GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144147, 17 July 1913, Page 3

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

A BATTLESHIP DAMAGED. BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT. VIENNA, July 16. The Tegetthoff was damaged in the gun trials. THE PRINCE OF WALES. LONDON, July 16. The Prince of Wales is touring GeJ> many in a motor car. He has arrived at, Leipzig. GERMAN SHIPYARD STRIKE. HAMBURG, July 16.. Eighteen thousand men are idle in tho shipping yards. The employers declare that they are,unable to meet the men’s demands without crippling their power to compete with foreign firms. THE LATE MR. J. O. WILLIAMSON. (Received July-17, 8.50 a.m.) LONDON, July 16. Mr. J. 0. Williamson’s body has been left at Cherbourg aboard the St. Paul. Mrs. Williamson and her daughters have gone ahead to Chicago on the Kronprinz Wilhelm. MRS. WEST’S DIVORCE. LONDON, July T 6. Mrs. Cornwallis-West was granted a divorce on the grounds of misconduct and. desertion. The case was undefended. TRADE IN FRANCE. , PARIS. July 16. The trade returns for the half-year show an increase of £6,105,560. OWNERSHIP OF GOLF BALLS. LONDON, July 16.. In the case of a Highgate caddid charged 2,-ith stealing a golf hall, the Bench refused to convict, as there was no law that a lost ball was the property of the club. A STEEL COMBINE. NEW YORK, July 16. It is reported that the Whittaker, Glissiner, and Labelle-Wheeling steel companies are amalgamating, with a capital of eight millions sterling. A SKILFUL ROBBERY. (Received July 17, 12.10 p.m.) LONDON, July 161 A pearl necklace, valued-at £125,000, was stolen in transit by post between Paris and Hatton Garden. The package was received with its seals intact, but the necklace was replaced by sugar.