GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 11, 10 May 1912, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES.

iIJv Electric Telegraph.—Copyi ignt.) (United Press Association.) London, May 8. A firm of shiphrokers has made proposals to Sir George Reid (Australian High Commissioner) to establish a hue of emigrant steamers. The matter urns referred to the Agcnts-General, who, after full consideration, wore satisfi'. a that the offer was not substantial. In the blackmail case no witness"s were called for the defence. Counsel contended that the Countc ... instigated O’Connor’s writing anonymous letters. Not only had OCo inor the baseness to write them, hut also the mendacity to deny writing them. He then left the count) \. Pages and Glondinning were sentenced to twelve months’ hard labour. Several questions were asked in the House of Commons respecting Mi Bryce’s return.. Sir E. Grey said that Mr Bryce would certainly return to Washington. Mr William Redmond complained ol the unfairness of attacking Mr True when ;ho was unable to reply. Sir E. Grey asked that criticism should be directed towards the Government. Silver 27|d. The visible American wheat supiny is 86,282,000 bushels. Winifred Purnell and Godfrey Lud* low played before the Queen at Buckingham Palace. Mr Alan Burgoyne, in a paper re; d at the Society of Arts, says colonial viticulture, notwithstanding irrigation and closer settlement, would be many years before the Supply of African wine would he commensurate with the demand. Professor Henry Laurie, of Melbourne, contributed an Australian appreciation at the Browning meeting at Westminster College Hall. A hundred and twenty warships are oarlicipating in the manoeuvres at Weymouth Bay. The King, who is commanding, disposed of five avenues cl vessels two miles long. The shirs present comprise tae first, second., third, and fifth battle squadrons, which are valued at seventy millions. Demonstrations are being made witii aeroplanes, 13.5 guns and the latest submarines. The trouble with the Seafarers’ Union has been settled. The Olympic sailed for New York after having satisfactory boat drill. The Pall Mall Gazette says that the Australian census results are absolutely tragic. Twelve years of Federation did not produce acceleration. The paper says that a complete realm sation of the danger will only he pip-, nouned by external pressure of an tnnjpleasant kind. ' i The trial of William "Ward, arrcsAr cd at Perth, W.A., for the murder, of Ernest Nixey Smith, dairy manager at Chiswick, in 1908, has begun. Ward informed the constable on the voyagehome that deceased tried to arrest him and was struck by an umbrella in the struggle. Learning that deceased had been stabbed he went to ;Gonadal. and thence to Australia and hid la the bush. Marshall, tailor, tesii-. Tied that he heard Ward threaten .to, gouge Smith’s eyes out. Another witness saw Ward follow Smith ami strike him with the umbrella. There was no struggle. Ward was remanded. A deputation of the Seamen’s, Dockers’, Clerks’, Stevedores’, Stewards’, Cooks’, Butchers’ and Bakers’ Unions, supporting the sailors and firemen., complained to the P. and 0. Co. of the engagement of non-unionists, adding that unless the demands were granted there would be a general strike. The company replied that they were unable to accept the conditions formulated by the deputation. It was willing slightly to modify existing conditions, but in other respects were obliged to defend their position. Under the Merchant Shipping Act the Mooltan had lifeboats sufficient to accommodate three times the number carried on the present voyage. It was impossible to substitute English seamen for Lascars in the tropics to any large extent. After receiving the deputation’s report the transporters’ emergency committee resolved that the proper management of boats in the interests of humanity and safety was far more important than can lie decided by a strike. The whole matter will, therefore, he referred to the national executive. Lee, who was with Fleet in the crow’s nest, testified at the. Titanic inquiry that the haze ahead thickened hut the speed was not slackened. Fleet’s warning that an iceberg was right ahead was acknowledged from the bridge. The iceberg appeared to be a dark mass and the only white spot was a fringe along the top. It was first seen when half a mile or so distant. New York, May 8. Colonel Aster’s wife has been left a million pounds sterling, conditionally on her remaining single. Astor left Ids son fourteen million pounds. At Posstville, Pennsylvania, during strike disturbances the police fired on a mob numbering throe thousand. Throe men wore fatally shot and numbers of others injured, including several police. A woman onlooker was injured in the arm by a bullet. The riot started when the colliery superintendent sought to take two strikebreakers in an automobile to work. At San Diego members of the Industrial Workers of the World Socialist Order, who have been forming industrial disturbances along the Pacific coast, clashed with the police. Armed citizens turned out when the riot call sounded. Many industrial workers were shot. In the melee two policemen were killed and several injured. Teheran, May 8. A rebel victory at Kurdistan resulted in Persian Cossacks and most of the infantry deserting.

Prince Firman Firma, Governor of Hamadan, had his guns and ammunition captured. The Government is seeking reinforcements. Paris, May 8. Professor Metchnikolf and Dr. Broughton-Alcoctt, in researches at the Pasteur Institute, have discovered a new vaccine against typhoid. E;;cellcnt results arc reported by the Academy of Sciences. Alcock, a Sydneyite, demonstrated the new vaccine in London. it consists of attenuated living typhoid bacilli. The barque Birkale, bound from 'ratal for Savona, was drifting for I'i days in the Mediterranean. Those on board were foodless for several day; , but the vessel rcvictualled at sea. The French reinforcements in .Morocco bring tiio total up to 13,603. The Maharajah of A!war’s jewels have been recovered from the vhiei. Home, May 8. The Italians captured the Vali of Rhodes while attempting to escape. Capetown, May 8. The Government proposes to impose a quarter per cent tax on the value of all interest-bearing shares of companies incorporated either inside or outside the Union, which the companies will be empowered to recover from holders. The Inclusion of companies incorporated outside the Union is intended to encompass holders who transfer South African holdings to a London company in order to escape death duties. The Government also proposes to grant partial relief if the major portion of the company’s business is outside the Union. A petition with 61,693 signatures, has been presented to the Assembly, praying for increased police establishments in compounds where natives kept wives; also for facilities for training native female servants, and for the importation of European domestics. The Government refused Mr Smith’s demand for a commission to inquire into the increased prevalence of rape and assault with intent. Ottawa, May 8. A British sloop of war Ims sailed for the Mexican coast to succour any Britishers threatened by revolutionary excesses.