GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 59, 11 March 1913, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

THE DISABLED TURAKINA,

(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. 1 (United Dress Association.) London, March 10. The reinsurances against the total loss of the Turakina are l)eing olfected at 15 guineas. All the holds are Idling with water. (Received 11.40 a.m.) London, March 10. The Turakina discharged all the good carog. It is impossible to move the ship at present.

THE DELHI TRAGEDY. Allahabad, March 10. Dr. Clark and Mrs Fulham pleaded guilty to abetting in the murder of Clark’s wife. Both were sentenced to death. The doctors gave evidence that Mrs Fulham was eilceinte, and her sentence was commuted to servitude for life. JAPAN’S NAVY. Tokio, March 10. The newspaper Asshish-imbun states that the naval estimates provide for the present construction of three of the most powerfxd dreadnoughts, and eventually eight dreadnoughts, four battle cruisers, eight scouts and forty destroyers, at a cost of £36,500,000.

H.M.S. NEW ZEALAND

Capetown, March 10

The New Zealand’s officers visited Ladysmith, whilst two other parties journeyed to Weitfound, Johannesburg and Bloemfontein.

VALUABLE DEPOSITS NEAR CALCUTTA. Delhi, March 10. It is reported that extensive deposits of iron, gold, copper and coal have been found on the estate of the late Prince Mahmet Bukteur Shah, 150 miles from Calcutta. National opium congress. Pekin, March 10.

The National Opium Congress, recognising the hardships inflicted on opium merchants by the provision suggested for the purchase of stocks, has decided to appeal to missionary bodies and Christian organisations in tlie world for the purchase of the stocks at cost price and to burn the opium at treaty ports. BICYCLE THIEVES. Paris, March 10. The police arrested a gang of seven bicycle motor thieves, who have been operating for the past two years. All are youths, and the leader is only 19. , KING MENELIK’S CONSORT. Rome, March 10. Abisobaba, Empress of Taitu, King Menelik’s consort,, has been released after being interned in the palace for three years.

ROYAL CLEMENCY. St. Petersburg, March 10. Five hundred and thirty-three prisoners have been released at Odessa. The sentences of 850 have been reduced under an Imperial amnesty. A GOLD FAMINE. Berlin, March 10. The Neuste Nachrichten states that the German banks are faced with a critical gold famine, primarily the result of the heavy withdrawal of foreign loan moneys last year. Unless this is remedied, industry will be subjected to a grave crisis in the summer.

ANOTHER DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. (Received 9.35 a.m.) London, March 10. A terrific explosion of dynamite occurred at Nobel’s works at Irvine, Ayrshire. Churches and houses were damaged. There are no details. EXPLOSION AT PICTURE SHOW. (Received 10.0 a.m.) Paris, March 10. A cinematograph explosion at Montceauleneuf caused a panic and forty-six persons were injured. Ten are in a dying condition. CHEAP MOTOR POWER. Tho British Motor Cab Company has fitted 1500 cars with a device for burning a mixture of paraffin and petrol costing KRd per gallon and giving a mileage equal to ordinary petrol. PROPRIETARY MEDICINES. (Received 10.15 a.m.) London, March 10. A meeting of owners of proprietary medicines re-affirmed their protests against the West Australian Health Act. If the regulation was not withdrawn, tho sale of medicines will cease.