GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 229, 10 January 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

ALL HANDS LOST. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 9, 10.53 p.m. London, January 9. The trawler Snipe foundered in the North Sea, and all hands were lost.

CENSORSHIP REMOVED. Received 9, 10.20 p.m. Lisbon, January 9. Cabinet has abolished the censorship of foreign Press telegrams.

THE SEINE SUBSIDES. Received 9, 19:20 p.m. Paris, January 9. The Seine has subsided, and outward steamer trallic has been resumed.

SEDITION IN EGYPT. Received 9, 10.55 p.m. Cairo, January 9,

The Government is prosecuting Mahomet Fared, a Nationalist leader, for writing a preface to seditious poems.

LORD KITCHENER. Received 9, 10,55 p.m. Cairo, January 9. Lord Kitchener has left Khartoum, en route to Uganda.

RAILWAY PLANT BURNED. Received 9, 10.20 p.m. Lisbon, January 0. The Santiago Central railway station was partially burned, and a number of sleeping and restaurant cars were destroyed. The damage amounted to £150,000. The fire is supposed to have been the act of strikers.

WEST INDIES MAIL CONTRACT.

London, January 8,

The British Government lias contracted with the Royal Mail Steamer Packet Company for a fortnightly service to the West Indies. The amount of subsidy is £03,000, of which Trinidad contributes ,C20,0:K). The British subsidy is in addition to the existing mail contract of £25,000.

EFFECT OF A TORNADO,

New York, January 8.

A tornado struck Cheyenne, Wyoming, and unroofed many buildings. A railway employee was blown a hundred yards and carried on to the roof of a car. Many persons were injured.

BRITISH COMMERCE.

London, January 8.

The imports to the United Kingdom during December showed an increase of £8,351,892, exports an increase of £3,034,-213, and re-exports an increase of £241,'098, compared with the previous December.

THE MANCHI'RIAN LOAN. London, January 8. The South Manclnirian loan has been over-subscribed.

POISON IN THE BREAD.

New York, January 8.

There have been six deaths at San Antonio, Texas, as the result of eating poisoned bread.

COMPANY SUSPENDS OPERATIONS. New York, January 8. The Carnegie Trust Company of New York has suspended operations.

RUSSIAN REFUGEES IN PARIS. Paris, January 8,

There are forty thousand Russian refugees in Paris, nine-tenths of whom are Jews.

ACCIDENT IX A MINE. .Madrid, January 8.

By a landslide at Rio Tinto copper mines five meii were killed and live injured, in addition to others who have not yet been extricated.

BOLTON MIXING DISASTER. London, January 8. The Bolton mining disaster relief fund has closed with £IOO,OOO.

SUFFOCATED IX SULPHUR MIXE. Rome, January 8. Seven miners were suffocated by a fire in a sulphur mine at Tufo.