GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 82, 2 December 1912, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

THE PHILIPPINE TYPHOON. Washington, November 30. It is officially stated that in the typhoon at the Philippines 15,000 natives were killed and injured. The Governor-General of the Philippines telegraphs that the typhoon wrecked three-quarters of Macloban, and did great damage at Capiz. Other messages state that bodies, mostly of Viscayans, are lying in thousands over the islands. At Capiz, with a population of twelve thousand, half were killed.

FRANCE AND SPAIN. London, December 30. The Times says that by the FrancoSpanish Treaty, Spain loses a considerable territory in the north and south zones. The treaty agrees to fortifications opposite Gibraltar. The Spanish clergy lose their religious privileges in the French zone, though they retain their properties and new religious establishments in French lands. Tangier and the vicinity come under the international regime, (Rceivcd 8.45 a.m.) The Franco-Spanish Moroccan Treaty agrees that neither Power shall erect any fortifications menacing the free passage of the Straits of Gibralta. PROSPERITY IN THE SHIPPING TRADE.

(Received 8.45 a.m.) London, December 1. In consequence of the prosperity of the shipping trade, the Shipping Federation has decided to substantially increase wages from the Ist of January. THE COTTON BOOM. Considerable difficulty has been experienced in securing weavers to meet the demands of the cotton boom. Many old women who retired twenty years ago are being requisitioned to keep the looms going.

LLOYD GEORGE AND THE CHURCH. London, December 1. Mr LI oyd George is credited with stating that if the English Church did not take care, it would be disestablished next. THE SPIRIT OF NATIONALITY. (Received 9.0 a.m.) London, December 1. Mr Balfour, at a St. Andrew’s Day festival, referring to the Scottish spirit of nationality, said the great Overseas Dominions must retain their own feeling of a separate nationality, but ho hoped that while they were cultivating it they would also cultivate a feeling of Empire nationality.