GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 89, 10 December 1912, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

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: (By Electric Telegraph. —Copyright.) (United Press Association.) (Received 10, 10.10 a.m.) Lonilou, December 9. An explosion occurred at a-cinemato-graph entertainment at Rio Janeiro, inreo persons were killed and many injured. WHEN THE ICE BROKE. London, December 9. Seven girls were playing on a frozen river at Asclmffenbni'g, wiii'ii tne ice broke, anil six wore drowned. TAXI CAB ROBBERY. (Received 10, 10.2-5 h.m.) London, December 9. James Gale (carman) and George Hayes (porter), charged with a taxicab robbery in Edgcware Road on No-j vein her 7,’ have been sentenced to 1 twenty-two mouths’ imprisonment, and Leslie Gale (pawnbroker’s assistant) to three years’ imprisonment.

SEAMEN’S WAGES. London, December h. The South Shields Seamen’s aid Firemen’s I uion passed a resol it.on of appreciation of the ship owueis’ voluntary increases, and expressing the opinion, that the union considered the time opportune for establishing a National Wages Board to st .iid U'di;se wages on all British ships. MARCONI ENQUIRY. London, December 9. Before the Marconi Committee enquiry, J. A. Taylor, wireless engineer, ing adviser to tne Tost Office, minuted that ho bad purere md Ma-eoi shares on which he made a profit of 50 pi > cent.. It was a bona tide um-1 uem uml not influenced b\ >te pus sibility of a Government contract. Ho added' that Mr. Samuel viewed the speculation seriously and reduced the witness’s rank.

THE DOUBLE SUICIDE. (Received 10, 10.45 a.m.) London, December 9. Regarding the suicide of “Captain’ - Willis and Mrs; Lily Allen at Paris, Willis’s relatives scale that Willis (though married) became infatuated and rascinatecl with a foreigner at Ostend. Toe pair came to London, whore, however, the position became intolerable, and they uod co l aris. The woman pawned ner jewellery and clothes. Wuiis returned to London, but failed to obtain money, lie went to Paris on the woman’s urgent appeal for help, and took two revolvers witli him, RAILWAY UNREST. (Received 10, 10.25 a.m.) London, December 9. Twelve hundred North-Eastern and Tyne dockers have struck in sympathy. The coal trade is being held up, and much shipping is idle. Railway men are appealing to the Amalgamated Union to declare a national strike. Trade unionists officially deny Mr Wolrnor’s statement that the trade union ballots had been irregularly conducted.

NORTH MOUNT LYELL. (Received 10, 8.0 a.m.) Hobart, December 10. The bodies of McCarthy, McCashlaud, .Burke, Bianciuui, and Rolfe were reco.v,creel from the -North -Mount Lyell indie at tlie 700 feet level. They were buried in the cemctery at Quecastown. The funeral was the largest ever witnessed in the West, practically the whole population of Queenstown being present.