GENERAL CABLES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9183, 6 April 1910, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

WONDERS OF FLYING. PASSENGER TRAFFIC BY DIRIGIBLE. TO, SEE THE PASSION PLAY. LONDON, March 21. # Da;/ by clay tho aeroplane and the dirigible balloon are becoming more and more utilitarian, and tho real conquest of the air is now oil the horizon. Only a few years ago tho statement that a dirigible would be shortly in use as a moans of dealing with passenger traffic would have been treated with a certain amount of derision, but such a thing is now an accomplished fact. The Passion Play, which is now being enacted at Oboram morgan, in Upper Bavaria, is attracting large crowds, and in order, to deal with the demands of the public for transport, and also with tho idea of giving them a chance of experiencing the sensations of flying, a dirigible will be used to carry passengers from Munich to Oberamergau, a distance of 43 miles. CHINA'S AWAKENING. TRIBUTE FROM JAPANLONDON, March 22. The Japanese newspaper Jiji Shumpo, in an article dealing with the invasion of Thibet by tho Chinese military expedition, considers that China's action is evidence of a new sense on her part of her sovereign rights, and her determination to enforce them, not only in Thibet, but in Manchuria and Mongolia. _ The incident may prove tho turning point in Asiatic history. Sixteen naval and military officers under Duke Ithas Tao were booked to leave China yesterday for Japan to investigate the naval and military systems there. This is taken to indicate that China will model her army and navy on that of Japan. A TERRIBLE STORM. THIRTY-TWO LIVES LOST. LONDON, March 22. A terrible storm has been raging off the coast of Portugal, such as has not been experienced for years. Those unfortunate fishermen who happened to bo on tho water when the storm arose have mostly lost their lives. The occupants of foiu- fishing boats, numbering 32 men, wore all drowned. Up to now five bodies have been washed ashore. JOHNSON-JEFFRIES FIGHT. ESTIMATED TAKINGS. VANCOUVER, March 22. Tho promoters of tho fight for the championship of the world between J. J Jeffr es. the unbeaten white champion of the world, and Jack Johnson, the coloured champion, which it is proposed will take place on July 4, announce that the price of seats for the forthcoming contest will range from £1 to £10, and not' from £2 to £20 as announced heretofore. It is anticipated that the takings at tho fight will amount to £130,000._ Nothing has yet been settled with regard to the piace where the fight, if it comes oft', will take place. When tho laet American mail left there

I seemed tq be a split between Messrs Gleason and Rickard. tho_ promoters of

the fight, and something chaotic was expected. Sportiiig men affirmed that the likelihood of the fight coming off was exceedingly small. Mr Spry, Governor of the State of Utah, who strongly objected to the fight taking place at Salt Lake City, is not eo. strenuous in his antagonism' now and the contest may yet be held at the Mormon city. TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT FORTY-THREE PEOPLE KILLED. VANCOU\' ER,' March 21. A terribly disastrous railway accident has happened at Reinbeck, a town in the State of lowa. U.S.A., accompanied my much loss of life. The accident occurred yesterday morning. It appears that two trains started the previous night, one for Chicago and 0:10 for St. Louis, the cfiief city of Missouri, the former being bound for Minneapolis, the first city of Minnesota, and the latter for St. Paul, the capital of that State. When the two trains arrived at Des Moines, the capital of lowa, they were consolidated, and sent on as one train over the Chicago and Great Western tracks, because the Rock Island tracks were blocked by a wreck.

The double train experienced no mishap until it got to Reinbeck, when the front engine became derailed and dragged the second engine and three cars from the track. The derailed care were completely smashed, and 42 people were killed and 80 injured. The latest advices received from Dee Moines indicate that, a conductor named Nauholz and a brakeman named Charles Marrymott are among the dead. One engineer named Robinson was fatally scalded, and the other engineer and fireman are missing, and are believed to be under the wreckage. A relief train left Des Moines this morning for the scene of the disaster, arid a motor car carrying doctors and nurses left for Marshalltown, tho capital of Marshall County. lowa, where many of the injured have been taken. Reports received at Des Moines by telephone state that the train wreckage is on fire, and that the rescuers are fighting the flames to save the people who have been caught in the debris.

The rescue work is proceeding rapidly at Reinbeck, and it is stated that many of the passengers in the calamity were killed outright.. The suffering of the injured is described as shocking. So far, 43 bodies have been recovered.