LYELL TROUBLE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 57, 21 October 1911, Page 5

LYELL TROUBLE.

Hobart, October 21. The Lycll engined rivers ignored the Miners’ Union demand that they cease work. Shopkeepers are seriously considering the question of extended credit.

TURKISH BARRACKS CAPTURED

HORRORS OF THE SLAVE

TRADE

(Received 21, 9.30 a.m.)

Romo, October 20. The Italians bombarded Homs, on the Tripoli coast, destroying the barnicks before the Turks raised the white flag. The Italians landed at Benghazi,- and although meeting with strenuous opposition, captured the barracks by assault after the fleet had twice bombarded the town. The opposition was due to the natives resenting the Italian occupation stopping the slave traffic, which was largely centred in Benghazi. Father Appolino, head of the Benghazi Mission, states that young negroes were forced into slavery. Arabs conducted the trade from Wadai, in the Soudan, with the connivance of the authorities. Ho further states that the Sultan of Wadai is the greatdealer, and made an armed expedition. Children in slave caravans wore packed in twos and threes in •bags, while the adults were chained together. Shocking cruelties arc alleged .