GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143772, 22 April 1912, Page 3

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

THE STEAMER AUSTRALIND. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (Received April 22, 10 a.m.) ST. HELENA, April 21. The steamer Australind, with 501 emigrants on board, has called, requiring coal and water. After being supplied she proceeded on her voyage. MASONIC LODGE SUSPENDED. (Received April 22, 10 a.m.) LONDON, April 21. The committee of the Grand Lodge has suspended the Forfar lodge for three years, on account of its admitting to 'membership Jack Johnson, the pugilist. RELIEVING DISTRESS. (Received April 22, 10 a.m.) LONDON, April 21. Sir William Hall-Jones distributed £2453 in the districts where tho strike distress is most acute, this sum having' been raised mpstly by newspapers’ subscriptions. A FATAL FIRE. LONDON, April 20. A shoemaker’s shop at Chelsea has been burnt down. Four septuagenarians were incinerated. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. LONDON, April 20. Tebbitt has been committed for trial for firing a revolver at Mr, Rothschild. He resented the suggestion that he was insane, and stated that lie would fully explain his motives, which were mainly political, when he was tried.