GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 45, 16 October 1912, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. \.United Press Association.) (Received 16, 11.20 a.m.) London, October 15. • Mr. Kirkpatrick, giving evidence be fore the Dominions' Commission, explained fully the South Australian emigration system, and detailed the arrangements made for domestic servants, which, he claimed, were equal, if not superior, to any country's. He gave particulars of the doings of unscrupulous private emigration agents. Sir George and Lady Reid have returned from America. (Received 16, 11.20 a.m.) I Brussels, October 15. A director of a Belgian railway company disappeared after issuing half a million sterling of worthless scrip. An accomplice has been arrested. Paris, October 15. Lcpreux, a clerk in the employ of the "Suez Canal Conmany, who was arrested in March for fraudulent appropriation of £BO,OOO worth of shares, has been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. London, October 15. Tho Dreadnought, .New Zealand, was a remarkable success in her trials, doing over 27 knots, and is the fastest battleship of her class. Major MacDonald) of New Zealand, has passed the Colonel's examination. Eyre and Spottiswood's five-floor building in East Harding Street is ablaze. Hundreds of girls escaped, panic stricken. There were distres ing scenes in tho streets until tho onlookers learned that their friends were safe. The brigade showed remarkable promptitude and prevented tho fire spreading.