GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 252, 24 April 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

A RICH MAN'S GOVERNMENT. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright London, April 22. Mr. Keir Ilardie, at Louton, said that some railwaymen talked of a strike in summer. If it occurred, tliey would find soldiers guarding railways and working the trains, engines would he bullet-proof and carrying machine machine gung. Such whs the outcome of a rich man's government. THE FATAL CIGARETTE, t London, April 22. The widow of Charles Conder, artist, died in London from shock, her nightdress and bedclothes catching fire while she was smoking cigarettes. THE AUSTRIAN MINISTRY. Vienna, April 22. Ladislas Lukacs, Minister of Finance in Count Hedervary's Ministry, has formed a Ministry, and Count Hedervary's Cabinet has joined it. STEAMERS IN COLLISION. New York, April 22. It is reported from Galveston, Texas, that the Mallory Line steamer Denver collided witli the steamer Elsud. The latter was obliged to run ashore, but the Denver managed to reach port in a badly damaged condition. No lives were lost. THE OCEAN'S WEALTH. London, April 22. Of the bullion lost in the wreck of the Oceana, over £400.000 worth has been recovered out of the £1,000,000 worth she carried.