GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 266, 31 March 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

♦ HAWKS RAILWAY DISASTER. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, March 29. . The official report concerning the I Hawes railway disaster recommends that electricity he used on trains in-' stead of gas, and discourages the introduction of steel carriages, which tend to increase the risk of injury. GUN-RUNNING IN THE'PERSIAN GULF. Calcutta, March 29. The naval forces in the Persian Gulf are being supplemented by the 104 th Rifles, a. mountain battery, and a detachment of sappers in order to stop the operations of gun-runners. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST PICTURE SHOWS. St. Petersburg, March 29. Out of 600 cinematograph shows only four fulfil the requirements of safety set down in the regulations. Although many of the shows have been condemned they still continue to show. CANADIAN POLITICS. Ottawa, March 29. Liberal papers declare that Mr. Borden has resigned the leadership of the Conservatives in consequence of his having received a round robin asking him to do so,' AIEAT INSPECTION. London, March 29. Mr. Gilbert Anderson read a paper at a meeting of the Cold Storage and Ice Association on the need of an international standard of meat inspection. He advocated that all meat for export should be killed in licensed slaughterhouses only after inspection by a vet; eriaary surgeon, who should be empowered to reject for emaciation as well as for disease, Government paying the owner partial compensation. THE GERMAN NAVY. Berlin, it/arch 29. The third turbine-driven cruiser, aamed Goben, begun last year, has been launched at Hamburg. J THE RUSSIAN WAY. | St. Petersburg, March 29. ' Two youths named Sruknowski and Sadowski have been acquitted on a charge of having shot Ryback, an educational official, on August 9, 1910. The prisoners declared they only shot a spy, and that Ryback was a Russian agent of provocation employed by the Russian police, and that the Polish Workmen's Union had ordered his murder. BERON MURDER CASE. London, March 29. After three days' hearing Steiner Morrison's appeal against the death sentence was dismissed. THE CLAIMS OF GALWAY. London, March 29. A committee has been appointed at Dublin to place beiore the overseas Premiers 'the claim of Galway to be made the port of call for trans-Atlantic steamers. SOUTH AFRICAN MINES. Capetown, March 29. The Senate read the Mines Regulations Bill a third time. COUNCIL OF COMMERCE. London, March 29. A petition recommending the establishment of an Imperial Council of Commerce, bearing 280 signatures, has been presented to the Prime Minister. MORE ABOUT JOHNSON. New York,. March 29. Johnson's first appeal at San Francisco failed, and he is still a prisoner. ADVERTISING AUSTRALIA. London, March 29. Sir George Reid at Glasgow urged shipowners to continue building, as the Australian trade was going to astonish the world. SIR CHARLES DILKE'S ESTATE. London, March 29. Sir Charles Dilke's estate has been proved at £130,878. FIRE AT ALBANY. New York, March 29. The Capitol at Albany, New York State, has been partly destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £2,000,000. Priceless documents have been lost. The nightwatehman is missing.