LATEST MESSAGES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 50, 13 October 1911, Page 6

LATEST MESSAGES.

CARD SWINDLER IMPRISONED. (Received 13, 10.10 a.m.) Berlin, October 12. Count Wolff Matternich, for card swindling, has been sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment, of which six have been considered served owing to the length of the proceedings. EXPENSIVE REPAIRS. London, October 12. The repairs to the Olympic will cost £200,000. FISHERMEN DROWNED. London, October 12. Fourteen Yarmouth fishermen perished in a gale. ' THE LIBERTE DISASTER. Paris, October 12. M. Delcasse has directed that powder on warships must not be more than four years old. FOUR PERSONS DROWNED. London, October 12. The steamer Eastern Countess capsized in the Humber. Four persons wero drowned, and eleven others had a remarkable escape. RIOTOUS WAGGON WORKERS. London, October 12. A strike of waggon workers at Swansea led to riots'and the wrecking of the British Waggon Company’s premises. The police were furiously stoned and temporarily retreated. PORTUGAL. Lisbon, October 12. Prisoners, including many priests, are arriving daily from the north. TROUBLE IN CHINA. Pekin, October 12. The revolution is spreading rapidly. The insurgents captured Hanyang, including the arsenal and the Government ironworks, employing 8500, including many European superintendents. Its products compete successfully with the Steel Trust in the American market. Six thousand troops at Hankow mutinoed and killed 250 Manchus, The insurgents in Szechuan have occupied Suitu, and hold the country west of the Min River, between Kiating and Kwanbsien. The missionaries at Wuchang are safe. The Minister for War has ordered two array divisions and a number of warships to Wuchang.