GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 84, 30 March 1914, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

GERMAN EXECUTIONS. JBT EuEOTRIC TBItRGHAPH—COPYRICIHT? [[United' Peers Association.} ,■ Berlin, March 28.There is an agitation for the abolition of the headsman, swowl and ! blocks. In cases of capital punishment, the execution is staged in the If courtyard of the penitentiary. . The ! -condemned person is thrown face downwards on a bench, with a cup-sh.aneJ hole for the head, and strapped there. K Then the masked headsman laises a heavy sword to the level of his chin, I and lets the razor-edge drop. j

STEAMER BLOWN UP

-Honolulu, March fi

The island steamer Maui, with a s cargo of explosives, blew up in rear! and instantly disappeared.

SERIOUS DAMAGE !N SYDNEY.

SfdiieyV'March 28

A violent by a I gale and deluge of rain, pas*.** i over .the city yesterday. Considerable c damage was done to property. ''l. II Several were struck by Lightning and one man-.jtasakolted^mder^a<it | ree in Centennial Park, Where General la." I Hainilton was reviewing 23,000 troops. General Hamilton,was, greatly imposed'with the manner,in which the carets unflinchingly faced the elements.

•j -Telegraphic communication is in torsi Tupted.

' QUEENSLAND IMMIGRATION. London, March 23."

Queensland, "experiencing difficulty Jn attracting immigrants,' is reintro-

ducing assisted passages. Eighty are sailing for New Zealand by the Taimii, of whom: Hfteen are domestics.

SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION^; ' Sydheyy March '29^

I Fire gutted tiip tramway workshops l and destroyed oils valued *at £SOOO. Spontaneous combustion was the cause at the outbreak. t ~