Second Edition LATEST CABLE NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 60, 25 October 1911, Page 6

Second Edition LATEST CABLE NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN. PENALISED. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) (Received 25, 12.35 p.m.) Loudon(, October 24. In connection with the recent football mated, Darmody and Holloway have been suspended for two matches for rough play at Widnes. Neal was censured for interfering with the touch judge, and McMnrtie was suspended for one month for rough play at Hunslet. Several English players were similarly penalised. THE INSURANCE BILL. London, October 24. The Premier intimated that eighteen days would bo allocated lor discussion' on the Insurance Bill. Mr Balfour said the allowance vyas preposterously 1 narrow. EARL GREY. (Received 25, 9.25 a.m.) London, October 24. The Grand Cross of the Bath lias been conferred on Earl Grey. INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE. London, October 24. At the inquest on the body of Gilks, on a charge of. causing whose death Mrs. Coventry, wife of Captain Coventry, was recently arrested, the verdict was that cleatn was due to a blow, but that there was insufficient evidence to show by whom it was inflicted. Mrs. Coventry has been remanded. LABOUR AND PARLIAMENTARY LEVIES. London, October 2-1. The case of Dyson v.'the Durham Colliery Mechanics-’ Association, to restrain the application of funds for Parliamentary levies, has been settled, the defendants consenting to an adverse judgment. INTERESTING. London, October 24. \ Captain Scott’s wife has sent him a series of living pictm'es of their son, born after tlie Antarctic expedition sailed. BRITISH POLITICS. London, October 24. Mr. W. Robertson will be the Labour candidate for Oldham. Tiie Divisional Court has restored votes to occupiers of ordinary dwellinghousss whose votes had been cancelled at Monmouth owing to the Revising Barrister misapprehending the olfeet of the latch-key voters’ decision. CHINESE CIVIL WAR. London, October 24, An unconfirmed message from San Francisco states that Chang Piao was* sentenced to death' for cowardice on the field, but committed suicide. A Reuter message Lorn Pekin states that Sianfu, the western stronghold of the dynasty, lias joined the rebels. TURKO-ITALTAN WAR.. Rome, October 24. Six hundred regulars and four thousand Arabs opposed the landing at Benghazi. Four hundred Arabs were killed, and it is estimated that a thousand were wounded. Nightfall favoured the flight inland, but a few remained in the town, which explains the complete lack of resistance when the Italians occupied the town. The damage was not serious. The Arab chiefs are tendering their submission. The report that the Christian missionaries at Benghazi were massacred is unconfirmed. GENERAL BOTHA ON TOUR. Capetown',* October 24., General Botha, who is touring the Midlands and North-west, urged the. farmers to co-operate, and announced that the Government were entering upon important,irrigation works, and placing' a large population on the land. NEW ACTIVE VOLCANOES. ' (Received 25, 11.30 a.m.)* Now York, October 21. ’ Four now volcanoes at Valdez- Alaska, are belching forth smoko. Port Wells, in the neighbourhood:-of the eruptions, is thought to be. in imminent danger. CANADIAN POLITICS. Ottawa, October 24. Dawson -has elected Dr. Thompson to the Federal House, bringing Mr. Borden’s majority to fifty-one. COST OF LIVING IN CANADA. Ottawa, October 24. The Conciliation Board, which has been holding an enquiry into the discontent of employees of , the. Grand Trunk Railway, has ordered increases in wages all round, bolding that the increased cost of living Canada since 1907 justifies the recommendation. AUSTRALIAN. PROFESSIONAL POLITICIANS. s (Received 25, 9.30 a.m.) Sydney, October 25. In the Assembly members strongly protested against Lord Dudley’s references to professional politicians. Mr. McGowen declared • that he know from Iris own experience that members earned their- honorariums. WHARF STRIKE. Sydney, October 25. Replying to a request that the Government should step in and end the strike, Mr. McGowen said the Government was ready and willing to do anything , possible to remedy matters. GROWN LANDS, Sydney, October 25. A million acres of Crown lands will shortly be made avaikiblo for selection in the. eastern and central divisions. RAIN WANTED. Sydney, October 25. The absence of rain lias bad a serious effect on the pastures and crops in the Rivcrina. The majority of late crops are regarded as a failure. FOG WELL’S RETURN. Fremantle, October 25. Arrived: India, from London. Hardwick and Fogwell were passengers. Fogwell stated that he thinks Barry will have a good chance agitinst Arnst if the race is rowed on the Thames. ATTEMPT TO ROB A BANK. Fremantle, October 25. Burglars made a determined attempt to rob the Kalgoorlie branch of the Commercial Bank. They blew a large hole in the strongroom wall. Everything was ready to blow up the safe, when, apparently, "they were disturbed. HOSPITAL COLLECTIONS. Melbourne, October 25. Additional subscriptions to the hospital collections make the total £II,OOO.

RESIGNATION OF A JUDGE. Meloourne, October 25. Judge Chomley lias resigned after twenty-five years’ service. AN UN EX PLAIN ED 1 RAGEJ) Y. (Received 25, iU.dO a.in.) - Sydney, October 25. Lawless is a young man of lw.m u\one. 'ino reasons lor tne" tragedy. are 1 not cxplaineit. THE LAST RESORT. Sydney, October 25. The tug Hero union tne 01. l French warship iture from Noumea. Slie will be dismantled and used as a bulk. EARTH TREMORS. Sydney, October 25. The instruments at tne Riverview College recorded distinct earth tremors lasting from 10.51) to mid-clay yesterday. The centre of the disturbance was apparently one thousand miles north-easterly from Sydney. A NATURAL RESULT. Sydney, October 25. . Tile effects of the strike aie beginning to be felt. Already prices of cniet lines of fodder and produce are i increasing.' The coastal companies imanage to handle some produce, hut [much below the usual volume. The clerks, who are assisting to handle cargo, have asked the Una.* 9 Labourers’ Union to define their position. Developments are possible. The steamers Urilla and Kooyong are hung up at the Newcastle wharf, labourers refusing to handle their cargoes. The Premier and Minister for Labour conferred witJi i.ho representatives of the men, and subsequently’ stated that they had agreed, but no information of what transpired lias been divulged. , The Ministers expressed themselves as hopeful of a settlement. In Melbourne the decision of tne shipowners not to accept Sydney cargoes, and the consequent stoppage of consignments, is affecting a large ■number of wharf labourers. WESTRALIAN ELECTIONS. ■Fremantle, October 25. The final returns for the Gascoyne election give the Labour candidate a good load. SUGAR COMMISSION. Melbourne, October 25. Oppositionists attacked the Government composition of the Sugar Commission, and accused them of packing it in Labour interests.