GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 28, 3 October 1913, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

A FRANTJC FUNERAL. [By Ei-eotkio Teleghavh—Copyright] •IINITEU PftKSS ASSOCIATION J London, October 2. A man was fined £1 at HighgaU Police Court for driving a funeral ».o tor hearse at 30 miles an hour. EARTHQUAKES AT PANAMA. Colon (Panama), October 2. A severe earthquake dnmagei houses. Thousands rushed .into th streets panic-stricken. Xo lives wer> lost. The severe earthquake lasted nearlj a minute. Houses rocked, and the papulation were aroused and filled th< streets. Two earthquake shocks, much sever er than any since the American pos session of the Canal, zone were fel from Panama to Colon. The fir& shock was slight, followed by one o longer duration-, which rocked th foundations of tho buildings. Ni damage to the Canal is reported.

GUN-RUNNING.

London, October 2

Britain and France have practical ly reached an agreement to stop th< Muscat gun-running. France under takes to stop illicit trade from Jubiti in return if Britain checks giin-runniir from Gibraltar into North "Africa.

1 TUBERCULOSIS.

London, .October 2

Professor John McFadyon, at tli opening of the Boval Veterinary Co 1 lege, declared that tuberculosis ha 1 an enormous hold in every European country. The number of milking o dairy herds in. England and Scotlari; free' from tuberculosis was. practicall; negligible.

01L FU E LIN AME RICA,

Ottawa, October 2

Geological survey reports show tha extensive supplies of oil fuel suitabl for naval purposes exist throughbu Western Canada. Steps are to be take to bring the matter before the Admii alty, in..veiw of the latter's intentioof investigating the oil resources o tho Empire.

A DISASTROUS FLOOD.

Constantinople, October 2

A flood destroyed a hundred house: and eighty people were' drowned, a Buyukdere. Foreign warships rescue' sixth'.

BRITISH STEAMER WRECKED.

Portland (Oregon), Octobor 2

'/The British steamer Gelnesseln hi', been pounded to pieces on,the rock inshore near the' precipitous cliffs o the Necarney Mountains. The villag ers rescued the crow of 21.

DR. TALBOT'S AGGRESSOR.

London, October 2

Dr. Talbot states that the lady wli interrupted him is a resident of Soul London, ajaij has for two years bee writing defamatory letter about, himself. .

THE LAKE CHARLES FLOODS.

Washington* October 2

, The Lake Charles floods are drivin people out of the residential district' whole business district is unde water. There has been heavy dar, age, but no lives have been lost, Kai 1 way communication is interrupted, tl* tracks being flooded.

FATAL EXPLOSION.

(Received .9.15 a.m.) London, October 2.

By an explosion in the, Regche tur nel on. the Bagdad railway, near Ad;; na, twenty-two 'were killed and 11 in hired. . .

A NEW STYLE OF GUN.

(Received 11.5 a.m.)

The Admiralty and War Office ar testing a new gun fired by means o carbonic acid gas. It is espeeiall, suitable for. India and the East.. FRANCHISE FOR NATIVES. A Congress at Southampton is dis cussing the Congo and Putumayo. Lor Selborne. advocated that if a nativ of thirty was living a civilised life h should be given the franchise and al a civilised man's privileges. Groups o those unfit to vote should be entitle* at intervals to meet the Minister fo Native Affairs and declare their want publicly. THE STEAMER AFRIC. The steamer Afric was Hearing : Liverpool landing stage to embark passengers when she swung and strucl the shore. Her'cargo is being light ered, and it is hoped that she will b< re-floated to-night. THE KING OF SWEDEN. (Received 1.0 p.m.) Stockholm, October 2. Pains from which the King of Sweden has been suffering since an operation for appendicitis in 1910 are increasing and have compelled him to keep in bod for some time. Ho is undergoing special treatment.