GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 82, 6 December 1913, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

'i . A R.USS!AH* : • iO T> M '[By Emsotrw TEi>EGRAi'«trrCOPYRMJJi*] [ U-NIISD. PRKBB i A^OCJIATIOJi'.^ London,' 4 1 ." Joseph a. builder, has been.,sQiitencjed',tiO,a year's imprisonment and recommended .to,deportation for. chastising ' girl typists, aged sixteen and'eighteen respectively,, liy stripping and smacking them. Joseph.son previously, served ten years for. admisisteringa dnig ahd two years for frauds.

THREE GREAT SIGHTS. London, December 4. Addressing the Canada Club, Mr Mac Master stated that the three greatest sights he witnessed during liis Empire four were the presence of the battleship New Zealand rjfifc Vancouver, the salute from the Commonwealth fleet when crossing' the Australian Right, and the march of eighteen thousand .cadets with the swing of regulars through the streets of Melbourne.

THEFT ON A RAILWAY; Brusels, December ••'4. Investigations into the: theft of,bank notes from a railway train' Ishow that the thief sawed through the side of a railway van, enabling him to insert his' arm from the adjoining dog compartment. He evidently, had full knowledge of the method of transmitting valuables. AFRICAN FORCE CUT UP. Paris, December 4. While Captain Hartnuuin, at Timbuctoo, was pursuing sixty natives, a detached patrol, was annihilated by natives. JOURNALIST SECURES DAMACES. j ■? bf«»-i London, December 4. The Globe, newspaper was ordered to pay:Mr Lotinga £2lB. damages, for Wrongful dismissal. MINIMUM WAGE. London, December I. The Appeal Court has decided that the;Coalmines Minimum Wage Act does not empower joint district boards to ascertain the minimum earned at [piecework. The decision affects 180,-. ' 000 j miners. f