GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 13, 28 December 1911, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyrigl t.) (.United Press Association.) London, Decern her 25. There was bright weather tor Christmas. The King and Queen exchanged greetings with the members of the Royal Family at Sandringham. There was an enormous exodus to holiday resorts and large congregations atended the church services. The London football attracted fortyseven thousand, Tottenham thirtythree thousand and Fulham twentythree thousand. Large use was made of the cinematographs at hospital entertainments.

The Dublin correspondent of “The Times” states with reference to the Papal decree prohibiting Catholics suing clergy in State Courts, that transgression involves a sentence of excommunication as already pronounced. Fie

adds that absolution from excommunication is specially reserved excommunication is specially reserved to the Pope. The decree similarly penalises those enacting laws or decrees against the liberty and rights of the church. Thus every member of Parliament legislating and every executive officer promulgating such laws comes within the scope 'of the decree. Nationalists already realise the possibilities of the decree as an instrument of battle against Home Pule. The correspondent adds: For the second time within a few years the church has dealt the cause of separation a heavy blow. The steamer Lincairn, which has ar-

rived in the Clyde, picked up seven of the crew of the English steamer Guillemot, which foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Sixteen were drowned. The Lincairn also witnessed the foundering of an unknown Spanish steamer but was unable to rescue anyone.

The Marconi operator at Delhi says he readily communicated with a French warship and Cadiz, but it was some time before Gibraltar or a British warship acknowledged his signals. Australasia defeated Halifax by I goals and Jive tries to a goal and a try. There were 12,000 spectators. The game was fast. Francis scored one try and converted three. At Toronto a street car crowded with church-goers ran off the lino at a curve and upset. One woman was killed and several were injured. A

number of passengers fell through windows and were pinned underneath the side of the car. The motorman has been arrested pending investigation. Reports from Winnipeg state that a blizzard is raging in the prairie and telegraph communicataiou with many districts is cut off. New York, December 26. A trolley-car with thirty-five passengers leapt over a bridge near Pottsville, Pennsylvania, and fell twenty feet into the river, where the water was only six feet deep. Nobody wars killed but many were injured. Madrid, December 26. Natives near Melilla attacked the Spaniards. There was severe fighting. Nine Spaniards wore killed and thirty-eight wounded. The natives lost heavily. Several thousand tribesmen attacked Taurirtzag on Saturday night and were repulsed. Seventeen Spaniards, including five officers, were killed, and forty wounded. ~,. > | { • Paris, December! 25.' Further search showed- that-jewels were not stolen from Madame Lantelmo’s' grave, but were all found in an envelope under J a pillow. The value of the jewels does not exceed £2OOO. A tube containing 45,000 francs’ worth of radium has been either lost or stolen. Finders are warned against ' the dangers of handling the substance. - !

The Government proposes in the Chamber a subsidy of twenty million sterling spread over twenty-five years to. the Messageries Mari tines Company and the Societe do Tubes dc Navigation- for mail and other services to the Far East, Australia, East Africa, Brazil and the River Plate, The bulk will be devoted to the construction of nineteen-knot steamers convertible to auxiliary cruisers. Berne, December 25. An Italian couple have Ircen arrested at Mdntraix for robbing the Italian Princess Royal of £25,600. A train was derailed at Chiasso. Four passengers were killed and fifteen injured, several mortally. ,(,( A seventy-mile gale unrooted eighteen thousand trees at the Neuchatel forests. N - An averlanche at Eigcrgletchoer overtook a Grindelwald ski party, killing three. Berlin, December 26. The Crown Prince, who is at Dantzig, is suffering from an affection of the larnyx. The Kaiser has decorated the, Minister for Foreign Affairs with the Order of the Red Eagle. The “Post” declares that Germany must strike while the iron is hot ana secure possession of Portuguese Africa. Perhaps it may eventually become possible to induce Britain to cede Rhodesia and France the remainder of the Congo thus assuring a mighty German Empire in Central Africa, It is understood that the condition of the Crown Prince’s throat is duo to excessive cigarette smoking. Vienna,’ December 25. The Emperor, evincing a thorough knowledge of events in Tripoli, gave a long audience to an Austrian officer from the seat of war. Teheran, December 27. Kazerun attacked a number of Indian sowars, killing one. A punitive party was afterwards sent to the bills. Algiers, December 25. The Chesapeake’s missing boat has landed. Calcutta, December 25. The troops on the Abor expedition are delighted with the King’s Christmas greetings, wishing them speedy success. Delhi, December 26. Obituary: The Maharajah of Nabha, Sir Hira Singh. Malta. December 26. Archbishop Bourne lias arrived to arrange the next Eucharistic Congress for the island in 191.3 or 1911. Cairo, December 25. The financial adviser’s annual note emphasises the satisfactory condition of Egyptian finance.