CENTRAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 66, 18 November 1913, Page 8

CENTRAL CABLES.

AN OPERATIC VENTURE.

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [U ni ted Press Assooi atio «s ~ (Received S.U a.m.) Paris, November Li . The Courts have granted permission to seize the securities in the various hanks in Hammerstein's name or behalf of twenty well-known operatie artists whom Hammerstein engaged for America. Many paid heavy tines to obtain release from the Paris cc-r. tracts. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. (Received 9.25 a.m.) Vienna, November 17. Altman has been bailed out for thr sum of £G2oO. THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW. Calcutta. November 17. The Bengali youth reported to l>> connected with the political dacoit,. near Calcutta in 1908 was shot dead in the street. THE NATAL INDIANS. i Johannesburg, November 17. One hundred Rand police have bee: sent to Natal in connection with the Indians. SHIP ON FIRE. (Received 10.10 a.m.) New York. November 17. The Balmes has arrived at Hamilton (Bermuda). The hatches wer. removed and the flames extinguished. GENERAL FAURIE RETIRED. Times— Sydney Sun Special Cables Paris. November 17.

The Council of Ministers lias retired General Faurie for a grave offence against discipline.

WOMEN'S WAGES,

Paris, Xoveniber 17

The Chamber has passed a Bill fixing the minimum wage of women in tin clothing industry. Cast's cited showec that they worked 37 hours for 11 u, aa result of the competition .:f married women in their efforts to supplement their husband's wages.

ANOTHER ESPiONACE CASE

Berne, November 16

Captain Paul Larhuier. attached to the French .Ministry for 'War, has been arrested at Geneva tor espionage on behalf of France, to the detriinenl of Switzerland, Italy and Germany. Enquiry showed that he was, actively communicating with Signor Menozzi and othdrs engaged in espionage in Italy. THE FEDERAL SYSTEM. London, November 17. Mr Fielding, an ox-Minister, in a letter to the newspapers says that the Motherland is' drifting into a ver\ dangerous position. He urges tin Federal system of the limed Kingdom as a. basis for a .conference of ali paries. He is convinced, by long experience, in Canada, there are no difficulties that the system cannot overcome, A SENSATfONAL ROBBERY. Paris, November 17. A postman at Gartolyon, entrusted with the Knglish ma.il from the Riviera, missed a bag. He noticed tin bulging pockets of a man named Hugo! unloading the ran, and informed the police. .Meanwhile Hugol burned tie. contents of his pockets, including £4OOO sterling in banknotes. BRITAIN AND JAPAN. Loudon. November 17. Tin 1 Telegraph's Pekin correspondent persists in a report that 'Britain and Japan have guaranteed each other's predominant interests, Japan in Southern Russia, Manchuria, East ern Mongolia, the extra-mural districts and Eastern Chili, and Britain in the Yangtse Valley. ENGLISH CATTLE NOT WANTED. Buenos Ayres. .November 10. The entry of the English and Welsh cattle into the Argentine has been prohibited. THE OLYMPIC CAMES. fP~- EI.TOTRIO XEJCEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT. [L ,ITED PEBBB ASSOCIATION.] Sydney, November IS. In. connection with the Olympic Games Fund, the promoters appointed a strong committee to carry out the scheme-.