GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143768, 17 April 1912, Page 3

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

SEDDON REFUSED REPRIEVE, By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (Received April 17, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, April 16. Mr. M'Kenna has refused a reprieve to Scddon, who is under sentence of death for the murder of Miss Barrow. A BILLIARD CASE. ' (Received April 17, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, April 16. Lord Alverstoue, who is ill, heard legal argument in the case John Roberts v. George Gray, as to whether the latter was on infant, in his own house. A STRIKE IN PERU. (Received April 17, 10.45 a.m.) 'LIMA, April 16. There is a general strike at Chicama. Sugar plantations have been burned, and many persons killed and injured. Troops are hastening to the scene. CANADIAN STATE ELECTION. (Received April 17, 8.5 a.m.) OTTAWA, April 16. The Quebec legislature has been dissolved. The elections will be held on May 18. ELECTRIC CARS COLLIDE. (Received April 17, 8.5 a.m.) NEW YORK, April 16. In a collision between two electric cars on the Michigan United Railway at Linacentre three persons were killed and scores injured, many fatally.