GENERAL CABLE NEWS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 8054, 7 March 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

: : €r By TelegraphwPrsss Association—Copyrigh* ,t- surplus ''assured. : • (Received Maxch 6-A1.15 p.m..^ . LONDON, March 6. / An interim Treasury return presented to the. - House of Commons yesterday shows that" a. surplus at the close of thft financial year is - assured. ‘i - . (Received . March 6, 11.15 p.m.), ST.-PETERSBURG, March 6. , Advices from Kuldja state that Msncbu troops there mutinied,' murdering various officials, • ' ; j VIENNA, March ■ The miners in Bohemia have obtained a 25 per cent, increase •in wage,. •; (Received March S, 9110 p-m.); SYDNEY, March 6. Tebbitt, Mr Rothschild's assailant, ws* well and favourably known in. Australia.He came but here ten years ago as repre» sentatiye of a London leather firm oon< trolled by his father, and until hi, departure for England a yearj Sgo sue-' cessfully, carried; on , -branch office f in Melbourne. His wife is at present-' io> Sydney.- •; .. .... -■

(Received Marcli 6, 9.50 ‘p.m.)

MELBOURNE, March! «. . Victoria’s gold yield last year totalled 542,0470 z gross. a decrease 0f67,85X0* oosu pared with the previous year,; ) FREMANTLE, March 6. The Chapman-Alexander-mission, party, arrived by-the Otranto yesterday. They,, open in Christchurch in. April. ■ ■ , LONDON. March 5. Margaret Cooper and Company -sailed. 1 by the Drama. The company will opear at Adelaida at Easter. Madame Kirkby, Limn, 'the contralto, sails in Almost. Madame Cooper and .Company and Med- : amo Lunn axe both under the managemeat of Messrs J. and N. Tait. The Walker, Art iOallery, Liverpool, haa purchased' the picture "Bon Jour," by fiess Norris, a Melbourne artist. ■ ■ The condition of Detective Berg,-, who was shot by a man' , named Tebbitt while trying to arrest! him for firing at Mr Leopold do Rothschild,- is serious. Mp Rothschild states that he knew . Tebbitt when a boy, and had helped him oa'aeveral occasions. j Tebbitt was. finally sent to Australia-Tebbitt was brought before the Police Court and remanded. His solicitor stated that prisoner’s mind had. been affected by influenza-and the over-study-ing of chemistry, BARIS, March *. Albert Koenig, a driver on the Eastern France railway, i while suffering from neurasthenia, threw himself into the, fur* nace of a rushing, train,and was-, incinerated

LISBON. March 5. Owing to impure water typhoid ia widespread in this city. ' •

i - ROME. March S. Admiral Anbry, Naval Commander-in-Chief during the present war, died suddenly aboard bis flagship, the Vitoria Emanuele. SYDNEY, March «. Among the proposals for consideration, by the Political Labour Council is a provision that all Labour candidates fof Parliament and other, public bodies must bo wage-earners. . .. Another gonutry fire is reported. • Ai Moulamein, 541 miles south-west of Sydney, three shops; a bakehouse,, and a private residence were destroyed.. Lack of water hindered the fire-fighting. > Tha damage is. estimated at .£4OOO.