GENERAL CABLE NEWS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7978, 8 December 1911, Page 9

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copynrh* FATAL EXPLOSION AT FIREWORKS FACTORY. BUENOS AYRES, December 6. An explosion at a lireworks ;factory resulted in fifteen persons being tilled. CADET RIFLE SHOOTING. SYDNEY, December 7. Cadet Miles, of the Royal .Military College, shooting off in the tie for the Senior Cadet Championship of the South Island of New Zealand, scored 31 at ZOO yards, and S 3 at 500 yards! 'AUSTRALIAN MEAT IN FRANCE. MELBOURNE, December 7. Mr Tudor, Federal Minister for Customs, has received from Sir George Reid, High Commissioner, confirmation of the report that France has agreed to allow Australian meat to bo admitted at minimum tariff rates. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY. NEW YORK, December 7. Counsel for. the International Harvester j Company has been informed that tho ' Supreme Court of Missouri has grantee! a writ of error allowing tho case of muster against the company to proceed to the 'Federal 1 Supreme Court. An appeal will be made immediately. A REPORT~DEN I ED. . NEW YORK, December 7. Tho reported grounding of an Italian steamer bound from South America -to Philadelphia, at Ocean City, Maryland, is denied. , ACQUITTED. (Received December 7, 11,23 p.m.) LONDON; December 7. The jury stopped tho case and acquitted C. Arnott on a charge of , stealing Lady Abdy*s brooch at tho Savoy Hotel on November 3rd. He pleaded that it had been entrusted to him to raise money on. A BARONETS SUICIDE. LONDON, December 7. Sir H. D. Ingilby, barouot, who shot himself after an opeiation, was suffer ing from a fit of insanity, due to a distressing and painful illness.