GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 18, 13 September 1912, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright

(.United Press Association.) (Received 12.05 p.m.) San Francisco, September 12. A sharp shock of earthquake caused some excitement in business in the district. No damage was done and the shock only lasted a few seconds. Ottawa, September 12.

Mr Foster leaves for Australia in February. He goes to England first to attend the meetings of the Imperial Trade Commission in October. (Received 12 noon.) London, September 12. The War Office will probably forbid tho use of monoplanes by country officers till investigations are made to secure greater safety. Automatic signalling for the tube railways has hitherto been regarded as practically infallible. It is severely criticised in the Railway Review, which declares that failure is not uncommon and accidents are only averted by the men's promptitude. The authorities reply that no accidents occurred for seven years.

Troops manoeuvring last week in East Anglia were put to a severe test by the cold and rain. They were bivouacked for two nights in a downpour without fires. Thirty thousand, constituting a column ten miles long, inarched 2t) miles on a single road. Paris, September 12.

The Minister of Agriculture is seeking a credit of £IO,OOO to combat a plague of field mice in the eastern departments.