GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 51, 24 October 1912, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

LIFE IN' THE COUNTRY. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) (Received 8.5 a.m.) London, October 23. Mr Asquith, in the House of Commons, said, the Government was considering the ■ appointment of a Royal Commission to enquire into the economic development and improvement of the conditions of ' life in agricultural districts on the lines of Mr Roosevelt’s Country Life Commission, which eat in August, 1908. THE CZAREVITCH. St. Petersburg, October 23. The Czarevitch’s condition is serious and prayers are being offered for her recovery in many towns. TOTTENHAM COURT TRAGEDY. (Received- 1 9.35 a.m.) London, October 23. Jones, tho second victim shot by Stephen Titus at -Tottenham, is dead. The original cable message read as follows: A foreigner residing at an hotel in Tottenham Court Road ran amok and shot two barmaids. One is dead. He rushed into the street and wounded three pursuers, one seriously. The man was arrested. THE DEATH OF NORiA-GREY. aorgo Ward, who surrendered himto the police confessing the yling Nora Grey on Yarmouth has' been discharged, as the dee proved he was imprisoned in Lincolnshire at the time the crime was* Committed. f FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. (Received 9.55 a.m.) London, October 23. The outbreak of foot and mouth disease at Mullingar is spreading. THE DOCKERS’ STRIKE; There are five thousand unemployed in Westham. As an aftermath of the dockers’ strike, many women and children are starving. THE INSURANCE ACT. In the House of Commons, Mr Lloyd George said the Government was increasing tho medical benefit, including the supply of drugs, to 8s 6d, which would involve an additional annual outlay of £1,650,000. ACCIDENT TO A DESTROYER. The Greek destroyer, Kera, when entering Dover to coal, collided with the pier and had her bows badly damaged,' MADAME SARAH BERNHARDT. (Received 11.10 a.m.) London, October 23. An. address of British homage with 200,000 signatures has been presented to Sarah Bernhardt.