GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 77, 5 August 1913, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

1 4*. 1 THE "STORMY PETREL." [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] London, August 4. Lord Hugh 'Cecil, writing to The Times, says that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is,, "a petrel with a taste for a'flutter." Ho complains of having to submit Bills to tho Lords. It is carrying imprudence to the borders of mendacity for, the Government j to complain of a Constitution that they* Jiave mutilated and resolutely refused to reform. . It is more than can,bftj,borne, even from "a fluttering j petrel eager for . hurricanes." i 1 THE AMERICAN FLAG. Ottawa, August 4. A member of the Saskatchewan j 1 militia battalion, seeing a girl wave j an American flag in the face of the . soldiers passing along the streets, | stepped out from the ranks and tore j' tho flag to pieces. He was court- j martialled and dismissed. As a result i the whole regiment resigned, compelling the sentence to be cancelled, and tiie man was reinstated. NEW WATERWAY SERVICE. New York, August 2. A waterway service between the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico will shortly be established, conveying passengers and freight by means of barges from the lakes to Laialle, then by steamer down the Mississippi to New Orleans. JAPAN AND , CALIFORNIA. Washington, August 2. ' A captured Japanese at San Francisco admits that another attempt has been made by Japanese emigrants to secure admission to California by means of crossing the Pacific in small Chinese junks. PREVENTION OF CONSUMPTION. (Received 9 a.m.) London, August 4. The National Association for the pretention of consumption opened its session in West Lynn Hall, Westminster, to-day. A man and four suffragettes had to bo ejected after sharp struggles before Mr Asquith (Premier) was able to formally welcome the delegates.

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. (Received 9 a.m.) London, August 4. The Wyiiey gang has recommenced the mutilation of animals. A pony has been maimed in the Wedneabury district. A postcard with a threat was received at Wolverhampton prior to the outrage. MINER'S HEROIC ACT. (Received 9 a.m.) London, August -1. The three men saved at Cadder colliery fire owed their ilves to Reilly, a foreman, descending directly the alarm was given. Afterwards lie seized a lamp and ran into the workings to warn the rest, but he was never seen again. Twenty-one bodies were recovered, one man being alive, but it is unlikely he will survive.