Second Edition. GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 100, 30 December 1913, Page 6

Second Edition. GENERAL CABLES.

BRITAIN AND JAPAN. JBt Electric TsaurauAPH— Copyright[Onited Press Association.! Tokio, December sj. The .Mikado, in opening thcißiefc, declared that the alliance.with Great Britain is continually growing strong-

A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF STAMPS. Loudon, December 29. Mr Sparrow, a private "collector has purchased for £20,000 the Ear of Crawford's collection of stamps.

HEAVY FALL OF SNOW

Paris, December 29

As a result of a heavy fall of snow, the telegraph and telephone wires between Paris and the provinces were interrupted. THE LUDGATE RE-FLOATED. London, December 29. The steamer Ludgate, which went ashore on the coast of Morocco, has been re-floated. She is now at Gibraltar. A HUGE COMBINE. London, December 29. A huge combine in the galvanised, corrugated and sheet iron trade, to restrict the output, will operate early in the new year. ' Each firm will be permitted to make its own terms with its customers, but there arc some suggestions that a limit should be fixed representing the possible maximum selling price. The arrangement provides for a reduction of the output when prices are not remunerative.