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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 51, 14 October 1911, Page 6

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HOME AND FOREIGN. V A WARNING.--(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.),, (Received 1-1, 11.0. a.m-,) '• I Lpndo-n, October 13. “Mahon” strongly -waj-ns extremists in the Miners’ Federation against precipitating a national stoppage for a. niimmum wage. : ESPIONAGE. A'-' ; 'h,- ■ Berlin, October ,13. Renee ’ Thirlon, a:. French teacher, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment at Leipzig for espionage. CHINA. ■ Pekin, October 13. The autumn manoeuvres of thirty thousand throops at Kaiping have been cancelled. The sixth division has been ordered to Fengtai. PORTUGAL. • •. ■ Lisbon, October 13. The despatch of troops to the frontier towns continues. The Government has decided to dispense with the service of the Carhonarios Secret Revolutionary Society. The Premier eulogised their efforts during the revolutionary period. LATEST WAR NEWS. ; • (Received 14, 11.0 a.m.) - - ; " Romo, October 13. Fopr aeroplanes with Italian officers as pilots have been sent to Tripoli. The aeroplanes are intended to be used in dropping bombs in the enemy’s encampments/ ~ : Tripoli,- ’October 13. During the bombardment three hun- : including fifty desperadoes, escaped. . The local members of the Committee of,Union of Progress have been expelled. Constantinople, October 13. Cattle, preserved meats and bullion • have been declared contraband. Italian journalists have been expelled. •' St. Petersburg, October 13. The Russian Note to the Porte insists that Russian corn consigned to Italian ports should not be liable to detention or confiscation unless destined , for field forces or for official Italian consignees ; and Russia holds t’ho Porte, responsible for a violation of,Russian rights. AUSTRALIAN. “NE TEMERE” DECREE. (Received 14, 8.35 a.m.) Sydney, October 14. A pastoral letter has been issued by the Archbishop and Bishops, protesting against the “Ne temere” decree. After traversing various grounds the dissent declares: “We cannot without protest and warning allow the nroryylgatforl r of fi practically reverses the old and intelligible canon law, aiid applies to all Christians others than those of the Roman Catholic faith,' treatment formerly rrieted out to Pagans;” ' UNIFORM STAMPS.V- 1 -I ■ > ‘ • ' ' Sydney, ■ October 14. The Philatelic Conference resolved to ask the Postmaster-General of the Commonwealth and New Zealand that the-’new issue of stamps be kept uni-, form in respect to gauge .of perforation and in other respects. UITUGOW STRIKE. ' ■ (Received 14, 11.0 a.m.) Sydney, October ,14. Strike affairs at Litbgow are at a standstill. There are ample funds. CYCLING. " .. ■; ' ’ -Sydney,' October 11. Fair, motor cyclist, rode ri-isn Melbourne 'to Sydney in forty-nine-Lotus. Ho failed to lower the record of Pearson, the New South Wales cyclist. THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC. Adelaide, October 14. ’ The Temperance Alliance conference carried a resolution in favour of making , the closing hburs of hotels the same as other trades. Mr Holmes, of New Zealand, declared that the vital question at the forthcoming Dominion elections was not political, but whether they would have license or norlice'nse. ' : ’ FEDERAL PARLIAMENT. Melbourne, October J 4. The House passed the. Transcontinental Railway Bill. . -lilr Tudor,- in moving .the second reading of the Seamen’s Compensation Bill, said the measure was similar to that passed last Session, excepting that the Government had taken the Sowpr denied by the High Court to eal with interstate trade. In the Senate the Government was further heckled over the independent cable service. Mr Ghat-way described the news sent as grotesque and absolute rubbish. lyemTstrike. Melbourne, October 14. The Mount Lyell Co. has been notified that the engine drivers will be called out to-day unless the demands are conceded. This means shutting down the mine. SEVERE EARTH TREMORS. Perth, October 14. .. Earth tremors have been frequent in the York and Wellington districts for the past three months. They are confined to a radius of twenty miles, and are accompanied by violent explosive noises. Numerous buildings have been badly damaged..