GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 95, 5 December 1911, Page 7

GENERAL CABLES.

(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) London, December 2. Gases at Bradford Beck in a brickedup stream, polluted by chemical effluents, exploded and wrecked the Armitage dyeworks at Bradford. Eight, hundred employees, chiefly girls, stampeded. A labourer was killed and twenty operatives injured. Fifteen acres are affected. The damage is £30,000. Extraordinary scenes were witnessed at Covent Garden, where one Murray, of Sydney, is selecting bricklayers, plasterers, and joiners. Fifteen hundred men clamoured round the office and created disorder, when the men were informed that the New South Wales Builders’ Association were not paying the passages. The police were called in, and an excited crowd remained throughout the day. Huddersfield scored three goals and four tries against the Australians’ two goals and one try. Francis converted one. The Huddersfield team won the Yorkshire Cup last week. New York, December 2. Four sticks of dynamite and twelve loaded revolvers were discovered in the penitentiary at Lavenworth, Kansas. The plan of a number of desperate prisoners to escape was foiled. A pasenger train travelling at' a high speed was thrown into a ditch at Padukah, Kentucky. Four were killed and ten injured. Bangkok, December 3. The King.of Siam was crowned with elaborate ceremony. Prince Alexander of Teck represented His Majesty King George Y. London, December 3. The verdict at the inquest on the Marquis of Waterford was “Found drowned in the River Clodagh—accidental death.” It is believed ho fell into the swollen river on a foggy night. It is supposed that an American multi-millionaire named Bishop committed suicide with a revolver owing to an incurable disease. Sydney, December '3. Three ladies in a rowing boat on a creek at Orange were capsized. The Misses Connors and Kennedy wore drowned. Another Miss Connors was washed ashore and rescued. There is heavy rain, and the interstate and swimming events were postponed. A railway washaway occurred near Murrurundi, and the train services were disorganised. Perth, December 4. The Miners’ Phthisis Commission presented a draft report, which states that tuberculosis and miners’ complaint are preventible diseases, and are forming plans for combatting thorn.

Hobart, December 3. Dr. MawsonV Avhiora sailed for Antartica yesterday. There was an enthusiastic send-off, and a special service was held in the Cathedral before she sailed.