MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.
The authorities at Sierra Leone arrested several hundred chiefs, in an effort to stamp out the recrudescence of murders and horrible cannibal rites of the Human Leopard Society. Wells, who several times broke the bank at Monte Carlo, has been sentenced to five years’, and Jean Burns, his mistress, to thirteen months’ imprisonment. The Senate of the Cambridge University, by 435 to 32G votes, agreed to the throwing open of degrees of divinity to laymen and nonconformist ministers. Duncan Brow (an engineer), Win. Byrne (a bookmaker), John Watts (a printer), and George Wallace (an engineer), have been committed for trial in London for forgery and coining. A cyclonic storm caused great damage to the harbour craft at Bombay. Many natives were drowned. In 1915 the German fleet v, ill consist of 39 battleships, 20 armoured cruisers, and 37 protected cruisers. Four men were killed at a Leeds foundry through the capsizing of a cauldron of four tons of molten metal. A by-election in Bolton to fill the vacancy caused by Mr Hardwood’s death resulted as follows :—Taylor (Liberal) 10,001, Brooks (Unionist) 8835..
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/STEP19121125.2.4
Bibliographic details
Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 78, 25 November 1912, Page 2
Word Count
184MISCELLANEOUS CABLES. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 78, 25 November 1912, Page 2
Using This Item
Copyright undetermined – untraced rights owner. For advice on reproduction of material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in