GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 9, 10 January 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

ROBBED AND STRANGLED

j )}y Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.]

Brussels, January 9

Madame San via, a boardinghousekeeper, was robbed and strangled at her residence.

The police are searching for Wilson, an Englishman, a dentist’s mechanic, in whose room the body was found.

A DICKENSIAN MOCK TRIAL.

London, January 9

A mock trial of John Jasper for the murder of Edward Drood was hold at Covent Garden Theatre, Messrs G. Bernard ShaWj G. K. Chesterton, Cecil Chesterton, Pet Kidge, Conlson Kernahan, Tom Gallon, Max Pemberton, and W. W. Jacobs participating. The jury found John Jasper guilty of manslaughter, after mirthful proceeding*.

SWEPT BY A SHEET OF FLAME.

Vienna, January 9

An explosion occurred among the cinematograph films in the Gaumont Company’s premises, which were swept by a sheet of flame. Two girls were killed and. several persons seriously injured. The fact that only a few employees were working in the premises minimised the casualties.

DEVELOPING JAPAN’S RESOURCES.

Tok io, Ja unary 9

Erench .capitalists, with a capital of £20,000,000,; are negotiating a loan, spread over four years, for the development of Japan’s national resources. A BOY STRANGLED. London, January 9. A seven-year-old boy was found strangled under a seat...in a railway carriage at Shoreditch Station. The child has been identified, but the name of the parents, who reside at Hampstead, is withheld. The mother sent the boy on an errand and he had not returned. THE DUBLIN CASTLE SHOT. London, January 7. After investigation, no significance is attached to the shot at Dublin Castle. SENCHENYD CATASTROPHE.

London, January 9

An expert witness at the Senghenyd inquiry expressed the opinion that an explosion occurred in the lamp station, where an open lamp was ignited and the gas freed by a heavy /ail.