GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14854, 4 December 1911, Page 8

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

FROM THE AUSTRALIAN PAIEB. ' ¥ MILITANT EDITORS. ' . .. i ; An extraordinary duel has been Wv *. ' ; J two journalists, both well known in Pari ' I In consequence of a difference of o'biSml regarding the merits of the ecientific «. *' 1 search-, work accomplished by ' Madam! I Curie, a quarrel arose between M : OhoTv editor of Gil Bias, and M. Leon D«SS(ff editor of L'Action Francaise, and 1 taw i' ; decided to settle the matter at the pojjj 1f of the sword. The duel was fought under '! > a battery of cameras. There were serera! ' fierce bouts. Finally M. Daudet SMI I wounded in the. arm, and a reconciliation I immediately followed. - ', :' - ■''■■' "'/' ! ~iffiip> \\ STRIKE IN BERLIK. '; A general strike of cloak and gars; ' workers has been declared ia Berlin. >■ There are 53,000 operatives out. , The* are demanding an increase of •wages ranging from 10 to 15 per cent. About 50,000 men and 30u0 women are affected. - / i YOUTHFUL ' OFFENDERS, A startling confession was made in Baa''' ' Francisco last week by two boyV'lUyJrJII mond Treece, aged 10, and" 'Kenneth Stevens, aged 12, both of Fresno, Califor- -,' i ; nia, They stated that they took' a gun I and hid it in some bushes on the side of 'alplll road, and that when Andrew Alanzo, a I retired farmer, of Ceutreville, was passing ; I they shot at him just to see if they could [•! hit him. The farmer died from his [ wounds. . . * 3 il BELLICOSE TEXAS GENERAL. 1 Despatches from Houston, Texas, 6tats "' i that General Cabell Johnston declares'.fctfJiSl 1 ready to lead an army into Mexico in sup- I port of the cause of liberation. General I Johnston, who is a veteran soldier of tint I Confederate '■. Army, states he would wet- I come a chance to wreak revenge for th& ' I imprisonment of Captain Taylor, whoapent I 12 years' incarceration in Monterey Gaol be- ■ I fore his comrades heard it, " I can whip 1 President Madero in two ', months,'" de. , I clared the General,.';" and Madero knows 1 it. He is a'mere boy, and his army is an ! undisciplined mob. I could sweep themfll'y away with a whiff of grapeshot." ■ ''" ■> I ':-■ ■. . '''-~ - .'',-" ■ ■■").'' >~'\ WHOLESALE PILFERING. As a result of the systematic pilfering', . | extending over ; three years, of -;' the stock of Sylvester" Bros, and. , Co., wholesale I grocers, of Seattle, 17 persons have, been- , indicted by a grand jury. The accused include clerks, drivers, and other.em. ployees of the company, and prominent local retail grocers , who have been receiving the stolen goods. The value <,{ the goods stolen this vear alone amounts ] to. £50,000. ;. . , , • ~'.,, jpj "MADE IN GERMANY" Colonel S. Hughes, the new Minister for Militia, has made the surprising discovery that the swords supplied to the Canadian militia officers are very cheap; articles of German ( manufacture. " They werfi,,\fiupTM||J posed to have' been made in England)'] but they were only put together there. V'*Thejp||sj Minister has cancelled all current' orders, and intends to see that now but swords of genuine British material are supplied inM*! future. ... . ; .- +~ ":■:■■■':• EX-KINO MANUEL.. V Is ex-King Manuel thinking of;; going to Australia? This, is the question that isngv gests itself after a visit which "PortUgaiV former monarch paid to the Commonwealth offices in London week. Manuel made many inquiries, concerning Australia/ ana I was anxious to : learn all lie could of the ! actual .conditions : of-life - obtaining-, in i thol&y .Commonwealth.-^Ho mentioned ;«wually that ho" was : ,seeking the information forsome, friends whom- th& Republicans, had J ; banished from Portugal. l-J—ll .... ;. j J