MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 67, 12 November 1912, Page 6

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

Obituary: Penley, the comedian. A revolution has broken out in the State of. Ceara, in Eastern Brazil.

The disabled Star of Australia has arrived at Aden, having been towed 600 miles by the Glenlochy.

Thirty persons were killed on the Tazoo-Mississippi railroad by freight and passenger trains colliding. Tim victims were so mangled as to make identification difficult.

Reports of a hurricane that visited Chinchilla, Clareville, and Hughendenen show that it unroofed houses and uprooted trees. A shearer was struck by lightning, but not fatally. A London jury found a verdict of “guilty” against Titus, who recently ran amock in Tottenham Court Road. Titus, who remained mute throughout the trial, was ordered to he detained as insane. The judge ordered the division of £2OO among his five captors for their bravery. In the House of Commons Premier Asquith referred to a select committee a question of Mr Stuart Samuel’s ©legibility to retain his seat as member for Whitechapel owing'to the Indian Government purchasing large quantities of silver through the firm in which Mr Samuel is partner.

Continuing his evidence before the Marconi Committee, Mr King, Secretary of the Post Office, said the Post Office had the power to inspect the Marconi process, but ho admitted; the Post; Office did not know whether the company possessed any secret process. The Government was bound to consult the company before adopting any improvement. He also admitted the company dropped the monopoly clause in the provisional agreement on the day before the debate in the House of Commons.