GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 9, 7 January 1913, Page 6

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law and the dentists. (Ry Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) .(United Press Association.) . St. Petersburg, January 5. Three hundred dentists have been charged with issuing certificates of proficiency to untrained Jews, thus enabling them to reside outside the pale. Seventy-six dentists were acquitted and the rest imprisoned. • WRECK OF A LINER. Rio de Janeiro, January 5. The liner Workman is ashore. Her cargo is insured for £150,000. It is feared that she is a total loss. A CARELESS CASHIER. / Paris, January 6. A cashier at the motor works at Puteaux withdrew from the bank £2200, called at a cafe, and sat with his wallet, which he forgot when ho left. ’ Returning five minutes later, the money* was gone. AN EXPLORER’S SUICIDE. Christiana, January 6. Captain Johansen was found dead in the Square. It is believed to he a case of suicide. After the Amundsen expedition he failed to adapt himself to a regular life, and was isolated and unhappy. INDIA’S GOLD. London, January 0. Mr. Samuel Montagu, in his report, says that India absorbed twenty million sterling of gold in 1912. W lie re as Prance’s savings were utilised to promote trade, India’s savings were buried and hoarded. WIRELESS ENQUIRY. (Received 11.15 a.m.) London, January 6. Before the Marconi Enquiry Committee, Mr. Gangio testified that when he approached the Post Office no British company or British capital existed. THE TERRITORIALS. London, January 6. Newspapers comment favourably on the Cambridge Professors’ proposal that only territorials he allowed to graduate; also, on the extension of the principle of public appointments. The ‘Evening Standard’ says that, despite the fact that five-sixths of the Unionist Party, and many of the Liberals, support Lord Roberts, the political loaders oppose tho functions of compulsory service, believing it is hopeless until the working men allow their sons to give up six months to learn to defend their homes. THE COST OF LIVING. London, January G. A correspondent from Sydney, writing to the ‘Daily Chronicle,’ says that Spence’s report asserting that the cost of living in England is much greater than in Sydney is grossly misleading, untrue, and a cruelty to intending immigrants. He quotes figures to show that tho cost of living in Sydney is continually x-ising. THE VICEROY OF INDIA. • ... - Delhi, January 6. Lord Hardinge’s condition is good, and his wounds are healing. He daily takes a brief walk in tho garden. OBITUARY. (Received 10.25 a.m.) London, January (5. Obituary ; Maud Hobson, the actress