GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 84, 22 November 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

ANTA RCTIC EXP LOR AT lON . (By Electric Telegraph.—-Copyright.) (United Press Association.) London, November 21. The Council of tne Royal Geographical Society has promised an additional £IOOO to Captain Scott’s expedition.

BANK OF EGYPT SOLVENT. London, November 21. The Bank of Egypt is paying 2Us in the pound to all creditors, except to creditors for acceptance, with whom a special arrangement has been made. SWEDEN AND TREATIES. London, November 21. Dir. Ackland states that Sweden has agreed to allow the self-governing Dominions to withdraw from commercial treaties if they desire. Other Powers nave not yet replied. J DANGPROPS LOYALTY. London, November 21. McDonagh, in the employ of a farmer named Conroy, at Ballintemple, was* wounded wicn ninety pellets in liis back, for declining to quit his employer, who is under police protection.

TAX ON BACHELORS. Berlin, November 21. The Diet of Mecklenburg has imposed on bachelors not liable to provide for their relatives, taxes 25 per cent, above husbands. FAMOUS PAINTING STOLEN. Rome, November 20. Angelica’s famous painting, “Aladonna- Della Stella,” has been stolen from the Convent of San Alarco, at Florence. IRON CONTRACTS CANCELLED. Sydney, November 21. In the Assembly Dir. Holman announced that the Government intended to cancel all contracts with Alessrs Hoskins which demanded the use of Australian ore. COMMONWEALTH BANK BILL. Melbourne, November 21. In the House the Opposition is strongly fighting the Commonwealth Bank Bill.

RAKING UP THE PAST. Sydney, November 21. In the Onslow-Meagher slander action the day was occupied in the cross examination of Meagher concerning the Dean pois'dhing case (seventeen years ago), over which Meagher was struck off the roll of solicitors. ,-AU—;.!«>{•, ;j j, <. BURGLARY EPIDEMIC’. Sydney,. November’‘21 r; ; r' A serious epidemic of suburban burglaries is in progress. A pawnbroker’s shop at Annadale was broken into and over £IOO worth of jewellery stolen. REMARKABLE HEAT WAVE. Brisbane, November 21. The.ro is a remarkable heat wave. The shade temperature reached 120 degrees at Curramilla Station. TWO BOYS SUFFOCATED. Perth, November 21. An extraordinary accident occurred it Mcrridin. Two boys, Leslie Patterson and ThoSi Neilson, climbed into i powder magazine and shut the lid, which closed with a spring catch. They were not found till next day. Both died of suffocation.

STATUS OF MOTOR CYCLISTS. Sydney, November 21. The New South Wales Cyclists’ Union decided that amateur mbtor cyclists participating in the forthcoming relay race from Adelaide to Sydney shall lose their amateur status, because of three separate despatches, one each for bicycles, motor cycles, and motor cars. Their times will be compared, and professionals allowed Lo compete in the cycle division, amateurs from other States taking part. THE AEROPLANE. TERRITORIALS TAKE TO IT. (Received 22,>> 8.5 a.m.) London, November 21. A ballon company of London Territorials is being trained in aeroplaning. THE HUTH LIBRARY. HIG H-PRICED BIBLES. (Received 22, 8.5 a.m.) London, November 21. At the sale of the Hath Library, a magazine Bible realised £SBOO. A first edition Bible, with date, printed at Mainz in 1-162, brought £3050. A Flemish manuscript “poor man’s” Bible fetched £6OO. VITAL STATISTICS. BRITAIN’S BAD RECORD. (Received 22, 8.5 a.m.) London,. November 21. The births in'" England and Wales for the third quarter of the present year totalled 222,601; deaths 1-10,956. The I )irfch-rate is the lowest on record.