GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 96, 23 December 1913, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES.

THE WATERS OF BABYLON.

L iiY ELBOTKIO 'iEIiEUKAI'H—COI'XIUGHT] iIMES—SYDNEY SUN tii'EdlAli UABLES. Baghdad, December 21.

Tlio Hinduwah barrage Juis been inaugurated by the \ alt Baghdad. it diverts water into the old channel of the Euphrates, passing b ytlie site of mbyion. A VALUABLE VIOLIN. London, .December 21. Mischa Elman, the famous young violinist, who will visit Australia n. ■June, ivill take with him a Stradivarius violin made in 1722, and worth £2OOO.

WAGNER'S "PARL'IFAL."

London, December 21

The copyright ot "Wagner's opera, "Parsifal," mil expire on December ,si. Arrangements are being made to perform the opera at Govern; Garden .London), in Paris, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Austria, and 40 differenttowns in Germany.

BANDSMEN ON STRIKE.

Paris, December 21

When the masters of ceremonies at cafes in. Montmartre ordered the oandsmen to play, they refused and •left the buildings because their demand :'or iacerased pay had been refused. i'ne patrons of the cafes were bewildered and angered at being deprived of their usual music.

HYDROPHOBIA CASES.

Paris, December 21

Thirty-three persons received the Pasteur treatment at Lyons for rabies, ,vhich has been traced to a mad dog n .July, but a large number of other iogs were affected, and proper precautions were neglected at the tiin.

DEATH ROLL OF PEERS.

Loudon, December 19

Burke's Peerage shows that thirtyhree peers died during the year, namey, two dukes, two marquesses, six saris, eight viscounts and fifteen bar-

A NEW MAP WANTED. > Paris, December 19. An international conference, representing thirty-three countries, including China, Siam, and Guatemala, resolved,that the compilation of a map Vi the world on a scale of sixteen miles to the inch is desired, not primarily :o please the eye or I'of its artistic effect,'but as a thoroughly' reliable record, oi : the surface of the globe.

NEW LUTHERAN BIBLE.

Berlin, December 19

A netv edition of the Lutheran Bible has been published. It is the. result of seven years' work, undertaken at the suggestion of the German Bible Society. The difference between the aid and revised..versions in the main is purely literary, with a few alterations in the sense of 'unimportant passages. ,

[United Press Association.] Calcutta, December 21. Pathan outlaws held up thePesha,var mail train ami killed the European driver, guard and the Indian fireman. Valuable parcels were looted. Troops are pursuing. London, December 21. Six gamekeepers surprised twentyfive poachers at Broadsworth Hall, near Doncaster. The latter fired and peppered the tour gamekeepers and escaped amid the contusion. Two of the signalmen on the Semaphore Tower perished. Robert Salack, a prominent airman, was killed at Radlett. Hundreds of policemen belonging to l.he new union met at Trafalgar Square\ The secretary declared that ninety per cent, of the force was eager to join. Syme said the union's sole object was to rid the force of coiuptiou and tyranny. An Australian living in the same house saw Sumner reading a newspaper ind examining his own photograph. Nobody suspected his identity owing to his coolness and nonchalance in joining in conversation concerning the uurder. He is reported to have been found in possession of .Miss Bradtield's watch.