GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 34, 25 September 1911, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

. FRANCE’S LATEST DREADN NOUGHT. ~ .. Paris, September 24. The Dreadnought Courbet has been launched at Lorient. PARNELL’S SISTER. , # hnw <SU3 tJO iUVX. (Received 25, 9.50 a.m.) London, September 24. An inquest has revealed the identity of Parnell’s sister Catherine, who was drowned while bathing at the tunnel baths) Ilfracombe, where she had been living under adr' assumed name. HYDROPHOBIA. - . London, September 21. v:* The master of the South-west Wilts foxhounds has died from hydrophobia', caused by a’ bite’ from a fox'. HOME RULE. «*v? ’ London, September 24. The Bishop of Oaso-y, addressing the Kilkenny .Synod, s-.’id c’ nrrb property would be in considerable danger if Home Rule was passed, ral'<s -uib, Irish Church.: property wrs explicitly excluded from- tjie operation, of the Bill, .as-Catholics bad repeatpdl~ -hinted that, properties alienated would become the, property of the Roman Church. <

I (Received 25, 9.40 a.m.) >. . London; September 24. . At an- Anti-Home-Rule demonstration at Belfast a hundred thousand marched in procession. Twenty thousand alrrived in special trains from all parts of Ulster. Earl Erne presided. A resolution pledged the meeting to support Sir Edward Cai;son in whatever action he might take and whatever danger had to be faced in connection with Home , Rule. Sir Edwatrd 'Carson said the first duty was to insure thatunder no circumstances could any Home Rule Bill be made effective so far as-rthe Unionists of Ulster were concerned. He added that they must be prepared, should the emergency - occur, to be accountable for the administration of those districts which they wore entitled to control. (Cheers.) Lord Raaifurly was present. Lord Hugh Cecil telegraphed: “You must defend the Union, as your ancestors defended Londonderry.”

DEAR FOOD. Berlin,' September 24. Tli© municipalities of the important provincial towns are debating relief measures to combat dear food. The Prussian Government is lowering freights. GEOGRAPHICAL CONGRESS. (Received 25, 9.50 a.m.) Rome, September 24. The International Geographical Congress has been postponed until next spring. SIR i- ROBERT HART. /Peking, September 24. Sir Robert Hart was posthumously promoted \r be senior guardian of the heir apparent and a decoration was conferred' 6n him. IRISH STRIKES. Londori; September 24. Troops are guarding the Cork tunnel and Limerick Junction. Five thou-

sand boilermakers unanimously voted for the abolition of the premium bonus system in the engineering and shipbuilding trade. Unanimous votes were likewise cast by the combined smiths, invited by the coppersmiths ant the Birmingham sheet metal workers. A RUNAWAY TRAM CAR.

London, September 24. A tramcar at Stourbridge got beyond control on a down-hill grade to Birmingham. It crashed into another car, -fifteen persons being injured. DISCONTENT IN SPAIN. Madrid, September 24. There is a general strike at Orviedo. All trades unionists are idle. There is widespread discontent, the Moroccan war being the principal cause of Spanish unrest.

HONOUR RESTORED. Madrid, September,24. King Alfonso has restored to'Princo Alfonso Bourbon of Orleans the army title of which he was deprived because ho married the Protestant Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Cohurg. BOOTY RECOVERED. Lisbon, September 24. Troops, after a sharp fight in winch they killed two brigands and seriously Mounded six, captured a large quantity of stolen valuables. The gang had terrorised the - Va'llonga district. A PORTUGUESE CONSPIRATOR. Lisbon, September 24.. . The Spanish authorities have arrested Pineiro Chagos, editor of the newspaper. Corroio da Manha, who was expelled with Franco and Condhine last February for conspiracy. He has been handed over to the Portuguese police. GOLD DISAPPEARS. Capetown, Se. amber 24. A Government ecu-r : ■-on will Inquire into the East Rond Proprietary dfFairs, owing to the disappearance of £60,000 worth of gold during treatment in the cyanide plant. SOUTH AFRICAN MAILS. Capetown, September 24. Mr Bischcr, at Bethlehem, hinted that unless the mail contract is amicably settled'the Government will build their own ships. CANON CREMATED.

(Received 25, 9.40 a.m.) London, September

Canon Ducksworth has been cremated and his ashes interred in the Abbey near his stall.

GOLD IN CHILI

London, Septoinber^.24. Reuter’s ' Santiago do Chile correspondent reports that a gold-field has boon discovered at Curcpto. Large quantities'‘of gold ’in the pure state were obtained in the first week.

TROUBLE IN TRIPOLI

Constantinople, September 24

Colonel Fenzi, chief of staff ,of the Salonika army corps, lias- been appointed commander of the troops at Tripoli, hitherto commanded by the Governor. Information rrqm Italian sources says it is certain that antiItalian feeling has been manifested in various parts of the empire. Two Italian warships are in readiness. Sicily and even Italian colonics are endangered. Rome, September 24. Owing to the incompleteness of the numbers with the colours a part of the, 1888 Massowali contingent, has been summoned. There has been a great exodus of Italians from Tripoli feajring an outbreak of fanaticism against them.