GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 93, 23 August 1913, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

oAUSTRALIAN WARSHIPS. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [ United Press Association j Capetown, August 22. A garden party was held at Government House in honor of the Australian warships. The guests included representatives of the South African squadron, the military and the consular services. THE FIRE ON THE RAKAIA. Sydney, August 22. All tho burning cargo on the Rakaia has been removed. Number 3 hold bunker is still burning. Several bulkheads and plates have been buckled through heat. Lloyd's surveyor will inspect the setamer to-morrow. THE STEAMER MURAX. London, August 22. The steamer Murax, from Sydney, which ran ashore at Celebes, has. been refloated. She was in a critical position, and 60 per cent, was asked for re-insurance. A RESULT OF THE STRIKE. The output of coal from'the United Kingdom in 1912 decreased by over nine million tons as the result of tho strikes.

THE COST OF LIVING. Berlin, August 22. Chiefly owing to the increased cost of living, the savings hanks deposits for, the year were depleted by £700,000. THREATENED TOBACCO WAR. London, August 22. The Daily Express says that the American Tobacco Products Company with a capital of £10,000,000, is about to make a bid for the English market controlled by the Imperial Tobacco Company with £18,000,000. A great tobacco war is threatened. DISASTROUS CYCLONE. , Rome, August. 22. A cyclone devastated the Italian lakes district. Many mountain villas were demolished. The country was buried deep in hail, and the crops were hopelessly ruined. SERIOUS MINING ACCIDENT. (Received 0.55 a.m.) Delhi, August 22. , It is reported that a cage in the Edgar shalt at Mysore gold mine fell to the bottom, killing fifty. COLLISION AT SEA. Stockholm, August 22. The battleship Oden collided with the gunboat lira. The latter sank in shallow water. The crew were saved.