GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 143647, 15 November 1911, Page 3

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

CHINESE SAILORS BURNED. ji By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (Received Nov. 15, 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 14. Through a fire on the steamer 'Wentworth at Dover four Chinese were suffocated while \under the influence of opium. THE STRANDED MAORIS. (Received Nov. 15, 11.10 a.m;) LONDON, Nov. 14. The New Zealand Government is paying tho board of tho stranded Maoris, who sail on the 22nd. AN INSANE CRIMINAL. (Received Nov. 15, 11.10 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 14. Kramer, the Gorman who murdered Mrs. Weir, her daughter, and servant in Staffordshire, has been adjudged insane. THE ABOR EXPEDITION. CALCUTTA, Nov. 14, The Abor punitive expedition has had slight skirmishes with the enemy, who deserted the village of Kbaran, losing one killed and several wounded. Tho British lost one killed. YOUNG GERMAN LEAGUE. BERLIN, Nov. 14. . A Young Germany League, modelled after the English Boy Scouts, has been formally founded, under the presidency of Field-Marshal Von der Gols. THE RIOT IN TUNIS. TUNIS, Nov. 14. Twenty-one Arabs, for participating in the recent riots, were sentenced to terms of imprisonment varying from three weeks to twelve months. LAND COMPANY DIVIDEND. LONDON, Nov. 14. The report of the New Zealand and Australian Land Company showed a profit of £272,013. A further dividend of 4 per cent, and a bonus of 7 per cent, was declared, and £BO,OOO added to the contingency fund, while £2OOO was carried forward. THE DOMINION CLUB. LONDON, Nov, 14. The Hospitality Committee of the Festival of Empire has appointed a special committee to consider the question of making the Dominion Club Jor oversea visitors a permanency. HARVESTER TRUST FlNED(Received Nov. 15, 11.35 a.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 14. At Jefferson City, Missouri, tho Supreme Court of Missouri fined the International Harvester Company £IOOO and also granted a writ of ouster under tho anti-trust laws. FAILURE OF A BANK. (Received Nov. IS, 1.45 p.m.) RANGOON, Nov. 14.; The Bank of Burmah has suspended payment,.