GENERAL CABLE NEWS

Southland Times, Issue 17348, 20 May 1913, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE NEWS

(Sydney Sun Service.) KING AT ALDERSHOT. REMARKABLE FLIGHT OF AEROPLANES. LONDON. May 10. The King is visiting Aldershot for the Whitsun/ide holidays. Riding it is favourite charger, ids Majesty yesterday made a tour of the garrison buildings, accompanied by Princess Mary. who also was on horseback. Subsequently the King witnessed some remarkable feats of horsemanship hy cavalry recruits who have had less than five months’ training. Riding without either reins or stirrups, and witli their anus folded, these daring young horsemen negotiated fifteen jumps of various kinds, arranged in a square, the obstacles consisting of open ditches, double banks. HV2 ft high, with an LSin. between, two fences only Ift apart, and iron railings. Later in the day the KJoyal visitors rode to Farnborough. where the army airships Beta and Gama executed a number of • volutions. The Beta descended until it was within a shore distance of the •arth, when those on board took a photograph of the Royal party. The negative was sent down by means of a parachute, instantly developed in a portable darkroom. and a finished photograph presented to the King within a remarkably short space of time. A feature of the aerial manoeuvres was the simultaneous flight of seventeen aeroplanes, which careered overhead like a swarm of gigantic gnats, the pilots several times venturing to make the moat hazardous dives. It was a remarkable display, and the Xing was greatly delighted. WARLIKE ULSTER. WE ARE PREPARED, LONDON, May 10. Unionist organisation is proceeding apace in Ulster. Clubs are being formed in every town, and premise.*? have been secured by them in the main streets. The walls of these club's are decked with representations of the Ulster covenant and a red hand. Members are being trained to shoot with air-guns, and they are drilled regularly. The secrets of the movement are being well kept, because, it is said, the Protestant democracy of the north is ready to take its orders as they come, ami does not ask admittance for itself into the inner councils of the leaders. A new volunteer force is now being established. The members sign a declaration agreeing to ■erve through the crisis created by the passage of the Home Rule Kill, or any contingent emergency. There is no hint of illegality in their proceedings. The dabs are at perfect liberty to shoot in their own premises. Some are affiliated with authorised rifle clubs. The general feeling throughout Ulster is; “Whatever happensj we are prepared." WORDS OP CHRIST, NEW VERSES FOUND. LONDON, May 1?. The facsimile of the Greek manuscripts of the Gospels found in Egypt, has been bought by a rich American, -flteer. who has, made it available for inspection, it appears to contain a now saying of Christ. The text of the sixteenth chapter of St. Mark includes after verse 14 some verses which have also been found in another manuscript of the New Testament. These words are given as coming from the mouth of Christ—"The limit of years of the power of Satan is not fulflllled, but it draweth near. For the sake of those that have sinned was I given' up unto death that they may return'unto the truth and sin no more, but may inherit spiritual and incorruptible glory of righteousness in heaven.” The manuscript dates either from the fourth or fifth century. It provides Biblical scholars with much important new material, particularly of the texts of St. John and St. Luke. CROSS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT. AMERICAN AIRMEN’S AMBITION. LONDON, May 10. Half a dozen American airmen announce their intention of trying to cross th-c'Atlantic in the summer. McGee, of Rhode Island. , will start from Newport in Jujy in a water-plane equipped with a quadruple machine. He will make first for the Newfoundland coast, and win then strike out for the coast of Ireland. / Vessels will he stationed hn hfs'route across the Atlantic 400 miles apart. They will be equipped with wireless, so that lie will he in toucli with them all ttie time. He will also bo able to renew his stores of gasoline and obtain food from tfavn. NO KISSES OR SKIRTS. WEDDINGS IN 2011. LONDON, May 10, A suffragette play, called “2013," is being performed in Washington, The profits are going towards the fund of the movement in America. The play depicts what the world will be like in a hundred years’ time. Then, according to the author, kisses and skirts will have been abandoned, and the wedding ceremony will consist of couples walking up to the altar and presenting a personal fecalth certificate. NEW ARMY RIFLE. BORES THROUGH TARGETS. LONDON. May 12. The King and Queen, at Aldershot today. watched a scratch team using a new army rifle. The weapon is somewhat longer than the present arm. and has a much lower trajectory, it is fitted with an aperture sight, and fires a sharp-nosed bullet,, At the tests to-day holes were drilled clean through a target of milled steel three-eights of an lijch thick. INFANT HERCULES. PRODIGY AT A BABY SHOW. LONDON, May 11. At a baby competition held in New Tork yesterday the first prize was awarded to the son of a young Italian couple. The infant is "Vs months old, and weighs 14.11b. Its height is 26in. the circumference of its head 16.3 in, and Us chest measurement 17in. while it measures iSin round the abdomen. When the parents were married the man was aj»d his wife 15 years of age. hue CAPITAINE SCOTT. ~--RARTS HONOURS EXPLORER. ■ LONDON, May 12. .TffiKe municipal authorities in Paris rvamVfl a street off the Champ de Mars Rue C’apiiuiiie Scott in honour cf’”lfte fa mous Antarctic explorer. 'fThe Champ de Mars is a large open space in the western part of Paris, on tire south side of the Seine, long famous as a place for military manoeuvres, and In recent times utilised for International expositions, it is lowe that the celebrated Eiffel Tr.w<" stands.] SIB tPLIFTINO. DRAPERS ORGANISE CAMPAIGN. LONDON. May 10. The merchants engaged in the drapery trade throughout Great Britain are organising a campaign against women shop-lifters. Hitherto the evil has been dealt.with piecemeal; but the shopkeepers intend to launch out on a real campaign against the evil. Since the opening of the huge departmental stores in London cases of shop-lifting appear to £ave increased tremendously. EMANCIPATION OF LABOUR. SOCIAL FORCES MUST COMBINE. LONDON. May 12. The president of the Co-operative Congress, silting in Aberdeen, in the course of an address, stated that if the trade unions organised themselves as productive companies to rnanutacture for the open market the wholesale cooperative bodies might lend them a good deal of capital. The social forc°s, he added, must be amalgamated to emancipate labour. HARNESSING THE SUN. POWER FOR IRRIGATION. LONDON. May 10. Am American engineer. Shuman, is about to leave London for Cairo to install • “sun" plant of Io() horse-power for irrigation purposes. Mr Shuman declares

that by means of parabolic mirrors he will be.-able to concentrate the sun’s rays and obtain an intense bent, which, when directed on to boilers, will generate staii-m -to-dri-ve-av pump- that •w-iU-irrtgate 1000 acres. Mr Shuman prophesies that it will he possible to harness the sun and use its power . for irrigation in any country which enjoys T5 per cent, of sunshine daily. RIGHT TO STRIKE. QUESTION OF SUSPENSION. LONDON, May 12. Sir George Askwith, Chief Industrial Commissioner, has submitted a proposal to the Industrial Disputes Council suggesting that the right to strike should he suspended for a definite period in the event of a dispute to enable a judicial inquiry to be started. 'Die labour delegates on .the council are strenuously resisting the proposal. AUSTRIAN “BLACK FRIDAY." SOCIAL EXTRAVAGANCE. LONDON. May 10. The Austrian press is celebrating the fortieth anniversary of “Black Friday.” when tlie artificial financial prosperity which had been built up on unrestrained speculation crashe I down, ruining thousands. "To-day the mania for luxury and expensive- amusement is again abroad." says one Vienna newspaper. " The universal desire noticeable is to find a short cut to weatih. There is no prospect of a return to financial reasonableness. SOCIA LIST DOWNHEARTED. " MOVEMENT HAS NOT PROGRESSED." LONDON, May 11. Dan Irving, chairman of the annual conference of the British Socialist Party, delivering an address at Blackpool. said the congress was the most disappointing and dispiriting he had ever, known. He regretted the lack ot enthusiasm: It allowed that the movement hud not progressed. SHACKLETON’S SPECIMENS. GIVEN TO AMERICA. LONDON. May 12. Sir Ernest Shackleton yesterday presented ttie Pennsylvania Museum with a collection of Antarctic specimens. He stated that the reason why lie was making the gift was that America had no collection of the kind. “ Science." said the explorer, "knows no country. A wider distribution of specimens makes for more general knowledge." ■ ■ -■ KING- CZAR, AND KAISER. THREE RULERS TO MEET. • LONDON, May 10. Ttie Czar will leave SL Petersburg on May 20 to attend'thq .jv'edding of the Kaiser’s daughter at Berlin. He will travel only with his personal suite. The absence -of his-.Minislers -is.-intended to emphasise the purely domestic character of the visit, and to afford an opportu-, nity of King George, the Czar, . and Kaiser meeting. WINDMILLS OF OAK, SOLD FOR HOUSE FITTINGS. LONDON. M4y_.ll. Several wooden windmills in Essex, which are over 170 years old, haye.been sold to a building firm at a good price on account of the well-seasoned oak they contain. The wood , will be used as wainscoting and fittings for modern mansions. ESPERANTO. ANNUAL BRITISH CONGRESS. ■LONDON. May 11. Five hundred delegates are attending the Esperanto Congress now being held at Eastbourne, is faster. THE BEEF OCTOPUS. TIGHTENING ITS HOLD. j LONDON. May 11. ; A special article on the meat trade that is published in The Times states j that there is good reason to fear that ; the Beef Trust is,extending and tighten- | ing its hold upon the chief sources of supply. It is pointed out that release of abnormal quantities of, frozen meat j during the past few months ''was part of ] a carefully-Hi ought-out scheme, the object of which is not apparent to the lay j mind. As an off-set to the greater sup- I ply arriving from the South American , republics dwindling quantities are com- j ing from the j’nited Slates and Canada. t while only mutton and lamb from the 1 Antipodes count in the meat supply. | AMERICAN PRISON SCANDAL. j CONDITIONS AT SING SING. j LONDON. May Uh Some astounding disclosures have been made as the result of an investigation into the management of the New York State prison at Sing Sing. The report that has just been published declares that the conditions prevailing in the prison are frightful. The

colls arc not only dark anti damp, but arc infested with vermin. It is asserted Unit the cruelty with which prisoners are treated is such as to throw into the shade the stories of mediaeval torture. The report further slates that the morals- of ttie convicts are of such a character that they tire not fit for public discussion. NEW FRENCH AIRSHIP. FASTER THAN GERMAN. LONDON. May 10. A new French -steerable balloon flew at Si. t'yr yesterday with eleven passengers. Difficult evolutions were performed at a height of 500 feet for an hour and a half. The now airship is as big- as the largest of the Zeppelins, but