General Cables.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 8, Issue 27, 2 April 1907, Page 5

General Cables.

London, March 30. Owing to the disastrous explosion on the F/rench battleship Jena an Admiralty Committee will investigate the conditions of explosives on all British ships. It is intended to cut the Suevic into two parts across No. 3 hold, and to save threefilths of the vessel, including the engines. The consumption of beer in 1905 in the United Kingdom was 27J gallons per head of the population, compared with 32J gallons in 1899. There are also considerable reductions in wines and spirits. $Mr Chamberlain is staving at St. Raphael, in the south of France. He looks better, possesses more power, and walks every afternoon, with the assistance of the arm of his wife or of a relative.