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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 86, 2 April 1914, Page 5

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POSTED AS MISSING. v _ , l; ißt Electric Telegraph—Copyright* t [United Peess Association.] N ' (Received 10.55 a.m.) a London, April 1. 0 The Posidonia is posted as missing. 1 I A WIN FOR BURNLEY. * In the re-played cup tie Burnley defeated Sheffield United by one to nil. TRAVELLING CINEMATOGRAPH. ‘ s The Commonwealth has organised t a travelling cinematograph lecture s hall, , which accommodates two hun- n dred, and which is visiting Yorkshire P and Lincolnshire villages with lectur- c ers. ■ ■■ INSUBORDINATE JACK TARS. t t. It is reported that the Admiralty a has reinstated eight of the Zealandia’s 2 crew who were punished for insubordi- c nation. ~ rt , . s . ■ • ■ ? ,. [ ' i ’ RUSSIAN INTRIGUE. ——;. ( i St. Petersburg, April 1. < Experts attribute the epidemic to £ the bad quality of the. benzine used in 1 the rubber factories, the fumes of the t benzine producing syncope. The police 1 persist that it is due to intrigue by i the secret strike committee. 1 i TOM MANN VIOLENT AGAIN. < 1 Johannesburg, April 1. Mr Tom Mann, in a violent speech, i said he was there as a, revolutionary organiser to overthrow the Govern- ] inent and capitalists. Ho challenged i the Government to do its worst by him. a 1 CHEMICAL FACTORY AFIRE. Times and Sydney Sun Services. London, March 31. i An explosion of a benzine tank at i Wardman and Holden’s chemical works, Manchester, resulted in the destruction of seven acres of works. Two hundred police kept the crowds back. Many explosions of creosote, napthaline and sulphuric acid occurred and the flames were a hundred feet high. Flames made it difficult for the firemen to work. Tons of sulphuric acid were turned into the street sew r ers for safety. A thousand factory workmen escaped by the windows. BRITISH REVENUE FOR THE YEAR. London, April 1. The Customs revenue was £35,450,000; excise duty, £39,590,000; death duties, £27,359,000; stamps, £9,966,000; property and income tax, £47,249,000.