GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 6, 16 December 1911, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES.

'By Electric Telegraph. —Copyrigi t.)

tb luted Press Association.) London, December 10

General Froncn, reporting upon tiro I'ei i lull mis, said tinu some commanders stale taat efforts to rccruu acre mucji naiuperod )»y agents ol the .Nalional Service League iu certain districts in advising men not to serve in tiie Territorials. General French adds that me training lias greatly improved during the year. in the House of Commons, in the Finance Hill debate, Mr. Chamberlain complained that the House of commons had not discussed linauce for tlireo years, Mr. Lloyd-George replied tiiai economy was not a popular subject. jno Governments of New (j?outh Soutu Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Westralin have secured berths lor thirty tnousand immigrants, and similar numbers for tlie coming year, at Tit), Ti 3, and TIT a head. Tne snipping companies have agreed to provide any further accommodation required. At the sheep skin sales, seven thousand live hundred and tweniy-six hales were catalogued and four .Jiousand and sixty-two sold. On the hist day there was a good attendance, and animated bidding. Merinos wire a farthing, and crossbreds a hall-penny higher. tu the House of Commons the Premier said the Appellate Jurisdiction Dill would be reintroduced in J9i_2. Parliament will be prorogued on Saturday and reassembles on ffebruary 14th. A deputation accepted the Preir ior’s promise to set tip a committee on the estimates. The Crown is claiming estate duty on £IOO,OOO, the American property of Consuelo, Duchess of Manchester, on the ground of being domiciled in England. A verdict of homicide by a person unknown was returned in connection with the death of Elizabeth Jjii.vr.nv. Shares: Waihi 52s Gd to 5 5s fex dividend), Junction 29s Gd to 30s Gd, Til Usman -IGs 3d to Ids 9d (ex dividend). Oversea representatives entertained Sir Charles Lucas at lunclieou on i is retirement from the Colonial Cilice. Lord Strathcona presided, _ and amongst those present were Sir Edward Reid, Sir William Hall-.lones, and all the Agents-Genoral. Owing to the wreck of the Dokii, the Mantua is proceeding to Australia via Bombay. In the billiard match the scores are now: Gray 14,881, Stevenson 14,561. Mr. Lloyd-George, in the House ol Commons, said there was little hope ol a reduction in expenditure in Tnc House of Commons, which alone could effect economy. They were always pressed for greater expenditure. If Parliament wanted economy it must mould its foreign policy iu such a way as to render increase of armaments unnecessary. Trie Government 1 oped to reduce the National Debt by ten and a half millions this year, making a reduction of eighty millions during its tenure of office. The Bradford Wool Combing Masters’ Federation decided to increase wages concurrently with tlie ’termination of the Wages Board’s agreement. Trouble is feared. The workers oppose the latter proposal. A referendum of thirty-two thousand doctors on the Insurance Bill lias commenced. Mr. Samuel, Postmaster-General has announced that the enquiry into oostal grievances has been lined for 1912. Thirty thousand pounds has been offered to the University of London anonymously to build schools of architecture, sculpture, and eugenics in connection with the University College. New York, December 14. In Arizona tlie Democrats captured the Governorship and the United States Senate and the State, and one seat in the House of Ilepvcscntativos. A clean sweep by the Democratic Party is likely. A single armed man at Everett, Washington, held up a bank at the revolver’s point, and vanished after securing three hundred pounds. At San Francisco ex-Maynr Spbniitz lias been indicted on a charge cf, receiving a bribe of ten thousand pounds in connection with the municipal scandals following the 1906 earthquake. Manila, December 14. Scouts operating against outlaws at Maindanao killed 42 in a single engagement. The scouts had no casualties.