GENERAL CABLES.
[By Bleotrio Telegraph—Copyright] 1 [Unlted Pp.ess AsbooiATiorh] ’l l i *»« :• ... : If. r t v . ii 9.85 a.m.) ! ” , Sydney,, October ,3t|. Though thousands .of Sydneyites ‘are visiting Cup,.' the railways report that the traffic is not equal to that of 1912, while there are also fewer from the country, Queensland and t.he overseas. The reason is«imknown, hut probably the smallpox scare is partly, responsible, 1 New York, October 30, ' ‘ MV* '%'tpn ,*\VS£ oF .'phisonihghvUs Sottl iffQuittea of Plymouth,' Massachusetts. . 7 The Admiral bore a reputation for eccentricity, and was noted for. his strange orders while'Serving-in the Navy and was occasionally .intoxicated. The wife. it was alleged,“dministerod poison while the Admiral was undergoing medical treatment. The case bore a resemblance to, the Mayhrick trial. Both were prominent in American society. The, case for the defence was the absence, of motive, Mrs Baton losing the Admiral’s pension by the latter’s death.
Despite, the presence of militia, a bomb was thrown into a camp near the St. Thomas mine, Colorado and created a . panic. The miners, however, were unhurt. The strikers then burned the post office in the Ajuilur district and a trestle bridge of the Colorado Railroad. They fusiladed miners at various points. Troops thereafter instituted a system of patrol likely to be effective in restoring order.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 51, 31 October 1913, Page 6
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216GENERAL CABLES. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 51, 31 October 1913, Page 6
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