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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 11, 23 December 1911, Page 6

LATEST CABLES.

ifirst Edition.

The following appeared in our Second Edition of yesterday :■ —■

Qly Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (.United Press Association.J (Received 22, 11.5 a.in.) London, December 21. There have been continuous rains throughout England. Silver, 25 3-16 d. Mr G. A. lied ford has resigned his positioner of examiner of plays, to which ho was appointed in 1395. The not personalty in the estate of Captain William Warner, formerly connected witli .North Australian pastoral pursuits, lias been proved at £131,470. Ottawa, .December 21.

The Minister of Militia proposes a training school for every regiment in Canada and arrangements have been made for 1912 to train upwards of twenty-five thousand cadets. Crime ‘is .rampant at Winnipeg and dozens of citizens have been hold-up at the revolver’s point and robbed. The police have arrested ten suspects. Several persons were beaten as well as robbed. Messrs. Morine, Lake, and Dncharme have been appointed a Commission to investigate working expenditure of Government Departments. It is reported from Dawson City that a scheme for the annexation of the Yukon territory to British Columbia has aroused opposition. Yukoners declare that British Columbia wishes to capture the Yukon tiade and exclusively control the gold cutput. New York, December 2l At the Indianopolis trial the County Prosecutor was fined for contempt of Court. A member of the Grand Jury holding the investigation became insane, and was removed to an _^syhim. (Received 22, 10.40 a.in.) Hobart, December 22. Dr. Mawson’s ship the Aurora had a rough trip. In the neighbourhood of the Macquarie Islands she encountered heavy seas, half of the bridge being washed away. A seaman was swept overheard but he was recovered by means-of a rope.