GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 21, 17 September 1912, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

o THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) London, September 16. A proposal is afoot for the British Association to hold an Imperial meeting in London in 1916, to which leading scientists of the Empire will be invited. SINKING OF A STEAMER. London, September 16. The liner Letitia collided with and sank the steamer St. Bees off Greenock. One man was drowned and several seriously injured.

METHODIST HALL AT WESTMINSTER. London, September 16 The Central Methodist Hall at Westminster has been completed at a cost of £300,000. THE CHINESE LOAN AND MONOPOLY. Paris, September 16. Le Debats emphasises the impatience of France and Britain in upholding the six Powers syndicate in order to prevent financial groups securing a monopoly and probably disturbing the harmony of the Powers interested m China. FROZEN MEAT.

Berlin, September 16

The commercial authorities of the suburb of Schoeneberte have voted £IOOO for an experimental purchase of foreign meat to sell direct to the public. They are also offering a bounty for breeding rabbits. BRAVE BOYS IN BLUE. Three sailors of the British Royal yacht Victoria Albert rescued two sailors of the Russian Imperial yacht from drowning. The Dowager Empress Marie has presented the rescuers with watches.

CRIME IN PARIS. Paris, September 16. A gang imitating the motor bandits shot a railway ticket collector dead at Le Saubrais, near Orleans. They deposited a bomb in the stationmaster’s office. The murderer escaped on a bicycle. Three, accomplices were arrested.