GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 23, 12 September 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

EARTHQUAKES AT ETNA.. Rome, September, 11. Frequent earthquakes have; occurred in the neighbourhood of Mount Etna. There is dense smoke, "whilst rain and cinders arc falling. At Catania two craters, have opened’ } . THE RUSSIAN NAYW, St. Petersburg, September 11. The Czar witnessed the launching of the battleship Petro Pgulovsk. The Admiralty * contemplates 'building* n 40,000-ton floating dock for the Black Sea. It will be built in England. FATAL GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION. Tangier,September 11. While gunpowder from Fort Rabat was being throwp in the sea a -cartload exploded. A French officer, two artillery men and nine Moorish soldiers were killed. THE SHEFFIELD CHOIR. Capetown, September 11. The Sheffield Choir sailed by the Marathon. The festival terminated by the singing of “The Messiah.” There was a grand parade in the presence of twelve thousand people. The Archbishop conducted an open-air thanksgiving service. EMPEROR OF CHINA. (Received 12, 8.5 a.m.) Pekin, September 11. The Emperor began his education on Sunday. All the schools in the Empire had a holiday and marched in procession. The streets were beflagged. PORTUGAL. Lisbon, September 11. Four thousand Republicans and twenty field and mountain guns are awaiting the Monarchists, who are estimated to be five thousand strong, with forty guns, mostly Maxims. Two aeroplanes are constantly floating over the Republican camp at phave. The delay in attack is attributed to the Monarchists awaiting half a million sterling from England. A MODERN BATTLESHIP. (Received 12, P2O ain \ \ London, September 11. The Orion has started on her trials at Portsmouth. ’> tow-'- «•<»';d • \ Orion’s armament with that of tie Dreadnought, decline that it makes the latter seem ssconu js. LORD MAYOR OF LONDON. (Received 12, 10.15 a.m.) Vienna, September 11. The Lord Mayor of London had an enthusiastic official and popular welcome; be also had a cordial .audience with the Emneror.