GENERAL CABLE NEWS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7976, 6 December 1911, Page 6

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ANOTHER BRITISH CRUISER LAUNCHED. (Received December 5, 11.25 p.m.) LONDON, December 5. H.M.S. Amphiou, the sixth, vessel of the Boadicea class, has been launched at Pembroke. She is a protected thirdclass cruiser of 3344) tons and 18,000 indicated house-power, and wall cany ten 4-inch guns, machine guns and two torpent) tubes. Her speed is to bo twentylive knots. , BISHOP OF SODOR AND MAN."', (Received December 5, 11.25 -p.m.) LONDON, December 5. The Rov. James Denton Thompson* who has been Rector of Birmingham since 1905, has been appointed Bishop of Sodor and' Man, in succession to the. Eig'ht Rev. Dr. Drury, who, was recently transferred to -the Bee of Rdpon. LIBERAL FOREIGN" AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. (Received December 5, 10.15 p.m.) LONDON, December 5. • Eighty Liberal M.P.'s are supporting tbe proposal by Mr W. Buxton, M.P. lor North NoLfolk. for establishing a Liberal committee to consider foreign affairs. 'BUS ACCIDENT—TWELVE PERSONS INJURED. LONDON. December 4• • A crowded omnibus at Finsbury square lost a Wheel and overturned. Twelve persons were injured., MADAME HUMBERT INSANE. PARIS, Uecember 4. Madame Theresa Humbert, who was sentenced to five years' imprisonment m August, 1903, for forgery and swindling in connection with the famous "empty safe” frauds, is insane, and has resumed her quest for the missing wealth. GERMAN AVIATOR KILLED. ' BERLIN, December 4. Herr Reeib, while aeroplaning from Munich to Nurenburg, was killed by a fall. INSUBORDINATE GERMAN SAILORS BERLIN, December 4. Two bluejackets on the battleship Von der Tann were sentenced to five years penal servitude at Kiel for insubordination and violence to their superiors. MR CARNEGIE DEFENDS THE KAISER. NEW YORK. December 4. Mr Andrew Carnegie, interviewed, said the Kaiser was all for peace. The title of "War Lord" given him was a slander? he was essentially a peaceful ruler. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION. NEW YORK. December 4. The boiler of the towboat Diamond es. ploded on the Ohio river. Tbe captain and three men were killed and the boat sunk. , A SYDNEY CYCLING RACE. SYDNEY, December 5. In the Sydney Hospital Centenary Cycling Race, for a prize of «£SO; distance, half a mile, competitors all on scratch, Orenda - was first, second, and Mutton third. Grenda wor by inches. Time, Imin 9 2-ssec. DOMESTICS FOR VICTORIA. MELBOURNE, December 5. Eighty-four domestic servants have arrived from England. They were all engaged before they left the vessel.