GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 44, 20 February 1913, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

PARIS EN FETE. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) (Received 8.0. a.in.) Paris, February 19. Patriotism evoked by the military proposals and the fact that M. Poincaire was a native of Lorraine, led to a remarkable demonstration in the streets. Many shops were shut, and Parisians made a holiday of the afternoon. (Received 9.40 a.m.) London, February 19. Mr McCalmont (Unionist), sou of the late member, has been elected unopposed for East Antrim. A PECULIAR TASTE. j Brisbane, February 19. Henry Hugh Clarke, horse trainer, and George Peeps, a jockey, have been committed for trial for doing grievous bodily harm to Herbert McDermott. McDermott testified that in an altercation in a railway carriage Peeps gripped his ear with his teeth and ripped it down. He heard Peeps remark, ‘T have bit his ear off, and spat it out of the window.” \ CATHOLICS PROTEST AGAINST “WESTWARD HO.” j London, February 19. The Catholics at Glossop (Derby' headed by Canon Harkins, threaten to refuse to pay rates unless “Westward Ho” is withdrawn from the schools. Monsignor Robert Benson is supporting them.