GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 64, 15 November 1913, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

A BUSINESS CONCERN.

I llv Electric Telegraph—Copyright] Times— Sydney Sun Special Cables.

Ottawa, November 14

Forty beads of the chief business concerns in Canada, west of the Great Lakes,- are visiting the principal industrial centres in Britain in March next. Prominent British business men will return the visit in August. INTERNATIONAL PEACE. London, November 11. At the annual meeting of the International Peace Association, allusion was made to the unfortunate decision in Australia and New Zealand adopting compulsory service, and the heroic conduct of bpys in going to prison for conscience sake. ARTIFICIAL LIFE. Paris, November 22. Mr Berthelot has announced to the French Academy of Medicine that he can reproduce the fundamental materia] necessary for the production of a living force by means of ultra-violet rays. \ , ! '• ;< A HEAVY DEATH ROLL.

[United Press Association.]

New York, November 14

Thirty people are reported to have been drowned in the wreck of the steamer Henry Smith, in the Lake Superior storm. One body has been washed ashore. The death roll in the Great Lakes storm exceeds 140.

STEAMER ON FIRE.

Halifax (N.S.), November 13

The steamer Muirfieldhead arrived on fire, having steamed at top speed from mftl-ocean, where the cargo of cotton in the forward hold burst into flames. Steam was injected with three pipes, but failed to extinguish the fire. The civic apparatus suppressed the outbreak, saving cargo worth £IOO,OOO.

NO EQUALITY FOR JEWS.

St. Petersburg, November 13

The Duma, by 152 votes to 92, rejected a motion that a committee be appointed to draft a Bill to confer equal civil rights on Jews.

THE POPULAR" THEORY.

Paris, November 13

The general opinion is that the cooks at Cholet unwittingly conveyed typhoid germs into a dish of cream. The "whites'' of eggs and gelatine are ideal ground for their culture.