HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11783, 8 November 1912, Page 4

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

[Br Electiuo Telegraph—Copyright.] (Pnn Press Association.) FRAUDULENT CASHIER. London, November 6.. Clarke, cashier for Proctor and Co., was sentenced to three years' for nils-' appropriating £120,000. SUFFOCATED IN A TUNNEL. Quebec, November 7. The gasi from a passing train ovcr r came 15 '.vorkmen ill a tunnel-on , the Northern ' Pacific Railroad-. ■ The train crew secured several of the men, andi ! were then overcome themselves. Finally all were carried xo the open, air, but i one is dead. THE RECORD- DIAMOND. • Johannesburg,- November ?7~ • v I | The ner/ diamond is inferior ill qual-.

ity, and its value is speculative. - CHINA'S LOAN. Received-November 7, at 10.5 p.m. v . : ""' . Pekin, November 7. • 3'h'e Gtovernjnent'is arranging to issue a: 100,000.600 dollar internal silver loan; at;B percent; with a 60 years' currency. It • is" based on the security of the entire national taxes.. ...■■....■ | SUCCESSFUL JOCKEY. | London, November 7. F.'AVootton rode four winners at Liverpool; LABOR , LEADER'S EMBEZZLEMENT. Tom Watts, branch■ "secretary of the Dockers' Union, lias been sentenced at the ■ Old' Bailey to six months' im prisonnicnt I'or embezzlement. - ■ > "BRITISH TRADE. " " - London, November 7. ■ '■'. Tile' imports during October increased£l,32l.76'.J. the cxpor.ts £4,757.G79 and tho re-exports £1,371,617. ' RAILWAY BILL. .ir-fLondon,: Nove'mber 7. The Pr-amicr in the Hoiise of Commons said tho Government was introducing a. Railways Bill in 1913; meanwhile. they wero. introducing a onecliiuso Bill.this session to fulfil the promise made during the[ Strike. ; DEATH OF M.P. - London, November 7. Obituary—-Mr G. Harwood, Liberal ■'membra*-for Bolton. OUR NEW GOVERNOR. ■Received November 8, at 9.15 a.m. ■■■'■ -London,'-November 7. Mr - Mackenzie farewelled Lord and Lady Liverpool, who sailed ill tho Malwa. ' ' ; . EDGEWAR.E ROAD ROBBERY. Lonclbn, November 7. 7 Jaines Gale, a carman, and; George Hayes, a porter, liave.confessed to the taxicab robbery- in Edgeware Road. They were remanded along with Leslio Gale, a- pawnbroker's assistant.