GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 91, 30 November 1911, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

London, November 29. At the farm of George Sanger, a well-known showman, ax East Finshley, a farm servant named Cooper, armed with a j.atchet and a razor, cut the throat of Jackson, a servant, in the scullery. Proceeding to the draw-ing-room, ne attacked Sanger, cutting nis head open with the axe. He next attacked Austin, a servant, who was reading. Cooper escaped. The police are scouring tlie neighbourhood. Sanger, who was 84 years of age, died four hours afterwarus.

Vice-Adiniral S. F. Bridgeman succeeds Admiral Sir. A. K. Wilson as First Lord of the Admiralty. Vice-Ad-miral Prince Louis of Battenburg and Captain Pakanuam replace Vice-Ad-miral Sir. G. Egerton arid Captain C. E. Madden as Lords of tne Admiralty. T ice-Admiral'Sir G. A. Callaghan is appointed to the command of the Home Fleet, and Rear-Admiral Cecil rfurney to the command of the Atlantic Fleet. It is presumed by these changes that Mr. Winston. Churchill ' desires to begin the reorganisation of the navy, including the'creation of'a naval war staff with advisers of recent sea experience. The King offered Admiral Sir A. K. Wilson a peerage, but the latter was allowed.to decline the honour for personal reasons. Collins has scored 4265, and Lindrum 3001. Lindrum challenges , the world on level terms, Gray preferred. Stockholm, November 29. A declaration has been signed allowing the British colonies to.withdraw from treaties at ,a,year's, notice. The treaty thus modified was sigend ,in. 1654, whcreofr-Jphn': Milton, probably the author, wrote Latin text. ; ,_ ' 'j ... • -o, Christiania, November 20. Norwegians are still equipping whalers for the Southern-Ocean. Two German companies have been formed to operate on the New .Zealand coast. San Francisco, November 29. An effort is being made by iho Fedoral authorities to stamp out the smuggling of Orientals across the Mexican border. The captain and engineer of q launch have been arrested at Salinas, accused of aiding 20 Chinese to gain unlawful admission. New York, November 28. Two renegade Indians killed a deputy constable. They were chased in ':he Eagle Lake district by hundreds of armed men, who are instructed to shoot them on sight. The Indians are desperadoes, who are wanted for many rrimes. Gotch offers to wrestle Munro any time before January when lie will leave for a European tour. Forest fires are raging in the Ventura district. Firefighters s:ived the town. Many ranches in the outlying qountrv have been burned. (Received 30, 8.40 a.m.) London, November 29. The Convocation of Oxford Univer--.p-y refused to allow mathematical and science honoursinen to offer alternatives for Latin and Greek. The statement of claim has been lodged in the case Marconi v. Telefunken Co. Tallow: Twelve hundred and sixtysix csaks were offered, and ,3RO sold. Mutton (fine) 375, medium 345, beef (fine) 35s Gd. medium 335. (Received 30, 10.10 a.m.) London, November 29. There was spirited competition at the wool sales, with prices generally in sellers' favour. Sliver. 25? d. The visible Aniercin wh«at suppiy is 106.989.000 bushels. A meeting of the London Chamber of Commerce, after Mr. Bright, the Commonwealth's engineer, had lead a paper on the Atlantic cable position, passed a resolution urging the Government to co-operate with the Dominions in the establishing, of an allBritisb trans-Atlantic cable connecting with the Pacific cable. The overdue barque Solway has been posted as missing. The Australasians defeated Runcorn by four goals and five tries to two goals and one try. Two thousand were present. (Received 30, 9.30 a.m.) London, November 29. Owing to sectional strikes the Lancashire and Chesshire Miners' Federation' war-chest has been drained. It was proposed to make an extra levy of sixpense nor week, but of a membership totalling 70,000 the majority refused. Mori, Japanese financial commissioner in London, says Japan intends to maintain sinking funds. Her financial standing is really stronger than in 1910, and the country's prosperity better. It appears that Cooper, who is twen-ty-six years old, was recently superseded by Jackson as Sanger's personal attendant. Austin was not seriously injured. Paris, November 29. The Government is supporting Bus- j sia's protest against closing the Dardenelles. '

Advices from Ning-Yuan-Eu showthat Legendre and Dossirier, wno were .supposed to lie murdered in Hunan were only slightly wounded. St. Petersburg, November 29. Ppplavsky, a notorious criminal, secured a hundred thousand roubles by insuring himself in false names. \He afterwards got control of dying patients in hospitals and altered the names to suit the policies.