GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 132, 27 July 1911, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

By Electric Telegraph—Copyright-. United Press Association. Lisbon, July 26. The Assembly, by 81 votes to 76, resolved on the suppression of all decorations and orders. London,! July 26. Mr George Pinekhard lias given the War (Office four Iniiictrod evundp .fifty* acres/ with stables in Surrey, for the purpose of breeding army remounts. The gift is valued at £20,000. t ‘ ' . New-York, July 26. The ’ Liricoln-Nebraska first State Repribiician Convention, dealing with the Presidential candidature, has been hoidjkMr Taft being endorsed. A large Republican ■ minority favoured, Lafoilette. The decision is regarded as fairly typical of the Republican vote throughout, the country. ■ • TO-DAY’S MESSAGES. (Received 27, 8.5 a.m.) London, July 26. Obituary; William Tyrone Power, once in New Zealand. Tangier, July 26. A Frenchman suffering from mental troubles at Lavache, raced naked through the streets at night. He threw himself on a Spanish sentinel, wlib fired, wounding the Frenchman. The Tatter was removed from Tangier. • New York, July 26.

Loach, evading the police, entered the Niagara River in a steel barrel. He was carried over the Horseshoe Falls, reappearing a few seconds later. Part of the end of the barrel was damaged. Loach was rescued fifteen minutes later. His kneecap was broken’ aivU lie Was badly bruised but otherwise was uninjured. (Received 27, 10.5 a.m.) London, July 26. Obituary: Admiral Erskine. The Miners’ Conference carried the Austro-German resolution in favbuv of State-paid inspectors being elected by workmen; and adopted resolutions advocating a minimum wage. and nationalisation of mines. . . 7 The'riot in Rhondda Valley was due td the Ely pit authorities utilising firemen and colliery officials to perform work usually allotted to colliers. The fighting' on the hillside lasted three hours. The rioters rolled boulders on the advancing policemen, 30 of whom were injured. Mr Asquith will make a statement regarding Morocco in the House of Commons to-morrow. Mr Asquith and Sir Edward Grey had a lengthy conference at the Foreign Office. Mr McKenna afid M. Cambon, the French Ambassador, also visited the office. Lord Kitchener was subsequently callr edin.

fßeuter, announces that the cancelling 8f the 1 Atlantic 1 fleet’s 'Visit to 1 Norwliy Viofc conn feet ed with the * Moroccan situation. Numerous letters are Being sent to the £ress from recalcitrant Unionists explaining their attitude towards Lord Lansdowne’s policy. v (■Received 27, 11.0 a.m.) London. July 26, ■ By agreement in the coastal shipping dispute at Glasgow, the men will receive an advance of one shilling weekly. The owners retain the right to employ unionists or nbuiunionists. King Alphonse has arrived at Cowes. Prbfessor Saundby, in his presidential address to the- British Medical Association, inferring to the Insurance Bill, said the compulsory absorption by the State of medical practitioners was Subversive of the interests of the ’public and the medical interests. The. members nufnbered 24,000. During the disension a delegate pointed out there cbiild be no invalidity insurance without the medical profesion’s co-operation, and unless they received fair treatment they would' unhesitatingly exercise the veto.*

In the “Daily Mail” race Yedrines and Beaumont left Bristol within a cpnple' Of minutes of each other. There Was a terrific contest for the leadership in touching Exeter and Salisbury Plains. Yedrines recovered IS minutes on the run to Brighton. The last stage to Brooklands was safely, negotiated. Beaumont completed the circuit in 22 hours 28 minutes, and Yedrines took 70 minutes longer.