GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 95, 17 December 1912, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

(Received 8.0 a.m.) Rome, December 1(3. A signalman made a mistake and the Catania-Messina express dashed into a goods train. Ten persons were killed and fifteen injured. Several coaches were wrecked. Brussels, December 16. The Wisthinder lightship was sunk in a collision and ten pilots were drowned. (Received 9.2 b a.m.) London, December 16. At a conference of the Six-Power financial group, the Chinese proposal,for a twenty-five million loan, secured by a reorganised sale of gobelle, were approved. "(Received 10.20 a.m.) London, December 16. Mr Keir Ha-rdie, in a letter to the Daily News, asks for subscriptions tc fight the compulsory clauses in the Australian Defence Act. In the House of Commons Mr Asrluitli paid a tribute to the late Ms Whitelaw Reid. The Government is offering a battleship in which to convey the remains to America. Sir George Reid’s indisposition is not serious, and ho has recovered. (Received 10.5 a.m.) London, December 16. The North-Eastern railway men have resumed.