GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 144359, 25 March 1914, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

THE SAMUEL CASE. _ BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, March 24. Sir Sfcuarfc Samuel paid the ooete-af all tho iufojunors and Bird, having vindicated his claim, agrees to forego the penalties. A TOWN WIPED OUT. I/A PAX (Bolivia), March 23. A magazine containing 3500 cases of dynamite at ChaJiapatta, a mining centre in Bolivia, exploded, and the town was blotted off the map. DR. DIESEL BROUGHT TO LIFE. BERLIN, March 23. It is alleged that Herr Diesel is alive in. Canada. [Dr. Diesel, the inventor of the Diesel engine, disappeared during the passage ot a steamer from Holland to England. His business affairs were in contusion. His body was afterwards washed ashore and was buried.] DAZZLING MOTOR LIGHTS. TIMES AND SYDNEY SUN SERVICES. (Received March 25. S.O a.m.) LONDON, March 24. Experiments show that- tho dazzle of motor-car head lamps can bo avoided by obscuring the top right-hand segment of the lens. DANGERS OF BORDEAUX MIXTURE. TIMES AND SYDNEY SCN SERVICES. (Received March 25, 8.0 a.m.) LONDON, March 24. An analyse reports that blue vitriol found in imported apples as tho result •>f spraying is dangerous to the health of caters if the apples are not pealed. RHODESIAN ELECTIONS. (Received March 25, 11.50 a.m.) CAPETOWN, Match 24. Tho Rhodesian elections went largely in favour of tho Chartered Company. ECLIPSE OBSERVATIONS. (Received March 25, 11.50 a.m.) LONDON, March 24. The British Association and the Radio-Telegraphic Committee have requested the Commonwealth to observe radio-active effects at wireless stations during the August eclipse. AUSTRALIAN SUBMARINES. (Received March 25. 11.60 a.m.) LONDON, March 34. The Australian submarines have left Suez. THE MISSING PAPYRUS. (Received March 25, 11.20 a.m.) PARIS, March 24. No official at tho Louvre remembers having scon tho missing papyrus. It seems to have disappeared about 1892.