GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 211, 6 March 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

A H)R E.MAN'S VENGEANCE. I By CaMo—Press Association—Copyright St. Petersburg, March 4. The foreman of the shrapnel tube. section at the i'utilull' works, actuated by vengeance for a private grievam-". killed Captain von Stall], director o 1 " the section, with a crowbar and then committed suicide by jumping into some electrical machinery. CORDITE. London, March I. The greatest secrecy is being maintained over the discovery of a method ] for the preservation of cordite from do- ] tcrioration in hot climates. The treat- | mcnt is based on the use of molyh- ! denuni. in view of cordite losses thi I French authorities are inquiring about . the deposits of molybdenum in Australia. Within a month the price of ore has risen from 75s to 110s, and supplies ore unobtainable. RUSSIAN TRADE. St. Petersburg, March 4. A congress of exporters at lviell' resolved that it was necessary to liberate Russia from economic dependence on Germany. The present treaty was hu■railiating. They urged the immediate development of commercial relations with Britain, Italy and other countries. N.S.W. POLITICS. Sydney, March 5. In the Assembly the debate on the Adress-in-reply was responsible for strong criticism of the Government's general policy and attitude on the strikes. ASSAULT AND ROBBERY. Sydney, Mnrch ">. Albert Papakura, son of Maggie, the Jfew Zealand guide, was knocked down in the darkness in a street in Penrith. On recovering consciousness he discovered that he had been robbed of ,£'2o , of race winnings. SUNDAY TRAMS. Sydney, March 5. As statistics showed that forty thousand persons availed themselves of the ■ recently afforded opportunity of travel ling during the church hours on Sundav ! night, the Commissioner has turned ' down the protest by the Evangelical • Council against Sunday trams. , CAVILL'S FUNERAL i m , Vancouver, March 1 r _ The leading athletic clubs of the Pacific Coast were represented at Cavill's funeral. His brothers were unable to attend, but the funeral arrangements were carried out by the college students, former pupils of Cavill. A DISAPPOINTED SYDNEYITE. i Sydney, March 5. • Hugh Spence, an ex-Sydncyite, who pas for some years been engaged in ■ (Now Zealand in horse breeding, has returned. lie states tlmt New Zealand- : era hare a considerable prejudice against Sydneyites. He declares that when he first arrived in the Dominion he presented Sydney testimonials but found : it impossible to do business with merchants. This state of affairs existed for three months. He also complains that Australian coins are not accepted in New Zealand. He Joes not intend to return to New Zealand.