LATEST CABLE NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 98, 8 December 1911, Page 6

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

SELECTION OF JURIES. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) (Received 8, 8.5 a.m.) London, December 7. Mr McKenna lias appointed a committee with fiord Mersey as chairman to inquire into the constitution of juries, qualification, mode of selection and any amendments desirable. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. (Received S, 8.5 a.m.) .Loudon, December 7. The foot and mouth outbreak in England has cellsed. COAL CONCILIATION BOARD. London, December 7. (Received 8, 8.5 a.m. ) The Coal Conciliation Board for the federated districts of Britain discussed the minimum day wage and adjourned to the IStii wiLimit coming to a decision. A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. (Received 8, 8.5 a.m.) St. Petersburg, December 7. An explosion in Lie testing room of the Mine many were killed and forty injured. The whole place was destroyed.

A LOCK-OUT ENDED. (Received 8, 8.5 a.m.) Berlin, December 7. Tho metal workers’ ballot lacking tho requisite majority in favour oi continuing the strike, the lock-out has ended. FAMOUS LAWYER’S DEATH. (Received 8, 8.5 a.m.) London, December 7. Obituary: Sir George L. Lewis, the famous lawyer. BOTTOMLEY GOES BANKRUPT. (Received 8, 10.10 a.m.) London, December 7. Horatio Bottomley has filed a petition iu bankruptcy in order to protect his assets against litigants. Receiving orders will be granted. THE MAURETANIA ADRIFT. (Received 8, 8.5 a.m. ) London, December 7. The hurricane was particularly violent in the Mersey. The Mauretania parted her anchor and drifted a mile, despite the assistance of several tugs, and settled iu a mud and sand bottom. DAMAGES FOR LIBEL. (Received 8, 10.10 a.m.) London, December 7. Claude Hay has been awarded £259 damages against the I “Star” and “Morning Leader” for libel in connection with the Doxton election, alleging that he had visited schools for political reasons.

A SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC. ■ *• (Received 8, 10.10 a.m.) j , Ottawa, December 7. There is a smallpox epidemic in Quebec province, half the population of which is not vaccinated although compulsory vaccination is enacted. PROSPEROUS GRAIN YEAR. (Received 8, 10.10 a.m.) „ t -... Ottawa, December 7. ‘ Tile”' Manitoba "province grain yield is 100,000,000 bushels, of which oats contribute seventy-four millions and barley thirty millions. This is the most prosperous ypar for ten years. TRAIN-DESPATCHING. : (Received 8, 11.5 a.m.) Ottawa, December' 7. Telephone train despatching, which was adopted in August by the Canadi-an-Pacific Co., has had to be abandoned, owing to i unsatisfactory working. Telegraphs will be reinstated. CHAMPIONSHIP BILLIARDS. (Received 8, 12.30 p.rn.) London, December 7. Stevenson, 6000, including a break of 310; Gray, 5431. SECRET ESPIONAGE TRIAL. (Received 8, 12.30 p.m.) Berlin, December 7. Tl le trial of Schultz on a charge of espionage is proceeding in camera at Leipzig. A LEGAL TECHNICALITY. (Received 8, 12.30 p.m.) London, December 7. Alison, of the “Sportsman,” appealed against Justice Scrutton’s order setting aside the writ served on the Independent Press’s cables for alleged libel, appearing in the Sydney “Sun” on May 80th. The appeal was dismissed on the grounds that defendant was outside the jurisdiction of the Court, and the proper perso'n was not served.

KILLED BY LIGHTNING. (Received 8, 9.15 a.m.) Brisbane, December 8. A man named Jamieson was killed by lightning at Long Reach. Six were struck at Malbon and one was killed. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HARVEST. (Received 8, 9.15 a.m.) Adelaide, December 8. The official forecast of the wheat yield is 20,080,000 bushels, an average of 9.54. ANOTHER HEAT WAVE. (Received 8, 9.15 a.m.) Sydney, December 8. There is another heat wave with high temperatures everywhere.