SINKING OF A SHIP.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 134, 29 July 1911, Page 6

SINKING OF A SHIP.

Singapore, July 28. The .ship Mersey sank after collision with the steamer Khengseng in the Straits of ,Malacca. Eight are miss-

RACE CONGRESS

London, July 28. At the Race Congress, Ghqkal, an Indian delegate, stated that reform measures had been arrested owing to the growing estrangement between Europeans and Indians, but the situ- . ation was steadily improving. A Chinese, delegate urged the Congress to sbnd a protest to Australia and the United States asking for fair play for honest Chinese workmen, who were Kthfe most sober and law-abiding m the world. . Mrs Annio Bssant said the Indians claimed, freedom to live in white countries. It was monstrous that whites claimed , the best-paid posts in the coloured man’s country and yet glaifncd the right to shut him out of,f%hj|<3 .countries. (' . THE EMPRESS OF CHINA. Tokio, July 28. 1 The position of the stranded Empress of China is critical. . Vancouver, July 28. Advices have been received that the Empress of China is a hopeless wreck., . , . . • - , - RAILWAY ACCIDENT. New York, July 28. N An excursion train on the Lemhi Valley railroad was derailed, and the Pullman cars rolled down; art enibankmept. Fifty persons were injured, including one woman, whose injuries are likely to prove fatal. STATUS OF DOMINION FORCES. (Received 29, 12.50 p.m.) • „ Ottawa, July 29. The memorandum of the conference betw.een Canada, Australia, and the British Admiralty on the status of the Dominion forces was tabled this .rporning. The dominion navies are to be exclusively under the control of the respective Governments, and .training uniform with thA Imperial navy. Canada’s naval stations will &e the North Pacific and North Atlantic, Australia’s from the South Pacific to the Antarctic. V ’ ’ I STRUCK A ROCK. Ottawa, July 28. The steamer John Irwin struck a rocli near Halifax, and sank, only t nr person being saved out of fifteen.