GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 14, 1 September 1911, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

THE WAY TO INUSTRIAL PEACE. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. United Press Association. (Received 1, 8.5 a.m.) London, August 31. Mr W. P. Reeves, in a series of articles in the “Chronicle,” shows that compulsory arbitration is the way to industrial peace, combined with legislation for tho amelioriation of labour conditions. Ho instances tiio success of tho New Zealand Bill, which was copied by Westralia, and was used with modifications and improvements in framing the Commonwealth law. f A SPECTACULAR FIRE. London, August 31. Messrs Ward and Locke’s Salisbury Square premises were partially destroyed by the most spectacular fire for years. A largo quantity of publications were damaged. THE PORTUGUESE ROYALTY. Lisbon, August 31. Tho Finance Council is revising the indebtedness of the Royal Family, and the estimate does not exceed £90,000. RUSSIAN STRIKES. (Received 1, 8.45 a.m.) St. Petersburg, August 31. The seamen’s strike at Odessa is spreading to the volunteer fleet. Several steamers have been detained. Ten thousand operatives at. Lodz have struck. EPIDEMIC OF HYDROPHOBIA. St. Petersburg, August 31. There is an epidemic of hydrophobia in several industrial districts of Poland. Fifty persons were bitten at Sosnoebuz and fifty-two at Siedlcc. They were conveyed to the Pasteur Institute at Warsaw. HEAVY RAIN IN INDIA. Calcutta, August 31. Heavy rain has fallen in Kathiawar, rain has also fallen in the Punjab East Geyerat, and South Rajputana. NAVAL DESERTIONS. (Received 1, 8.45 a.m.) Ottawa, August 31. There have been numerous desertions from the cruiser Rainbow, stationed on the Pacific coast. The rates of pay are lower than those offered ashore. ; ’MISSING LOUVRE PICTURE. i New York, August 31. Tho Collector of Customs declares .that an American are connoisseur, who is en route to the United States, is suspected of being concerned in tho picture theft at tho Louvre. His arrest will be probable when he reaches New York, -

WIRELESS MESSAGES. New York, August 31. The Superior Court at Los Angeles sustained the defence of a newspaper publisher charged with having published- the contents of an intercepted wireless message. The Judge held that the law against divulging the contents of aerograms applied only to the employees and officers of telegraph companies. MEXICAN PRESIDENCY.

Mexico City, August 31. General Madero has been nominated for the Presidency by the Constitutional Progressives.