Second Edition GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 14, 29 December 1911, Page 6

Second Edition GENERAL CABLES.

1 BIG BILLIARDS

(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) London, December 28. Reece has scored 2727 and Lindrum 1539. CONGO NATIVES IN REVOLT. Brussels, December 28. Reports from Bomba state that the whole of the Welle district of the Congo has revolted. , The insurgents are armed with Mauser rifles. Two thousand troops have been sent to quell the rising. POISONED PAUPERS. Berlin, December 28. Thirty-six paupers succumbed after partaking of smoked fish. (Received 29, 11.55 a.m.) _ Berlin, December 29. Fifty of the paupers poisoned at the municipal shelter have died. A number have fallen dead in the streets. A post-mortem examination reveals bacterial poisoning. INTERNATIONAL ANIMOSITY. Berlin, December 23. Serious concern is manifested at the Italians’ growing animosity to everything German. The transaction of business is described as daily more The Berliner Tagoblatt opposes the suggestion for a German boycott of Italy and Italian goods,' arguing that it would be unwise to widen the breach between the two countries. AN ACTRESS ROBBED. (Received 29, 9.30 a.m.) Paris, December 28. At Monte Carlo thieves stunned the housemaid of Madame Lionas, an actress, in her flat, and stole pearls valued at twenty thousand pounds. Two arrests were made. THE SPITALFIELDS TRAGEDY. (Recived 29, 9.30 a.m.) London, December 28. Abramovitch, a Russian coster, has been arrested in with .the Spitalfields double murder. He confessed, and alleged that the crime was committed as revenge for losses at gambling.

ADVERTISING AUSTRALIA.. , (Received 29, noon.) London, December 28. Sir George Reid lias arranged with the North-Eastern Railway for largo produce' exhibitions, including York, •Newcastle, and Darlington, remaining a month at each station. PRICE OF SILVER. WIA-8 ! (Received 29, noon.) London, December 29. -- -: - r Silver,- 25 J-d .• - MANY PROSECUTIONS PROProovi \fS Vr) ti s (Received 29, noon.) London, December 28. A high Canadian emigration authority, interviewed by the “Pall Mall Gazette,” states that the number of unscrupulous agents has enormously increased, and a series of prosecutions are probable. A COUNTERFEITER’S SCHEME, ant: .nJ.vJi-L, : r. r~rntrujii cm J-y. ? »vud ' art (ReceivePit:29.,-I'l ? spirvim.) • ,d !!lw iliw-n N T fW ■jXflrkirifificernber 28. A scheme has been; discovered for, swamping Central America with bad money. Ten millions is reported to have actually been put into circulation.' Two Nicaraguan Cabinet Ministers are reported to be implicated. THREE SAILORS”DROWNED. (Received, x 29. 11 55 a.m.) Halifax, December 28. The British steamer Ren wick collided with the Atlantic French Mail steamer Saint Pierre of Miquelon. The Renwick sank, three ■ saiim s being drowned. TERRIBLE FIRE IN A PICTURE THEATRE. THREE CHILDREN HILLED. : , , \-i : > . (Received 29, 9.30 a.m.) London, December 28. Three children were injured during a fire in a picture palace at Chesterfield, and succumbed to their injuries. Twenty others were removed to the hospital. The first child, ablaze, rushed about the room igniting others One was seriously burned endeavouring to extinguish the flames. Children ablaze struggled down the narrow stairway into the street, where the crowd extinguished the flames.