GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 5, 31 December 1912, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

TRAIN COLLISION. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) * London, December 30. A local train collided with a theatrical train at Wolverhampton, but there were no fatalities. • Several members of the Wild Australia Go. were slightly injured. A valuable buckjninper was rescued uninjured, though the horsebox which it occupied was telescoped; A BOOM YEAR. (Received 8.0 a.m.) London, December 30. The number of bankruptcies in 1912 total 7874, being the lowest since 1898, which is attributed to the great boom in trade. ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON. Julia Culp Dentsct, a singer, was robbed of £2500 worth of jewels at Liverpool on the boat' or train. THE FRENCH PRESIDENCY. (Received 9.30 a.m.) Paris, December 30. After an interview with M. Poiiin caire, M. Ribot announced that he would persist in his candidature fertile Presidency. WHOLESALE ARREST AS SPIES. Berlin, December 30. Thirty .men and women, including Germans and Russians, have been arrested for alleged spying on behalf of Russia. v Documents show that they intended to destroy the Breslati railway bridges in the event of a German mobilisation. THE VICEROY OF INDIA. Calcutta, December 30. Further skiagrams disclose a small piece of metal in Lord Hardirige’c neck. SELF GOVERNMENT FOR INDIA. , ’ Calcutta, December 30. Tire Congress has closed. It adopted a resolution in favour of provincial autonomy. It was stated that the Indians wanted colonial self-govern-ment in the more remote future. THE AWFUL AVALANCHE.

(Received 11.50 a.m.) • Ottawa, December 30. An avalanche carried off a carpenter’s shop, with thirteen men, at Fernio coalmines. Five of the men were dead when the party was rescued. ■ THE DYNAMITERS. New York, December 30. At Indianopolis sentences varying from one to seven years were imposed on the Labour leaders. Ryan was sentenced to- seven years; Tviet- . more and Clancy, to six each; and the others to lesser terms. Edward Clark, the confessed dynamiter, who turned State evidence, was released on suspended sentence. GARMENT WORKERS ON STRIKE New York, December 30. w Bightye thousand .gawaent workers are on strike, and 3000 firms are affected.