CABLE NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12664, 18 January 1912, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

( Australian Pre?s Specials.) . . LONDON, January 10. A bang of robbers^ boarded a mail train at Redding (California), ,'bailed,up and bound the clerks; in; the mail, van, and calmly proceeded to loot the mail bags. In the meantime the places of the pinioned clerks were taken by members of the gang, who collecteci all the mails from two stations along the line. The robbers all escaped. Their behavior throughout was characterised by great boldness, none of them being masked.; J A monster mass . meeting ito protest • against the granting of Home Rule" to! Ireland was held at Tyrone last week. I There were 18 trainloads of. people car- ' ried from the surrounding districts to attend ithe gathering. The speakers declared vehemently against; the separation of Ireland. from Britain. /Sir E. Carson said, "If my : determination to fight against Ireland's separation is treason I, plead guilty. Let the Government do their worst." I According to a telegram, published m! a, New York paper, thd" 'McNamaras are living m a luxurious prison, where the: cells are^ carpeted. - They have access to the libraiy, and are allowed to' swim, play baseball, - promenade, . and smoke. The paper claims that the San Quentin prison is called .the "Criminals' Paradise." The inmates, it is alleged, are confined m the cells only eleven hours m the 24; The rest of the time they are making jute bags or playing baseball, swimming, reading under the shade of trees, enjoying^a smoke, or else walking over the island. Hard work is unknown m the prison. When the inmates have made "the required number of, bags each week performances are given by . the prison band, .of 60. performers. William Sheridan, for 20 years head of the iden-^ tification. bureau at the police headquarters, New York, who visited 1 San Quentin,' says a noted bank thief calls the prison a sanatorium, and states rithat all 1 the -inmates go m for athletics. I