GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 31, 30 September 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

MEAT FOR THE MULTITUDE.

'By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Press Association.) ' (Received 8.20 a.m.) Berlin, September 29. The Prussian Government has announced an important concession, the importation of Russian and Balkan meat-stuffs for the large towns provided they are sold to the consumers at the cheapest rate. (Received 9.20 a.m.) Berlin, , September 29.

The Bill embodying 'concessions concerning meat stuffs operates (retrospectively from October Ist., and expires in Marcli, 1914:. An official note insists that scarcity is transitory and no puncturing of the Tariff or interference with inspection will'be permissible. 'The newspapers emphasise the' fact that petitions from great cities demand the admission of frozen beef from overseas, especially the, Argentina, which remains excluded, and /also demand a permanent change in the present system. , / BLOODSHED FEARED. (Received 8.20 a.m.) New York, September 29. The situation at the Bingham mines continues to be serious, and further bloodshed is feared. LAUNCH OF A BATTLESHIP, ' . . (Received; 9.20 a.raJ) Paris, September 29.. The battleship Paris has been launched at Toulon.

M. SAZANOFF. ' London, September 29. M. Sazanoff spent the week-end at Crewe Hall as the guest of Lard'and Lady Crewe. ; 1 ■•-'■'■ .': * : -:li '., . COTTON SPINNERS. . London, September 29. .'" Operative speakers on ; amalgamation, discuss'ng the Brooklands argument, ; ask for an advance of 5 to. 10 per., cent if a fair test shows that fre- ;■' quent warping and breakages ! are due to inferior cotton. COMPANIONSHIP OF THE BATH. ' ! London, September 29'. The King has changed the regulations for the Military Companionship of the Bath to admit younger naval ' officers in recognition of services. UNIVERSAL MILITARY TRAINING (London, September 29.. In celebration of Lord Roberts', birth- ! day,-/thousands of workers marched ' to Firth Park, Sheffield, and'passed a resolution in favour of universal 1 military training. The National Service S League, which numbers 100,000 toemJ2£i^^i&^uijuj£ing. t isijnilar meetings in.;': Manchester, Plymouth, and many other towns. .

RAILWAY STRIKE IN GEORGIA. (Received'lO.SCT a.m.) , ! New York, September 29. • The arrival of twentyifive strikebreakers from-; New York and the death oft Ben Baker, a business man- who was shbb by, soldiers (making three deaths) are the principal features of •the, railway strike at Augusta, Georgia., The' large crowds congregating are orderly. BLACKMAILED.

Peter Bruno, a wealthy Italian cafe owner at San Francisco, appealed for police protection after receiving ■ the third of & series of letters from black-, mailers who demanded 1500 dollar®. This was not paid and the cafe was dynamited. Bruno says he was driven from Portland and Elpaso, Texas, by the blackmailers. SIR GEORGE REID. Sir George Reid represented the Commonwealth at the International Chambers of Commerce Conference at Boston. President Taft received him and expressed strong interest in the progress of (Australia. A VALUABLE CARGO. r : l (Received 8.55 a.m.) ' London, September 29. ' The steamer Kinf auns Castle brought to , Southampton £1,224,365 worth of specie which is a record consignment from South Africa.

RIOTOUS LEGISLATORS

Berlin, September 29

Heir Borchardt, who was expelled. from the. Prussian Diet last May for riotous conduct, has been fined a hundred marks'. Lehikirt, another Socialist, has been fined fifty marks for resisting his expulsion. A VILLAGE BURNED. Paris, September 29. A village in the province of Majunga was burned and 1500 persons are home-,' less.