GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 30, 18 January 1912, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

SEVERAL FIREMEN INJ URED. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press' Association.) (Received 18, 12.25 p.m.) New York, January 17. Fire swept a ,sovcn-storicd warehouse of the Terminal Warehouse Co. near North River. Several firemen were severely injured. The loss is estimated at £250,000. London, January 17. The Young Men’s Christian Association fund is now £38,317. Sir Richard Solomon has opened preliminary negotiations with a view to South African produce, particularly fruit, being admitted to Franco on the minimum tariff. Mr Hammerstein states that unless opera lovers subscribe for boxes and the stalls it will ho impossible for him to continue his London Opera House, whereon £350,000 was spent. Stockholm, January 17. The Government announces that a Bill is to be brought forward conferring on women the suffrage and admitting their eligibility to Parliament. Berlin, January 17. The explosion is attributed to a portion of molten iron ore becoming sot in the upper part of the furnace, forming a vacuum sufficient to burst the furnace. Eight were instantly engulfed in the torrent of molten metal, and others missing are believed to lio beneath the ruins of the furnace. Ottawa, January 17. Numerous nuggets of gold being found in fowls fed on a farm near Minitonas, tho whole population of the village stampeded to stake claims. It is believed the amounts of gold are not large. Washington, January 17.

■ The United States have served notice on President Gomez that the United States will intervene in Cuba if further attempts are made by tho veterans’ organisation to nullify the law prohibiting interference by tho military authorities with politics. The veterans declared that there had been active displacement from tho Civil Service of sympathisers with the Spanish cause during the rebellion. New York, January 17.

A head-on collision occurred at Longrun, Kentucky, a passenger train being derailed owing to its contact with a train of empty cars. Four trainmen were killed, and all passengers slightly injured. Eileen Martin, aged seven, signalled with a flag to the east-bound overland limited train at Sacramento in time to provent it striking a broken trail. The train would certainly have been wrecked had it not boon for the girl’s action. The company promises the child a handsome reward for her bravery. Capetown, January 17. Mr Merriman deplored that the Civil Service of South Africa was not under a standing commission and beyond political influence, similar to Australia. Despite tho national convention suggesting this, there was no indication that such a system was likely to he established, though there was much dissatisfaction, owing to the exorcise of political interest.