GENERAL CABLES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 315, 3 July 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

A STEAMSHIP COMPANY LOAN. By Cable —Press Association —Copyright. Received 2, 10.30 p.m. London, July 2. The British-India Steam Navigation : Company is issuing a million 4y 2 per cent, debentures at par. The issue has been underwritten. A RECEPTION ABANDONED. London. July 2. The National Liberal Club has abandoned the reception to Mr. Asquith on Friday, owing to the attacks of the •uffragettes. THE STAR OF CANADA. Received 2, 11.5 p.m. London, July 2. The reinsurances on the Star of Canada have advanced to 55 per cent. The cargo is valued at over £IOO,OOO. A FATAL COLLISION. Berlin, July 2. Members of the Breslau Card Club, with their wives and families, numbering 150, returning from an excursion by a midnight train, dashed into a brake containing 30 people at a level crossing, killing eight and terribly injuring thirteen. A BYE-ELECTION. London, July 2. The bve-election for Ilkestone, necessitated bv Mr. Seclv's appointment as Minister of War. resulted: Seely '.t049. Freeman (Unionist) 7538. The insurance question loomed largely in the fight. HOOLIGANISM. St. Petersburg. July 2. Owing to an increase in hooliganism a thousand police raided the slums and arrested two thousand offender?, including thirty well-known criminals. A NARROW ESCAPE. Madrid, July 2. The battleship F.spana narrowly escaped foundering at Ferrol. owing to the opening of her valves. Two sailors have been arrested. DALL'S YOTINC MACHINE. Received 3. 12.30 a.m. Sydney, July 2. Tho voting machine invented by Mr. j D.ill. of Diiuedin. was displayed before! members of the House, and favorably impressed the. House. THE CENSCKE DEBATE. Sydney. July 2. The censure debate hi* been resumed.