GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 24, 29 September 1913, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

LBy Electric Telegraph—Copyright] I United Press Association.] Washington, September 27. . Mr Wheeler, secretary to the American Embassy at Rome, has arrived. He is charged with abusing diplomatic privileges while in Rome. (Received 9.15 a.in.) London, September 28. The Post Office has not received a report of the Brindisi robbery, and the officials presume that the robbery, merely affects'the' Continental section of, the mail, of which it was stated that 23 packets containing £IBOO were stolen. ■ F

A lingo ti'inber yard is on Are at Yarmouth.,.-'An area of 200yds square is ablaze. The burning debris floated on the river, endangering the shipping, which has been towed to safety. (Received 0.30 aim.) A conference'of business men and officials interested in the Australian meat ttade will meet at Hamburg to considei 1 the extension of its importation, slaughtering methods in Australia, and storing in Germany. Obituary: Sir Alfred East, the celebrated landscape painter. Berlin, September 28. State Governments, municipalities, hospitals and privhte philanthropists are competing to secure mesothorium, which is useful in a lesser degree for all remedies affected by radium. Public subscriptions are being collected throughout the country. There are only four German factories, and their production is allocated to the end of 1914.

Paris, September 28

The compressed air caisson at the harbour works at Lorient burst and sank in ten minutes. Seven persons were recovered in a precarious condition. Three are dead.

The Spanish Marquis, Delacilzade, motoring with his wife and four others, collided with a wagon. The car overturned and fired. A brother of the marchioness, the Marquis Delaroca, was incinerated, and the marchioness was severely injured. Delhi, September 28.

The Commissioner of Police at Bombay has forbidden the performance of “Salome” and other dances wherein the performers are insufficiently clothed. The Bank of Peshaw'ar’s Indian manager has been suspended,. (Received 9.30 a.m.)

San Francisco, September 28. In connection with the reported robbery from the. mint, a recount of the money at the Mint disclosed the real loss to be trifling. The money suspected of having heen‘ robbed was really stored elsewhere. .1/ > (Received 9.40 a.m.) i r i 4 . Berlin, September 28.

Fourteen States will be represented at the conference in London in Npvember to discuss safety at sea as the outcome of the Titanic wreck. German resolutions suggest that all vessels carrying seventy-five persons must be wirelessly: fitted. ■ ■ ?