GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 15, 17 January 1914, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

AN OVERDUE LINER. [Br Electric Telegraph—Copyright') Times—Sydney Sun Special Cables. London, January 16. The Hamburg-African liner Dahlia, with 300 passengers from the Azores to Havanna, has been overdue since Monday. ‘Wireless calls have been unanswered, and the gravest fears are entertained. CANADA’S NAVY. [United Press Association,] Ottawa, January 15. It is understood that.it is the Government’s intention to pay for three Dreadnoughts, now under construction i’n England, as it is hoped that 'by the time the vessels are ready the Senate will have assumed a conservative complexion. ROTHSCHILD’S GENEROSITY. St. Petersburg; January 16. Beiliss’ fainily have gone to Jaffa, Baron Rothschild having bought Beiliss an estate in Palestine. GIFT TO WOMEN S COLLEGE. London, January 16'. Sir Hildrod Garble has given 100,000 guineas to the Bedford College for Women, as a memorial to his brother. THE HOPE POISONING CASE. Berlin, January 16. The third wife of TTopf, charged with poisoning, gave evidence that Hopf insisted upon insuring her life, and demanded her consent to Tie cremated, on the ground that this was customary in his family.