GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 87, 11 April 1912, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

(By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright.) (United Press Association.) (Received 11, 10.50 a.m.) London, April 10. Captain J. Morrison, Unionist member for Nottingham, lias resigned on account of his health. Lloyds’ return of vessels under construction, exclusive of warships, gives an aggregate of 1,680,898 tons, which is a record. The American visible wheat supply is 109,210,000 bushels. The Empire Trade Commissioners shortly meet in London to arrange their tour. It is expected that Australia will be first visited. The King has accepted a small gold shield subscribed for by members of the Church Array, mostly in pence, inscribed: “Gratitude to God for protecting your Majesties during your Indian tour.” (Received 11, 12.25 p.lu.) Paris, April 10. The police have discovered a robbery and murder gang at Chalons which is believed to be tho gang responsible for four of the recent murders. One arrest was effected. (Athens, April JO. There have been several earthquakes at Ccphalonia and Ithaca. Several houses were destroyed, but no fatalities are recorded. (Received 11,12.25 p.m.) ■ New York, April 10. Mr Roosevelt beat Mr Taft' by a hundred thousand votes at the Illinois State primaries. The Rooseveltianr are.jubilant at the result of the first straight trial of the opposing forces. The crew of the steamer Ontario escaped to the shore, leaving the vessel in flames. She lies <on the rocks and flames are pouring from all sides. 1 A heavy sea is battering her, to pieces, presenting a remarkable spectacle. All her cargo is lost. (Received 11, 12.25 p.m.) Capetown, April 10. Sir T. W. Smart will be unanimously elected Leader of the Opposition in, succesion to Sir L. S. Jameson. (Received 11, 12.25 p.m.) Lisbon, April 10. Two motor busses collided on a hill near Oporto. One was hurled over a precipice and nine passengers were killed while seven are in a critical condition. ( (Received 11, 12.25 p.m.) Tokio, April 10. The Government has decided on participation in the international loan to China, conditional on recognition of Japan’s ■special interests in Manchuria and the exclusion of Manchuria from the loan syndicate’s operations. London, April 10. The King cordially endorsed the Primate’s appeal to the young clergy to volunteer as chaplains for India. He trusts that the Church of England will always realise thaj one part of her vocation is to minister to those who, amid peculiar trials of faith and circumstances of special' isolation, arc serving' God in the great work of governing. India. , The Daily News is attacking the Government for neglecting aeroplanes. Great Britain, it says, has only six officers flying regularly, and -only onthoroughly up-to-date aeroplane, compared with 500 ■ aviators in France, and hundreds in (Germany. Ottawa, April 10. The West Indies agreement remains secret pending its submission to Parliament. An official statement declarer that it provides for / generous reciprocal preference. New York, April 10. Edward Kinsman has confessed to the recent taxi-cab robbery, implicating others. lA. portion of the stoles jewellery has been recovered. Kinsman. was sentenced to three and a half years’ imprisonment in Singsing prison. A freight train racing to reach a siding at' Sacramento before another train, collided with a motor train. Thirteen passengers and two trainmen were seriously injured. The wreckage of both trains littered the tracks. '■ Washington, April 10. Kagan and Liehatkof, two Social Democrats, have escaped from Siberia, and have been granted admission tc the United- States on the ground of being political refugees. Mexico City, April 10. In a battle between the Federals and rebels at Jojutla, 500 are reported to have been killed. Cairo, April 10. A terrible panic followed the collision on the Nile. The number drowned is still unknown.