GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143762, 9 April 1912, Page 3

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

killed in a duel. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. PARTS, April 6. Two CJorsicins were killed at Ajaccio hi a chid over tha municipal elections. THEFT OF JEWELSPARK, April 6. Ten thousand pounds’ worth oftjewels were stolen at Nenilly at tlio residence of M. Dernier, the ex-Mexican Minister of Finance. A TRAIN DERAILED. LONDON, April 6. An entire mail train, running at a spect] of 50 miles, was derailed at Stock-ton-on-Tees. It ploughed UP iJio pernniiH'nt way for a quarter of a mile before it came to a standstill at the edmi of a precipitous embankment. The carriages' wore not overturned, and.|lie passengers, though shaken, were uninjured. HELD UP BY A BULL, LONDON, April 7. During the motor cycle reliability trials across Dartmoor, a hull charged ouo competitor, who was held up for twenty minutes. CANADA 7 AND THITwEST INDIES. TORONTO, April 7. A preference agreement of wide scope has been drafted, conferring substantial advantages on Canada and the West Indies. It embodies arrangements for ■ improved transport and cables. THE GERMAN NAVY. , CORFU, April 7. Herr von Bethmanu-Hollweg is visit- ■ ing the Kaiser respecting the struggle within the Cabinet for naval expansion. A CASTLE BURNED. LONDON, April 7. The historical Gibbstown Castle at Meath, has been partially burnt. Damage to the extent of £40,000 was done. A BANKRUPT RAILWAY. OTTAWA, April 6., The Detroit-Pcre Marquette Railroad is in the hands of receivers. Tha line operates over 3000 miles in Ohio, Illinois, and Ontario. The Railway Commission refused to allow the issue of additional bonds, said to be necessary in order to meet certain maturities. Air. Pierpbint Morgan is a heavy stock-holder. THE THYROID GLAND. BERLIN, April 8. Professor Payr, of Leipzig, has transferro da piece of the. thyroid gland of a healthy mother to ah idiot child, who was eomphjtely cured in a month. WELSH DISESTABLISHMENT. LONDON, April 8.. Liberal churchmen, ihcluding the Bishops of Birmingham, Hereford, Lincoln, and Bishop Weldon, Doan of Manchester, have memoralisod Mr. Asquith, protesting against tho disestablishment of the Welsh church. A BONUS REFUSED. LONDON, April 8. The Amalgamated Railwayman refused the ‘ North-Western Company’s .bonus of £60,000 to lower-paid workers, in order that the disputed claim for increased wages might remain in abeyance until the termination of tha existing award. THE TURKISH ELECTIONS. ATHENS, April 7. • It is seip (-officially stated that at the Turkish primary elections the troops surrounded the polling buildings, and only allowed supporters of the Committee of Union and Progress to enter. The Christians and Albanians abstained from voting, and the authorities violated the ballot boxes. GERMAN NAVY LEAGUE. BERLIN, April 8. Herr Hanssmann, tho South Gorman Radical leader, has initiated a campaign against Admiral von Tirpitz, alleging that the Navy League is merely Admiral Tirpitz’s instrument for the propagation of antagonism towards England. SOCIALISTS NOT WANTED. NEW YORK, April 5. The Industrial Workers of the World, a Socialist organisation which recently has been disturbing the whole Pacific Coast from Vancouver to San Francisco, lias been rounded up at San Diego. Hundreds tvero compelled to kiss tho American flag, and then an armed force of citizens drove them all from the district. A DANGEROUS (Received April 9, 8.20 a.m.) TANGIER, April 8. The. capsizing of a launch drowned two children of an official belonging to tlio French legation, an English governess, and two nurses. The absence of landing facilities is attributed to tho jealousy of the Powers, and renders the harbour a death-trap.