GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 85, 5 December 1912, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES.

THE INDIAN SILVER RING. 'By . Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) London, December 4. Sir Stuart Samuel, giving evidence before the Committee, said that the silver purchase was entirely conducted by his partner. Witness personally was not cognisant of the transaction. . A ring existed in India to buy up silver. His firm was the only one not connected with it, and therefore the Indian Office employed him to make secret purchases. AUSTRALIAN CABLE RATES. London, December 4. The Hon. H. Samuel, in reply to Mr Harry Lawson, said that the terminal charges in Australia prevented a larger reduction in the cable rates. THE NEW QUAY TRAGEDY. London, December 4. Legal opinion is that Mrs Nowill having predeceased Delay, the legacy is jroid. The Coroner believed that Delay treated the woman in a heartless manner, but it, is improbable that he forced her over the cliff. PROSPERITY IN BRITISH TRADE

London, December 4

The newspapers anticipate considerable activity on the Stock Exchange directly peace is assured, as British trade is enjoying unbounded and unprecedented prosperity. The editor of the Business Prospects Year Book predicts that in 1913 industries generally will be working with feverish activity, and that the year will constitute a boom period. The demand Will be in excess of the siipply, and of all commodities will be high'. 1 ' Wages will be good and iVnemploymcnt at the minimum. Industrial undertakings have made exceptional -profits, LABOUR DEPARTMENT’S REPORT < ), ', i ( Louden, December 4. A trade report states that 961,980 were involved in'’ strikes in" I9il, constituting a record.' The Labour Department’s reporW sbows that 133 pro-fit-sharing schemes involving 106,000 workers survived, ! out of 300 started since 1894. The profits in 1911 represented an addition of 5i per cent, to the wages. TRAIN COLLISION. New York, December 4. Two trains on the Pennsylvania railroad collided at Zanesville. Ohio, and were wrecked to matchwood. Five passengers were killed and twenty injured.

LYNCH LAW. New ' York, December 4. Governor Bleaso, of South Carolina, speaking at the Governors’ Convention at Richmond, Virginia, defended lynching when black brutes attacked white women. It was only necessary to get the right man, and then, those concerned need not receive a trial. Governor Biease said that he would never order the State militia to shoot lynchers. Other governors attacked Governor Blease’s attitude. THEOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS. London, December 4. By a large majority, the convocation of Oxford University has removed the restrictions confining theology examinations to Anglicans, and it will also open the divinity degree to non-Angli-cans.