GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 306, 19 May 1913, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

LYING DETECTIVES. I By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. St. Petersburg, May 10. Mislitshuk, an ex-detective, and two other detectives have been sentenced to a year's hard labour at Kieil' for having concocted evidence regarding the alleged Jewish ritual murder at Christian Bay. THE PALACE OF PEACE. The Hague, May 10. The Carnegie Palace of Peace will be opened on August 29. Every nation has contributed towards the cost of its construction. ACCIDENT ON A SCENIC RAILWAY. Brussels, May 16. Two carriages on the Scenic Railway at the Grent Exhibition fell a hundred feet. The English conductor was killed and several passengers were seriously injured. DECLARATION OF LONDON. Copenhagen, May IG. The permanet bureau of the Inernational Congress on Maritime Law has approved the Declaration of London. LIEUTENANT EVANS HONOURED. London, May lfi. The King gave an audience to Lieut. Evans, and conferred upon hinii the order of Companion of the Bath, and also condoled with him upon the loss of his wife. * PANAMA CANAL DUES. London, May 10. Sir Edward Grey has informed the United States that preferential treatment of goods carried in American vessels is contrary to the 1815 treaty. A CRUISER RE-FLOATED. Hongkong, May 10. The Portguese cruiser Adamastor, which went ashore on Dumbell Island, has been re-floated. SUGGESTED BIGAMY. Melborne, May 17. The solicitor of Mrs. Binks states that his client has received letters from a woman in America claiming to be Bink's wife. PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY. Melbourne, May 17. The Rev. Dr. Oxer has been elected Moderator of the Presbyterian Church Assembly. ROUGH WEATHER IN THE TASMAN SEA. , Sydney, May 17. The Wimmera had a rough trip, and all the other arrivals had a tempestuous time. Several vessels are bar-bound. QUEENSLAND STOCK RETURNS. Brisbane, May 17. The stock returns to the end of last year as |p.s follows: —Hotrses '<505,599, an increase of 46,045; cattle 5,209,644, an increase of 236,493; sheep 20,243,580,, a decrease of 492,401.