GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 25, 24 July 1911, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES

A MOTORIST KILLED. By Oable.—Press Association.—Copyright New York, July 21. Lewis Strang, the holder of many automobile records; was killed on a country road in Milwaukee while going at the rate of four miles an hour. In avoiding a. collision with a cart his motor-car fell over an embankment, crushing Strang. TRAIN FALLS INTO CANAL. Ottawa, July 21. An engine driver on a Grand Trunk freight train failed to notice an open siring bridge over the Welland Canal and the engine plunged in. The driver was 'killed, but the fireman leaped to safety. The canal was blocked. JEWS IN CANADA. Ottawa, July 21. Hebrew societies in Montreal are forming a political organisation to extend throughout the Dominion with the object of securing Parliamentary representation, POACHING ON NORWEGIAN PRESERVES. Christiania, July 21. The Norwegian press is protesting against invasion of Norwegian waiters by the German high seas fleet, and the inspection of . the defences of the capital. PLAGUE AT PORT SAID. Port Said, July 21. A case of plague has occurred here. ACCIDENT ON TORPEDO BOAT. London, July 21. During, the steam trials of the torpedo flotilla, off Beachv Head 1 , a'steam pipe on the destroyer Kangaroo exploded. Two men were killed and four seriously injured. - A LASCAR MURDERER. London, July 21. Godhino, the Lascar steward who staibbed Miss Brewster to death on the s.s. China, has been committed for trial. KING EDWARD MEMORIAL. London, July 21. The King Edward Memorial executive have invited Messrs-. Mackennal and Lutyens to furnish designs and architectural plam FOREST FIRES. Ottawa, July 21. Forest fires threaten two towns in Novia Scotia, and the fight seems hopeless. GOVERNMENT NON-INTERFERENCE DESIRED.

New York, July 21. John Parson, ex-counsel for the Ameri«an Sugar lie fining Co., examined by the Congressional investigation committee, declared tliat Government control of business combinations was socialistic. The Government ought to allow commerce to make its own course untrammelled by restrictions.