GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 69, 29 March 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES.

ADMIRALS AT VARIANCE. (£y Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (united Press Association.) i (Received 9.50 a.in.) London, March 27. Sir Percy Scott, having retired from the service, slashingly attacks Lord Charles Beresford in the British Review. Apropos of old grievances, he denies Lord Beresford’s reputation as a seaman, as in twenty-one years he didy served live at sea. GERMAN TAXATION REVENUE. Berlin, March 27. The Germania states that the new Army and Taxation Bills include a milliard war levy, and make the Empire heir to the estates of intestates dying without kin. The latter are calculated to produce thirty-seven million marks annually. A PRINCE’S LOVE AFEAIR. Rome, March 27. Prince Vincent Wendeschgraetz attacked the Austrian Embassy and then committed suicide. The quarrel was over a love affair. THE MARCONI INQUIRY. (Received 11.15 a.m.) London, March 27. Before the Marconi Committee Sir Rufus Isaacs testified that hi® brother Mr Harry Isaacs’ profit in selling him 10,000 shares was between £BOOO and £9OOO. ■ 1 THE TURAKINA AND HER CARGO. Rio de Janeiro, March 27. The Turakina is expected to sail on the 14tH April. Her engines are not damaged. The butter in the third hold is slightly rancid. The cheese is soft, and the wool in the first hold much heated and considerably damaged. IMPERIAL WIRELESS CHAIN. (Received 11.10 a.m.) Singapore, March 27. The Government has. decided to construct wireless stations at Singapore and. Penang, dependent of the proposed Imperial chain.