GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 97, 7 December 1911, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

THE WtllTE MAN’S BURDEN. , <'' « > * * J London, December 7. Lord Blanket, at the Colonial Institute, in,a lecture on the Polynesian Islands, .said, the New Zealander accepted .the white man’s burden cheerfully, and bore the load wisely and well.

SHIPBUILDERS COMPENSATED. ' London, December 6. The High Court awarded Doxford and Sons, shipbuilders, of Sutherland, £102,000 damages for the subsidence of their shipyard owing to the Yarmouth Coal Company’s colliery beneath. STATE BANKING. London, December 6. A special article in “The Times Financial Supplement describes the Commonwealth Bank Bill as framed on Conservative and sober-minded lines. THE LA GIOCONDA THEFT. Paris ,December 6. A man arrested at Valence for another offence, has been charged on his ' own confession with stealing the La Gioconda picture from the Louvre. INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS. Ottawa, December G. Mr Bryce, British Ambassador to the United States of America, 'has arrived to discuss with Mr Borden a pending . international question.

A NEGRO LYNCHED. New York, December G. A mob forced an entrance into a gaol at Valiant, Oklahoma, and secured a young negro ehargedwith attacking a twelve year old girl. They hanged him on an adjacent tree. ITALIAN STEAMER ASHORE. \ New York, December 6. An Italian steamer bound from South America to Philadelphia is ashore at Ocean City, Maryland, and is in great peril. MOONEE VALLEY HURDLES. (Received 7, 9.30 a.m.) Melbourne, December 7. Rangitira won the Moonec Valley Hurdle Race from Paymaster and Cammascade.