GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 81, 28 November 1912, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

(By Eledtric Telegraph.—Copyright.)

(United Press Association.)

. , Melbourne, November 27. The report of the Australasian Temperance and General .Manual Life Assurance (Society for the y,«ayc ended September 30, shows a large expansion of business. The total income was £402,790*,' an increase of £37)891. The funds have expanded by The rate of (interest carried £4 11s. . London, NovembdF27. Justice Neville has sanctioned the reorganisation of the New .Zealand Loan anti Mercantile Agency Emergency Committee. , ; ' . Madrid, Novembjii' ,27. The Oha nitre r has created if resident Catialoja-s's widow a duchess, find his children dukes, with the rank of grandees. ;,M|

Forty thousand attended thp funeral of' the Billion victims. The procession was three, hours passing;..The-studcnta carried forty-six coffins. ii Sydney, Three groups of steamship owners are challenging the validity Mr. Justice Higgins’s recent aiyardiin the Merchant Servipo G'uilj case.'Qo the ground that the interstate shipping is beyond th.o’ jurisdiction pf the Federal Courts

London, November 27. Concerning the gold theft it appears that after (the lids had boon secured and the iron bands sealed, tkq'gold was taken in vans from St. Katherine’s Dock 'and placed lorn the stmnner for Bremen. Between] Bremen and Trieste there are four ' 1 changes oi trains'. When received tat Alexandria the. contents of two 3eases rattled. Lloyds’ agent was called'and opened ■the box. The lead was exactly e.qu:va- ■ lent to the weight of g(M found. The police believe that the •theft waft made between Bremen and Trieste, when in charge of the German postal authorities. Frequent' changes, of railway gnardp'dacilitated tlio, theft. Thq loss falls on Lloyds. ‘ . Brisbane, November 27. ji The Council amended i tlio Liquor ' Bill, increasing the pemmtiige of electors required to vote on any resolution from 25 to 50; also requiring a threefifths majority to carry-any. resolution. (Received 8.10 aim.) 1 - f London, Novornher 27. The conference between; Mr Lloyd- : George and the doctoifc has concluded. Indications point to if possible settlement. ■ i 1 Before the Parliamentary - Committee appointed to consider 1 the Trade Union Bill, the Labour representatives : proposed an amendnveut, ika-king a contribution to the political fund a condition of admission do trade unions in the future. Sir Riifus Isaacs r.ehis--led to accept it. Ml} Ramsay McDonald urged that unions ought to have the right to impose, : all the rules on now members, although existing members had secured thqiiright ; to contract out. The amendment was rejected by 25 votes to 10. j■ i James Farmer, /the .alleged head of the Anglo-American Authors Association, and eleven 'others/,have been indicted'for using the mails to defraud. It is alleged that: the Asfjociahou sold rare books at fupuious 'prices. Ihe books were , -' ,, Wsrtjbßss/ and ftho company made a profit pi a million dollais Ten, thousand workmen'!-struck at the Carnegie steel works' fits Pittsburg owing to the discharge of'four employees. The company j® willing to concede other demands, but '-not reinstate the men. Di ■' (Received 10.Ju. )• London, iScjveihber 97, At the Putumayo enquiry l Barns, who visited Putumayo on behalf of the British Amazon Company,;. Stated that the system of forced labour was indistinguishable. from slavery. Ho agreed than some local managprsrwpro aiari derers, bandits, 1 and pirates; and weio criminally culpable, but ho -would not say the same of tlio British directors, though they ought to liaVedaidwn cho conditions of affairs.

During the hearing of tlmi espionage charge, it was stated that the bank notes found on Parrott iiaeh boon traced to Baclpnvadcn. A naval -witness testified that it was unlikely Parrocl had access to important documents. Mrs. Sydney Nowill, wife of a Sheffield manufacturer, mysteriously disappeared from $ fashion able • hotel in New Quay, dames Delationretired Singapore solicitor residing ;j at tiie same hotel, after participating.in the search, became distraught rfud-doimnit-cetl suicide. A codicil to Delay's will left Mrs. Nowiil a considerable ’ su-n. Evidence at the inquest on - Delay indicated only friendliness between deceased and Mrs. Nowill. London, November '.27. There have been no fi^eslmbases of foot and mouth disease for 1 !-seven weeks, and the restrictions have been abolished. f ■; 1

The newspapers consider that l Senator Raynor’s death seriouslyi diarapcis the tariff revision. It reduces the Democrats’ majority to bndlilTThe hilling of the vacancy rests with! the Governor of. Maryland, who is; -likely to nominate a Republican, thus equalising the parties, and making only conservative revision possible, Unless republican insurgents help Democrats. Sydney, N In the Assembly, Mr Gann stated that the Harbour Trust was giving £SO to.- the relatives of each? -njiehiber of the crew of the dredge Manciiesteiq and an additional £.lO to every child under fourteen years. Some relatives are in England, Germany, Frahccyu and Switzerland, whom the Tni,jti are exerting their best efforts to trace-.,■ Advices from 'Noumea' state! i that the plague is increasing, "'iii' deaths having occurred, including |*oo Europeans. Energetic, steps /a-Vo being taken to stamp out t di Sense, • aiu! the town has boon oxTiciallyi declared infected. A special vote of ££ooo has been passed toy burning tlondemncd buildings and Taking other measure®. Thousands .of doses of lymph have been taken by steamer. , Melbourne, November-28. Mr Bramwell Edotli is anxious to visit Australia, and hopes, do .do ®o within two years.- li|v d > In the turf slander case, Atknte v. Wren, the Court held .that ringing-in had been proved. The pony Ladylike was really Truelove. Judgment was given for defendant in regard to the slander, but as he had > exceeded his power® in converting iheopqny to his own purposes'' hnd detaining nher, plaintiff was awarded £5 on conversion claim /and £45 for detention ■ of the pony, to bp reduced to rim? provided the pony. was delivered in three days. o -