GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 50, 30 October 1913, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

CHANCED AT BIRTH.

[by .Ulectbio Tei.eokai'h—-Copyright] {United Press Association.] ban Francisco, October 29. 'The Grand Jury is considering whether to bring in a perjury charge against certain witnesses in the Slingsby legitimacy case. Lieut. Slingsby, of the British Navy, and his American wife, are endeavouring to prove that a child aged three, is their legitimate- son. Other members of the Slingsby family seek to show that the child was changed at birth, that its parents' were at the Santa Rosa High School, and were a girl and a chauffeur. Large estates depend on the issue. SPY SENTENCED TO DEATH. Vienna, October 29. Jan Koch, a Russian spy, has been seiiteuced to deatir on a cnarge of espionage. The death penalty was due to the state of the war in the Balkans at the time of the . offence. There have been many arrests in connection with the case. THE DAMAGED PALERMO. Durban, October 29. The Palermo arrived with her rudder stock broken, her deck leaking and number one hold slightly damaged. Ui-gw %}

FROM SEA TO SEA. London, October 29. Sir E, Shackleton has announced thn 1 be hopes to lead an Antarctic expedition'in 1914 from sea ...to sea, i!ro>m South America to "'"Sew" ■ Zealand. SAFETY AT SEA. London, October 29. The President of the Board of Trade proposes, with Lord Mersey as president, an International Conference for the Safety of Life at Sea. The Conference will meet on November; 12. There' will probably be ten British delegates, and New Zealand and Canada will send special representatives. MARINE ENGINEERS'STRIKE. London, October 29. A strike of engineers of the Royal Mail Steamship Company fqv inc|ea|eoi jiajy has-fcegun at Southampton. t";> : ,\ if -[j : —j - ; ;.:■': ;■■;•» I BUYING .DEER FORESfS,' .; | ■ London, October .29. j ofi Sutherland,, m replj\ to" Mr Lloyd request tp Submit ah Ipfficial offer!-; for, :his "deer forests,'feays 'ttiat, he ¥fa. accept 40s an acre,- with five divisions of fat and lean land. •S 3 ~ FIRE AT A RAILWAY STATION. (Received 10.5 a.m.) 4 ;,■ -.-,;; ,f ; iFire, voyod> niaiftiaj?■stafcioil, ih|iiiding the signalbox, and ■the Irish'"boat express dashed into the bhizijng',station. The train windows were jdamaged by the heat. REDUCTION IN WAGES. , (Received 11.35 a.m.)v-(:'M London, October 29. ' Arbitration reduced the Scottish miners wages from 7s 6d to 7s 3d per day. OLYMPIC REPRESENTATION. The Olympic fund to secure proper representation of Great Britain at Berlin has reached £9583. The committee unanimously decided to abandon the appeal unless £25,000 was secured by the end of the year. P. AND O. DIFFICULTY SETTLED. Two sittings were held of the P. and O. Conference, the chairman and secretary of the Guild of Officers being spokesmen. All outstanding difficulties were satisfactorily settled, and the resignations withdrawn. The settlement affects 450 officers.