GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 8, 4 January 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

EX-PRESIDENT CASTRO. fßy Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press /Association.) New York, January 3. Ex-President Castro, before return- ’ ing, on being interviewed, denied that ; be had any intention of forming furI ther revolutions in Venezuela. Presidet Gomez took all the money, and he himself is now ruined. THE NEW FIRE DIRECTOR. London, January 3. The ‘Daily News’ says that the Admiralty has adopted Sir Percy Scott’s fire director for all Dreadnoughts. THE SPOILS OF WAR. Rome, January 3. It is officially announced that the Tripoli spoils are esrimated at £2,500,000, including £350,000 in cash. Two fifths has been given to the army, and two-fifths to the national treasurer, and one-fifth to the invalid pensioners’ fund. TORRENTIAL RAIN IN NATAL. (Received 8.0 a.m.) Capetown, January 3. Torrential rains have fallen on thd Natal-Transkein border. A number of dams burst in the north-west, and many sheep were drowned. ATLANTIC STEAMERS OVERDUE. 1 _____ (Received 10.5 a.m.) London, January 3. The Underwriters consider that the steamers Wbittingham and Snowdornange are hopelessly overdue in the Atlantic.

EMPIRE TRADE COMMISSION. (Received 10.5 a.m.) The Empire Trade Commission will sail in the Medina for Australasia. PROPAGATING THE GOSPEL. London, January 3. Bishop Montgomery spontaneously relinquished a considerable portion of his stipend for tbo secretaryship of the Society for the Propagation cf the Gospel, in view of decreased family expenditure. SPANISH REVOLUTIONARIES. London, January 3. The ‘Evening Standard’s Madrid correspondent mentions an ominous report that the revolutionaries are planning a great coup which means a general strike. An emissary was expelled from France after collecting thousands of francs; he had also been to England. SARDINE FISHERMEN TROUBLE. Paris, January 3. One hundred and twenty-six sardine factories at Brittany have been closed, as the fishermen declined to adopt new methods so as to secure more plentiful catches. An abandonment of the industry will affect 50,000 people. SHIP BLOWN UP BY MINE. Constantinople, January 3. The Ottoman sailer Theodors, with cargo from Dikili to Velona, was accidentally blown np by a floating mine at the entrance to Symrna Bay. DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. Capetown, January 3. An explosion at Do Beer’s dynamite works at Somerset West kjlled two whites and five natives. THE VICEROY’S CONDITION. Delhi, January 3. Lord Hardinge had no fever yesterday, but much deafness. The constant aching of the wounds prevents his sound rest.