GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 23, 25 January 1913, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

(By Electric Telegraph .—Copyr igh t .) (United Press Association.) (Received 8.5 a.m.) London, January 21. "The battle cruiser Australia will do her trials on February Bth, concluding at Spithead on March 4th. Washington, January 24. 'The ‘postal officials have discovered , postage stamp frauds involving millions of dollars. Regular brokers existed to- put stolen stamps in circula- . tlon r and thousands of firms were robbed yearly. The burglars were always able to dispose of the stamps, consequently such a form of robbery was frequent,, and led, to many arrests. (Received 9.35 a.m.) • London, January 24. The Rev. Mr. Mitchell, Moderator of the Church of Scotland, presided at a banquet'at Edinburgh as a farewell to Rev. William Borland, who proceeds 'to the-Scots’ Church, Melbourne, .(Received 10.25 a.m.) .[London, January 24. The King’s Bench awarded the Mar- • i coni Company -£6OOO against Goukaslibff for breach of contract in connection with a Russian company. (Received 10.25 a.m.) St. Petersburg, January 24. ' Several Government engineers, incltkling'Saleeki, have been indicted for embezzlement. ■ Saleski defrauded the ' State of £IOO,OOO in twelve months in the construction of roads. Aden, January 21. The Estonia-was being towed to pore When she exploded and foundered.