GENERAL CABLES

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 4395, 26 November 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

Electric Telegraph—Press Association. Copyright(Received this day at 9.45 a.m.) London, This Day. Twenty-one bodies have been ri'covered from the mine at Devalgalgues, France, where an explosion of carbonic acid gas occurred. . London. Last Night. Wootton, the Australian jockey, heads the winning jockeys' list- with 118 firsts. Alaher 109. Wlialley 90. Air Pilkington is top of the winning owners with a total of £20,822. Sydney, Last Night. At the Broken Hill athletic carnival McDonald, a New Zealander, won his heats in the 75 yards aud 220 yards events. He was beaten by Semple- ill the 130 yards. Pearce having definitely decided to meet Barry, the proposed swee>pstakes amongst his challengers for the Australian championship has bee-u abandoned. Felton has offered to row C. Towns and Padden for £2OO aside. Each offer has been accepted. He will meet Towns first. If the victor. he may e-hallcnge Pearce before the latter departs for England. At the adjourned inquest on the youth Bartholomew the police investigations failed to produce any fresh material evidence. The doctor deposed that the fatal shot was fired from a revolver pressed to the breast. A verdict of suicide was returned. There is another fall of 4s a cwt. in butter and a farthing a lb in cheese. AI el bourne, Last Night.

Scientists are investigating a discovery of supposed prehistoric human footprints in a quarry at Warruauibool. It is claimed that- they are twenty thousand years old, but Professor Skeats’ opinion is that they are much more recent. Brisbane, Last Night. A cyclouic storm did much damage in the city. Houses were unroofed and trees uprooted.