, 1.7 a,m.\ LONDON, Ootobtr & Ashantees smuggled quantities «f gun powder from Assini. It was aocrdeniajlv discovered in trunks, and other rogffVg* on one steamer, and was tbsn thrown overboard.

CRUISER STRIKES ON A SANDBANK.

LONDON, October 3. When leaving Cronstadt the cruiser Orel ran into a sandbank. She was refloated, and returned. Admiral Birieff, port commandant, is* sued a reprimand, censuring commanders of warships in the vichiity for not ren> dering assistance.

EARL DUNBAVEN'S ASSOCIATION.

(Received October 4, 0.20 a.nu> LONDON, October 3C Mr John Dillon, speaking at 81i««y said it was plain that Earl Dunraven T t bisk Reform Association was absolutely untsatisfactory and unworkable.

THE MULLAH AGAIN.

(Received October 4, 9.29 a.ia.l MASSOWAH, October 3. The Mullah has looted Agode», kitling 600 and capturing enormous quantities of sheop.