SUN CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 59, 15 July 1913, Page 5

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JACK JOHNSON

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [Sydney Sun Special Cable.]

London, July 14

Johnson and his wife arrived in London by motor car. Ho was well greeted in the streets. He has received a month’s engagement at the musichalls, and will return to the United States in December to answer the charges against him.

INCREASE IN LUNACY AT HOME

The lunacy return for England and Wales shows 128,00 cases, an increase of two thousand for the past year. In fifty years the rate has increased fouifold in proportion to the population. “THE VISITATION OF GOD.” At an inquest at Edmonton, on a child killed by lightning, the coroner objected to the customary verdict of “visitation of God,” A SCHOOLBOY’S DEATH. A schoolboy, inspecting the ancient castle of Bordiam, at Hastings, gripped a crumbling, coping stone, and was precipitated to the basement through the centre tower, forty feet below. breaking his neck. Lord Ashcornbe is prohibiting visitors to the ruins.

NON-MILITANT DEMONSTRATION

London, July 14

During their Majesties’ visit to Liverpool a woman hurled a poker through a shop window and rushed tr the Suffragette office, where she wa> arrested and identified as. Mrs Jolly, secretary of the local union. l The first batch of a thousand nonmilitant suffragettes, marching to London from every part of England, has arrived. A notable feature was the sympathy and support of the clergy and mayors. Donations to the demonstration fund amount to £4079. A SHIP REINSURED. The American has been reinsured at a premium of 70 guineas. THE CRYSTAL PALACE FUND. The Crystal Palace fund of £90,000 has been successfully raised.

AN INTERNATIONAL MIX-UP

Brussels, July 14

A ship laden with arms and ammunition and half-a-million marks in cash, ■ intended to He utilised for tin restoration of the monarchy of Portugal,- is ashore on the Belgian coast The Duchess Carl of Bavaria, mothe)

of the Queen pf the Belgians, is tin Consignor and has demanded the surrender of the arms and money. Tin King of the Belgians, under interna tional maritime law, has refused the demand.

I DEATHS FROM “PELLAPRA.”

(Received 8.37 a.m.) London, July 14

Among a number of cases which have occurred in Scotland are those o' two children who died of a peculia: disease called Pellapra, which is due to the bite of a small fly found in ra pid streams. PEARLS OF GREAT PRICE. a jewellery exhibition at Isling ton the gems were worth a millioi pounds. Pearls were the favorite, whil diamonds, sapphires and emerald came next. Rubies are not fashionable MADAME MELBA. Madame Melba, in “Rigoletto,” a. Convent Garden received an ovation.

A WORD FOR DEMOCRACY

Speaking at Brentwood Gramraai Schol, the Rev. Mr Bean, the headmaster, who is returning to Australia after twenty-two years, said lie thought English schoolboys were exclusive to the point of downright snobbery, but they possessed the essentially English virtue of public spirit. He was glad Australian democratic tendencies had developed at Brentwood. They were badly wanted in alTEnglish schools.

SUNDAY TRADING

The Sunday Alliance is protesting against Sunday aviation. The exhibition at Hendon was a flagrant and sinister development. Illegal Sunday trading purely lor business purposes was often aggravated hy the pretence that it was for charitable objects.

HOBS” ON “INFANTRY.”

Lord Roberts, in a letter on “infantry,” says it is the principal arm, but that success or failure depends on the artillery. The amount of practice in England was inadequate. The French and Germans went in for a greater amount.

BRISTOL WOOL MARKET,

The Times, in a. special article, states: The suggestion that the British Show Society should retain a competent authority to advise on the grading and marketing of wool is worth consideration, especially in view of

the expected improvement in the American liscal changes, iho time is opportune to help what is destined to have immediate and far-reaching effects.

A STRIKE CONFERENCE

New York, July 14

A conference of forty-five companies in the United States is considering the threatened strike of 100,000 railwavmen.