GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 6, 4 May 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

London, May 3. The Government lias already ordered twenty aeroplanes, and authorised an additional thirty. Berlin, May 3. During a discussion on the Samoan estimates, in the Reichstag, Dr. Soli' reiterated his opposition to the marriages of natives and whites. The whole country would have to thank the Reichstag if it prevented mixed marriages. New York, May 2. George Borup, Peary’si aide-de-camp who accompanied him to the North Polo, was drowned in Long Island Sound, owing to a motor canoe being upset by a heavy sea. Borup was a negro. At Cleveland a huge quantity of gasoline on an oil barge exploded and burst into flames, which spread over the Guyahago river and ■ completely destroyed the docks. The firemen were unable to approach the conflagration. Five men on board the barge were blown to pieces. A tug and other vessels were also burnt. (Received 4, 8.5 a.m.) London, May 3. The Court found that the Oceana alone was blameworthy in the collision with the Pisagua. (Received 4, 11.0 a.m.) London, May 3. Fifteen thousand tailors are striking, including machinists and pres sera. Fifty thousand men and women will be thrown idle in London to-morrow. Fifteen pikets were fined £2 each on charges of intimidation in connection with the dispute at the motor works at Letchworth. In the House of Commons Mr Asquith, in reply to Mr Mason, said the Government was negotiating wiith the Porte in respect to British participation in the Bagdad-Basra railway in return for compensation elsewhere. He had thought out that others interested in that section of the line had objections to the condition regarding German participation. (Received 4, 11.0 a.m.) • Berlin, May 1. The Kaiser has purchased sheep farms at Windhoek, South Africa. The object is to make Germany less dependent on Australia and to cnourcage Germans to settle there instead of emigrating to the United States.