SUN CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 20, 24 September 1913, Page 5

SUN CABLES.

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INCREASE IN SUNDAY TRADING.

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] Times—Svd.n ky Sun Special Caiiles.

(Received 8.0 a.m.) London, September 23. A monster meeting of shopkeepers at the Agricultural Hall expressed alarm and regret at the great increase in Sunday trading in all the important centres in Britain. PAY OF A LONDON POSTMAN. London, September 23. The postal authorities declare that the increases claimed by the staff involve an additional expenditure of ten million yearly. The board recommends an increase aggregating a million claims that 37s per week is ample pay for a position in London afer ten years' service working forty-eight hours weekly.

DECLINE IN BIBLE-READING

London, September 23. The Bishop of Exeter in a speech regretted the great decline in both family and private bible-reading. One of the principal causes, he said, was tilt' multiplication of literature through cheap newspapers and exciting stories. GOOD OLD "PUNCH." London, September 23. From October, the cover design of "Punch" will be printed in two colours. This is the first change to be made for nearly 70 years. BRITISH VITAL STATISTICS. Loudon, September 23. The Registrar-General in his repart for 1911 shows that Britain's marriage and death rates were below the average for the preceding decennial. The birth-rate was 2.8, which is under the average, and the lowest on record. The provincial figures for 1912 indicate a further fall. LONDON'S PROTECTED AIRWAY. London, September 23. The Government has prohibited th' navigation of aeroplanes above London within a radius of four miles from Charing Cross. ZOLA'S STATUE. Paris, September 23. A delegation from the Literary Congress visited the Palais Justice to lay a tvreath on the statue of Zola. The officials proclaimed ignorance of its existence, and the delegation was extremely angry. The Radical papers are furious at the mislaying cf the statue, which is Bft high. After several hours' search it was discovered in a lumber room.

MORMON COLONIES IN MEXICO. Mexico City, September 23. Large Mormon colonies in Mexico propose to remove to Calgary, owing to trouble arising through the revolution.

TOM MANN SNUBBED. Ontario, September 23. Tom Mann, addressing the workers, made a Socialistic reference to the Monarchy. As a protest the president of the Trades Hall led the National Anthem. Mr Mann then disappeared from the gathering.

THE PORTERHOUSE STEAK. | Xew York, September 23. At the Meat Packers' Conference ai i St. Louis, President Bischoff predicted that owing to the decline of cattleraising in the United States the porter. house steak ten years hence will cost a dollar. The Press cites the importations of Australian and Argentine meat to rebut the prophecy, KING CONSTANTINE'S TOUR. , Paris, September 23. The Press declares that King Constantino's speech at the Elysee luncheon was unsatisfactory. They consider it stilled and labored to the extent even of warranting the withdrawal of the French military mission from Greece. A PREMIUM ON PRECOCITY. London, Sepember 23. The Times, commenting on the awarding to candidates for naval cadets of "honorable mention" in its published lists, says that it regards the innovation with no slight misgiving. Tt is a very bad thing for boys under 14 years of age. and leads to the premature forcing of the selection of those mentally precocious wit li uncorresponding physical development.