GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 26, 24 September 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

BURGLARS' HAUL. , (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) London, September 23.

Burglars stole jewels and silver valued at £4OO from Bernaccrs the Antarctic explorer's residence. THE BOARD OF TRADE. London, September 23. The Board of Trade attributes tlio wreck of the North Briton to insufficient free board, and recommends an. enquiry with a view to a revision of the rules, which were altered in 1906. THE CRUISER PRINCESS ROYAL. London, September 23. The battle-cruiser Princess Royal did 34 knots in her" trials at Barrow-in-Furness. THE NEW ZEALAND. London, September 23. Captain Lionel Bfelsey has; assumed command of the New, Zealand, which is ready to leave tiuj Clyde on her ■x'iicial steaming trials. ,

PRESS CABLES, " London, September 23. The Western Union Company, is taking press messages for Australia and New Zealand, via the Pacific, ai> 7|d a word ordinary, and 4|d a word 1 ; deferred. TOMMY BURNS' MISFORTUNE. Ottawa, September 23. Tommy Burns' clothing establishment at Calgary, Albert, has been burned down. The damage is; estimated at ten thousand dollars.

SUNDAY THEATRES. ' London, September 23. A meeting of musiohall artists at the Trocadero protested against Sun- , day opening.

THE KING'S TRIBUTE. London, September 23. The King, in an Army order paper, pays a tribute to the zeal and energy of the army. He says that he is satisfied that the present training'is conducted on sound lines.

RAILWAY COLLISION IN FRANCE. Paris, September 23.

Two excursion trains came into collision at Caen. Eight passengers were' ailed and twenty injured. MONGOLIAN MASSACRES. ' St. Petersburg,-September 23. Telegrams from Kharbin stats that the Chinese troops are treating the Mongolians in the .most cruel manner. Xeither women nor children are spared. They plundered a monastery and massacred the inhabitants of the surrounding district. They killed several thousand Mongolians elsewhere, mutilating the women and children. IMMIGRATION. Capetown, September 23. General Botha and the Government tre blamed for allowing emigrants to "oasi"'South Africa and go to Australia. ."vone welcome the right- sort of immigration more, than the Nationalists, immigration will receive the Governnent's attention when the proper machinery is in order. THE CHINESE LOAN. Pekin, September 23. The Minister of Finance has refused the six Powers' terms*.

SCHOOLBOYS RUN RIOT. (Received 11.0 a.m.) New York, September 24. A riot of New York public schoolboys numbering 1000 was due + .-o the removal of a popular principal from office'. The police reserves were called out, and an orgie of window-smash-ing occurred before the riot was quelled ' _ . "J LOS ANGELES~TIMES TRAGEDY. At Indianapolis fifty officials of Lobpur Unions were ordered to appear for trial in October in connection with a nation-wide investigation of dynamite conspiracy leading up to the Los Angeles Times tragedy. GLASGOW MYSTERY. (Received 10.5 a.m.) London, September 23. , David Turnbull, a jeAveller, was found dead in his shop at Glasgow with a wound in his forehead. The safe had been blown up, and housebreaking tools and cyanide of potassium were found near him. It is a mystery whether death avss due to an explosion caused by his striking a light ->\hen entering to investigate noises or \-bother, he was poisoned.

COMMERCIAL. (Received 10.10 a.m.) London, September 23. Professor Lieht estimates that the production of beet sugar has decreased 1,685,000 tons, and that the season will show a decrease of 1,759,000. AN AUSTRALIAN HONOURED. At the King's instance, two orderlies in attendance on His Majesty at the Army manoeuvres were chosen from the Cambridge University Company of King Edward's Horse. One of these was Caulfield, an Australian. FREIGHT RATES. Capetown, September 23. As a result of the new mail -contract, other lines, including German and Australian, are making the net rates five. per cent lower than those of the Union Castle Company.