GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 30, 10 June 1913, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

THE SCOTT EXPEDITION. [ly Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] Syuney, June 9. A sum of £6219 has been earmarked for the widows and families of those ' who perished in the Scott expedition. HANDSOME BEQUESTS. London, June 9. The estate of the late Sir Richard Nicholson, who carried out the suri veys of the towns of Wanganui and ! Duncdin, is valued at £386,278. He ■ had been blind for the last four years. He donated. £36,000 to various institutions, . for the blind, including the Opthalmic Hospital, and £12,000 to the Solicitors' Benevolent Association. * ' REFORMATORY TREATMENT. BRITISH METHODS. London, June 9, The Departmental committee oh reformatory schools, recommends, that a conviction should ,be essential for the reception of h%% and girls in homes. It suggests the abolition of punishment cells, no deprivation of meals, less roughs work' and driidgery, and more teaching of trades. It also suggests some corporal punishment of girls, because the loss of marks and '•fending to bed are inadequate penalties. A .FARED STORY. London, June 9. The Daily Chronicle, investigating Greaves's story,, states that it has ignominipusly collapsed.. -.The navy iis,t does not mention the officers whom Greaves states that he met. The alleged i officers of the British Secret Service in Fleet Street do not exist. The telephone number mentioned is that of ..a welLknoAvn dressmaker. A SUBMARINE WRECKED. London, June 9. An explosion occurred on submarine E 5, while she was running on the surface in the Bristol Channel. The explosion destroyed the engines, killed the engineer, and seriously injured four of the crew. It also burnt seven stokers- The engineer and Commander Moore are in a critical •state. Their legs were broken. Commander Moore lisfel both his legs amputated. AUSTRALIAN STAPLE PRODUCTS Paris, June 9. The Australian .section of the Bri- ; tisnV Chamber of Commerce m Paris I has passed a submit [ to. Sir George , Reid , suggestions to secure the 'most-favored nation treaty jment for certain Australian* s'taple pro- ! ducts. ■■■'■ ' '"■ I 1 ANTI-TRUST PROCEEDINGS. (Received 11.15 a.m.) New York, June 9. y T¥e Government" has ' commended proceedings at Buffalo to dissolve a Kodak trust, alleging that the East-i-niari Company is monopolizing the trade in photographic supplies.' An 'injunction is 'asked for to prevent the filing of the re'-'sale prices for cameras and other patented supplies. ii a.; p '." ' "I ■"■••'■"• i ■