GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 92, 18 December 1913, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT.

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(Received 9.0 a.m.) London, December 17. At the Police Court evidence was ffiven"that Walter Robson, a Cashier at the London office of the Commercial Bank of Australia, charged with stealing £7OOO, .persuaded Mr Wallace, the manager, to sign a cheque for £/000 on the plea :that- he required it to pay withdrawals by the Lionel Robinson Cfarke'Gompany, who was a large customer. t Robson ..opened sever al ac counts in other hanks and paid large sums to Cora Minnett.

ALAN OSTLER IN TROUBLE. (Received 9.30 a.m.) , London, December 17. Alan Ostler, correspondent of the Daily Express -who cabled references to, the atrocities in Somaliland last week; has'been arrested for-travelling iu Somaliland without permission. . 'vfV- t U ■ AMERICAN EMBASSIES.

(Received 12.10 p.m.) Washington, December 17. Mr Bnvan has asked the House Committee of Foreign Affairs tof defray the cost of.erecting American Embassies, throughout the world, in order that poor men might bubble to accept the diplomatic posts within the;l.nited States’ gift. Mr Bryan asserted that there were not enough men amongst the American money-makers fitted for diplomatic service. Rich diplomats ought not to he allowed to set up a high standard of expenditure.

THE ARMAMENT AMOUNTS. (Received II a*l|‘ A ■London, %ip 4 A deputation of -Liberal landed by Mr P. A ; He)l8f8» the Premier* to armaments. . . , , r Mr Asquith couiing large increase in the Lstiinates was an autoipatic_ one, the House of Commons had already sanctioned. He denied, there wCreya uy, other commitments. The deputation expressed" its satisfaction. _ ;

LUCKY DISTANT COUSINS. (Received 9 a.m,) Paris, December 17. The Appeal Court upholds the will of- Count Jules de Pefrochel, who bequeathed £230,000 to distant cousins—a cabdriver and a stableman. The legatees under six previous wills contested the will on the ground or senile decay.

THE COLUMBUS LAUNCHED. < • * (Received 9.00 a.m.) s. December 17. .The North German Lloyds 41,800ton .steamer Columbus, oi a .speed or twenty, knots, and with accommodation for 3502 passengers, has beep launched at Danzig.

TH EILL-FATED INDRABARAH.

(Received 0.30 a.m.) London, December 17. The-Salvage Association reports that the temperature of the Indrabarah s meat was maintained at noimal.

THE CAPSIZED NARVIK. (Received .10,12 a m.) . ' Berlin, December 1. . The Narvik, which was found keel-up,'had-a cargo of coal dust, and this is supposed to have shifted in a heavy gale, thus causing ..her to capsize.