GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 51, 24 October 1912, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES.

YOUTHFUL LONDON CRIMINALS. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) London, Ocober 23. Two youths with revolvers hold up the manager of a wine shop at Baitham, and attempted to rob the till. A neighbouring shopkeeper came to the rescue. The youths fled, and one was captured. ITALY AND TRIPOLI. Paris, October 23. France has recognised the Sovereignty of Tripoli and Cyrenaica, and is now negotiating an agreement for French interests in Tripoli and Italian Morocco. JACK JOHNSON. New York, October 23. The Chicago City Council has ordered the revocation of Johnson’s saloon license and immediate prosecutions on all charges against him. THE TRADE COMMISSION. London, October 23. At the Dominions Commission, Mr Albert Spicer, on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce, urged the importance of the emigration of boys and girls to the Dominions as an alternative to sending skilled agriculturists, who were required at Home. The Emigration Committee of the Colonial Institute insisted on the advantages of the emigration of children, particularly orphans, under boards of guardians.

(Through the Sun’s Cable Service.) At the present time there arc nq fewer than 500 divorce cases awaiting trial in London. Most of the cases are undefended. | Many biograph operators are rush- ! ing off to the Balkans, and Lloyds is quoting insurance rates for them at eight guineas per cent, to cover six months’ risk. The estate of the late Wilbur Wright the famous airman, who died from typhoid on May 30 last, in Dayton, Ohio, has been valued at £57,535. At the end of September 505 vessels, . aggregating 1,846,839 tons gross, were under construction in British shipbuilding yards, the largest number on record. Paced by a runner, the well-known American gelding Uhlan trotted a mile in Kentucky in the record time of Imin 58sec. Captain Sir Francis Yane, Bart., founder of the Royal Boy Scout movement, has become insolvent. He attributes his failure to the losses ho sustained through his association with the scout movement. The ; jury by which ex-Pollce Lieutenant Becker will be tried for the , murder of Herman Rosenthal has been empanelled and sworn. Becker is reported to be satisfied with the jurors, all of whom are married men. Mr Eugene Corn, the .well-known boxing enthusiast and referee, of the London National Sporting Club, holds the opinion that Hughie Mehcgan, the Australian light-weight,, may possibly become' the champion of the world in his division.

A number of leading, musicians addressed a letter to The Times, in which they advocate that Mr Oscar Hammerstein’s Opera House in London should be purchased with the object of establishing a national opera house, in which opera comique might bo produced when grand opera was being played at Covent Garden. The trust, estimated at £400,000, which was created by the will of the late Mrs Mary Baker Eddy for the benefit of the Christian Science movement, of which she was the founder, has been declared null and void by the Massachusetts Supreme Court. It was held, however, that a charitable trust had been created, and that new trustees might be appointed to administer it.

At a conference regarding land values held in London the Duke of Westminster acknowledged that it was impossible to apply the provisions of the single tax to an ancient country like Great Britain. A resolution was adopted supporting the memorial presented to the’ Government by the Liberals last year urging a Budget tax on land values. The conference suggested that the first fruits of such a tax should be devoted to education and to tire improvement of the roads, and secondly should take the place of taxes on food.

The Temperance Reform Bill for Scotland came before the House of Commons last night. The measure provides that the electors shall have control of the liquor traffic, and the right to either limit or prohibit licensee. In the course of the debate an attempt was made to insert a clause providing for a system of compulsory mutual insurance of licensees against any losses occasioned by the withdrawal of their licenses. The proposed clause, however, was defeated. The Hardy, the first British torpedo boat destroyer to he fitted with oil engines, has been launched. She has been equipped with a combination of steam turbines and internal combustion oil engines on the Diesel system, the intention being to use the oil engines while the vessel is travelling at cruising speed and the turbines when he is running at full speed. It is anticipated that there will be a great gain in economy and in radius of action. The new destroyer is expected to develop a speed of 32 knots. The Town of Walworth, S.E. London, has been the scene of mourning for the loss of eight Scouts who were drowned in the cutter disaster off Shoppy. It is stated that over 100,000 people passed through the Church of St. John the Evangelist, where the bodies were lying for three days. On the day of the funeral the streets were lined with thousands of people, many of whom waited all night, while

others gathered early in the morning. A mountain of flowers arrived from every part of London, and many from provincial towns. The most pathetic part of the ceremony was at the graveside in the Nunhead Cemetery, where two pathways meet, well shaded by beech trees. Here the members of the bereaved families gathered round the large grave, into which the eight coffins were reverently lowered. Finally came the notes of the “Last Post,” sounded by six members of the 35tli South London Troop, whilst hundreds of other Scouts stood at the salute with bare heads.