GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 24, 20 May 1914, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

THEFT OF JEWELS. [J z Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.j Sydney, May 19. In connection with the £IO,OOO jewellery robbery at Cairo recently, the Superintendent of Police is of opinion that the perpetrators .were three well-known “crooks” who left Australia recently. MADAME MELBA. London, May 19. Madame Melba, interivewed, said she sails by the Orsova and remains in Australia until January. Nothing has been definitely settled regarding her grand opera season. DEATH OF CAPTAIN LUCAS. London, May 19. The death is announced of Captain G. Lucas, the last survivor of the troopship Birkenhead. SWEEPSTAKES IN AUSTRALIA. ~ Sydney, May 19. The police .warn, the public that large numbers of letters are; arriving regarding The Customs Department have decided .to collect, duty pn all ..tickets; ¥r'6m 1 any o|it f sitle Source. { '1 i .-J ’• : *■ -'*• ! ~] 3 ; * > SYbNEY’ HARBOR COLLISION^ '• ‘ Vi ■1 ’ )•?' ‘ 1: ■ '>■' 1 Sydney, May 19. A sensational harbor smash occurred, tp-day,'. when the steamer ’ CbiirtAeld cbllided with the ferry boat Kaindra, with many passengers aboard. The Kaindra, badly damaged, landed hyr passengers and is laid up. No panic, occurred among the passengers.

ROOSEVELT RECOVERING. ■; , _—_-i r ' , v *)i ■‘ ' ' New York, May, 19./ . Mr -Roosevelt is en route having'completely recovered from the serious illness following an operation for a wound in the leg received when trying to . save ia-j canoe in the river rapids during exploration. .flesO >& -*£ ' v . *«£ THE TIDE bF iMICRAtION. London, May 19. British emigration for the first four months of 1914 to Australia numbered 10,016, a decrease of 10,407 as compared with 1913; to New Zealand 2367, a decrease of 2513, to Canada, 31,601, a decrease of 35,329. ON CANADIAN FARMS. Ottawa, May 19. Mr A. E. Harding, of Auckland, who is studying agricultural methods here, says the thing that struck him most in Western Canada was the farmers’ indifference concerning their homes. The barns were fine, handsome buildings, but the homes were plain, wooden structures. Mr Harding found little to compare with New Zealand in'Canadian farming methods, owing to the long Canadian winter. CANADA’S LABOR MARKET. Ottawa, May 19. Replying to an appeal by the unemployed, Mr Borden declared that* the policy of the Government was to restrict immigration as much as possible to farm laborers and agriculturalists. i WANTED A RAILWAY MANAGER. T i MEB and Sydney Sun Services. London, May 19. A conference of the Railway Clerks’ Association, of 29,000 members, at Edinburgh, protested against the importation of an American manager for the Great Eastern Railway, and condemned the despotism and favoritism in the close departmental system 'which prohibits clerks from promotion. The conference advocated publie ownership of land, mines, railways, ; and other monopolies. SMALLPOX CONTAGION. i Berlin, May 19. I Doctors Spohr and Bacheur, antivaccinationists, were fined heavily for carelessness in treating smallpox. Spohr is ill, and it is believed that he has imparted contagion to others. I WORLD’S MEAT SUPPLY. London, May 19. There are widespread fears that the 'world’s demand for meat will*shortly outrun ibe supply, ns I lie remit ol the largo advance in prices of food,