GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144150, 21 July 1913, Page 3

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

THE HULL STRIKE. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT. (Received July 21, 8.20 a.m.) LONDON, July 20. A general settlement of the strike at Hull has bee'n rejected. All shipping is held up. CHILDREN AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. ' (Received July 21, 8.20 a.m.) LONDON, July 20. The King entertained 5000 teachers from the London schools, and many children, at a garden party at Buckingham Palace. A STEAMER ASHORE. LONDON, July 19. , The steamer Murax, from Sydney, is ashore in a critical position at- the - Celebes. Her hull is damaged. Sixty per cent, is quoted for reinsurance. JUMPING AT OLYMPIA. LONDON, July 20. _ As a result of the poor display of jumping by ho British officers at the recent show at Olympia, the War Office has announced that in future competitors must have their horses inspected and receive a certificate of standard of excellence. \ THE PERSIAN PRETENDER. TEHERAN, July 20. Salar-ed-Dowleh, the Pretender, has surrendered. It is understood that he will be pensioned if he undertakes to reside abroad. I.W.W. AT SEATTLE. > SEATTLE, July 20Sailors and tho militia attacked the International Workers’, headquarters, burning the contents in an .effort to clean up the city. No arrests were made. NICARAGUAN AFFAIRS. (Received July 21, 11 a.m.) NEW YORK, July 20. The new policy in Nicaragua involves the virtual control of -affairs by a United States trust, and a protector-, ate similar to that exercised in Cuba. THE MEXICAN PRESIDENCY. (Received July 21, 11 a.m.) NEW YORK, July 20.’ General Gc-ronimo Trevino is the latest aspirant for the Presidency. of Mexico.