GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 89, 15 December 1913, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

THE P .AND 0. COMPANY.

[By Electbio Telegraph—Copyright] [United P«ess Association.]

London, December 13

The Peninsula and Orient Shipping Company shows a profit of £225,592 for the past year. A dividend of 5 per cent, has been declared. 'The sum of £50,000 lias been placed to the repair and renewal account, £75,000 to the general reserve account, £57,910 to the underwriting fund, and £56,717 has been carried forward.

A HANDSOME LEGACY.

London, December 13

One-twelfth of the estate of the late Mr Wernher Beit has been bequeathed to the King:Edward's Hospital Fund. The legacy amounts to £45,000.

NO CHRISTMAS DAY PAPERS.

London, December 13

The English newspapers have unanimously agreed not to publish on Christmas Day.

(In the past the custom of some of the English newspapers has been to publish on Christmas Day, except, of course, when it fell on a Sunday).

TORNADO AT SIERRA LEONE.

Capetown, December 12

A heavy tornado swept over Sierra Leone. Twenty large canoes, containing several hundred natives, were blown out to sea. The cable ship. Sentinel went to the rescue and saved seven of the canoes. It is searching for the others.

THE BANKANS.

Vienna, December 12

A hew conflict is threatened owing to the application of a higher Servian local tariff to freight traffic on the Mitrovitza-Salonika line, instead of a tariff under the "favored nation" treaties. Germany and Austria vigorously protested against the higher tariff.

FOOTBALL BRIBERY CASES.

London, December 12

In the football bribery cases, evidence was given by Smithwick that Bioletti, who attempted to bribe Pennington to lose against Everton, is the son of a man who is conducting ah extensive football coupon bettingibusdness in Geneva/ Bioletti pleaded hot guilty and w.as , committed s.-Jior trial.

—. a"*' LAB6RATORIE4»fIF I Dfi^OftACY| The Right Hon. James Bryce was the guest of the National Liberal Club. He said that Australia and New Zealand are laboratories of democracy, inasmuch as they are trying experiments which only countries favored by Nature could possibly venture to. Itr\v jlfcalia arose when the British-born a small minority. That point ifas past, and the benefits of the Imperial connection were more appreciated in Australia now than they wer# ■SO years ago. Three very encourage*; sflS things in the conditions found ra| Australian and New Zealand public life were pure judges, absolutely above; suspicion; the executive strong; and law arid order well maintained.