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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 12, 27 December 1911, Page 6

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(Received 20, 9.5 a.m.) London, December 25

in a lire at ISetlinal Green a woman was killed, jumping with a child in eacli arm from a height of sixty feet. I ne children ware nnnnrtr

A Royal Commission recommends the provision and endowment by private benefaction of dental buildings at the London University before any scheme of reorganisation is submitted to Parliament.

Twenty cases of suspected ptomaine poisoning followed a public Jiimer at Cardiff 'through die eating of pork. One victim developed acute typhoid.

Two hundred and ninety vessels of a tonnage of 1,074,019 were launched in cne north-east coast building yards in 1911, establishing a record. 'J he output of the Clyde yards was eO3 vessels, -also a record.

The cotton mill owners met at^Manchester and declared a lock-out on Wednesday, affecting 160,000 hands. The mills will remain closed till the non-unionist question is settled. Owing to the Lancashire lock-out, the sub-committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions will shortly consider the question of calling out all members of unions not involved in the dispute, or the establishment of a Fighting fund to meet future similar emergencies in any given trade.

The river Shannon is eleven feet above normal. There has been a great inundation of the countryside, and many dwellings have been a band.mod. i'liore have been devastating floods in North King’s County, Longford, and Roscommon.