GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16454, 5 June 1919, Page 3

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

BIG STEAMER IN COLLISION,

By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright,

(Received June 5, 9.30 a.m.)

NEW YORK, June 4

TSie Imperator collided off tho coast with the steamer Agwidale, and tilts latter .was damaged.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn,

TRIAL OF GERMAN AGENTS

GENEVA, June 3,

The trial has begun of 28 Gorman agents, mostly Italian ami Swiss anarchists, on charges of plotting a revolution in Switzerland and tho murder of Sonnino and Salaudra, also the destruction of the Alpine tunnels and tho bank in Romo and Milan. Many of the bombs displayed in court were of leading German military brands.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.

DORMANT BANK BALANCES

LONDON, May 23. The House of Commons carried the second reading of tho Dormant Bank Balances Bill, introduced by Mr. Horatio Bottomley, the object being to secure for tho State unclaimed moneys in the hands of banks and companies, estm ated to t mount to at least £IOO,000,000. A COCOA COM TINE. LONDON, May 23. The Cadbury and Fry firms have combined to form a British cocoa company, with n capital of £2,102,000. STRIKERS KILLED BY SOLDIERS. NEW YORK, June 4. During a strike riot in Toledo, Ohio, two strikers were killed and six wounded when the soldiers fired on the strikers. SAILORS’ BOYCOTT OF GERMANY. LONDON, June 4.The British crew of the ex-German steamship Burgomaster, food-laden for Hamburg, refused to sail. They agreed to take the ship to Rotterdam.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. REVOLUTION IN COSTA RICA. (Received June 5, 10.35 a.m.) NEW YORK, June 4. American marines landed at Costa Rica where there is a revolution against the Government. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.