Second Edition. GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 90, 7 April 1914, Page 6

Second Edition. GENERAL CABLES.

f THE SALVARSAN CURE. |By EIECTEIC TILEGttAPH COPYBIGHT] [Unitkd PressAssociation.] Lodon, April 5. At the inquest on a clerk who died from arsenical poisoning after tne salvarsan treatment, Dr. Frederick Womack gave evidence tliat there had been only 150 deaths due to salvarsan throughout tiie world. There was such " a thing as idiosy'ncracy iu connection with salvarsan, but it rarely occurred. This undoubtedly was such a case. When the blood was abnormal it rendered salvarsan more than usually soluble, and the effect was similar to that of an overdose. He preferred neosalvaisan, which had been used sueeessfullv in 750 cases at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. The public had nothing to fear from salvarsan. It was /. less dangerous than chloroform. NATIONAL SCHOOL OF LAW. The president of the Law Society advocated the foundation of a National School of Law, saying it was necessary not only for Great Britain's students, but for the students of the Empire. SUNDAY SCOOTING AT BISLEY. •London, March 6. . The National. Rifle Association for the first time afiowted Sunday shooting at Bisley. Major Richardson, president of the North London Club, explained that when rifles were formerly of low power, ranges, were more plentiful, and population smaller, Sunday shooting,; was not needed, but the increase ofv population, and the disap.pearance of' ranges made it difficult for -workers to get shooting during the week. Sunday shooting was advocated as improving shooting for the benefit of national security.

CANCER RESEARCH.

Liability to acquire cancer by living in a bouse previously occupied by a cancer sufferer, is the gravest existing medical riddle. The recurrence of cancer in the same blocks of buildis generally to coincidence, but a more thorough investiga- ' tion i£ urged. The teage 1 of «i -cancerous mouse in a laboratory without being cleansed, and the mice introduced contracted the disease. After washing the cage the taint remained, and frequent disinfections were required to remove it.: '.RftGGINC , RECRUITS IN &% fiERMANV. Berlin, April 6. Three soldiers «&*&*.*** sentenced to nine, six and three months imprisonment respectively, for ultruitwg two recruits, one of whom comiuifted suicide. A non-commis-siones. officer; was', sentenced to a weekfs •Ltentiopi tor insufficient bupervisidh. ■ A PUNITIVE EXPEDITION. Sydney, April 6. A German punitive expedition*, at Bougainville, one of the Solomon Islands, killed seventeen natives and badly wounded" ten. The object of the expedition was to subdue inter-tribal, hunting. ALBANIA'S ARMY. Vienna, April 6. Out of 800,000 inhabitants, Albania is able 'to raise 80,000 warriors, and mobilises 25,000. These''will be supported by 2000 well-trained gendarmerie, the Albanian militia, and also a few thousand regulars. , « CHINA IN THE DEVELOPING. Pekin, Afhil 6. There are growing prospects of the five-Power group of bankers agreeing to a twenty-five millions loan, provided that Yuan Shih Kai accedes to the conditions stipulated, placing the administration on a sound footing, and; arraging for a certain measure of foreign supervision,, The loans are partly intended, besides reforming the currency, to redeem short-term loans, and strengthen provincial note issues. SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS. Capetown, April 6. The, Industrial Disputes Bill is now printed. It is based on Mr Lemieux's Canadian Bill, and applies to all industries the established voluntary conciliation machinery. It compels a re-, sort thereto- before a strike or lockout can be declared, and provides for the recognition and registration of trades unions. It omitf the clauses of the original draft legalising the federation of trade unions, and it is expected the Laborites will oppose the i Bill on this ground. FASHION FREAKS FROM PARIS. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Paris, April 6. The trimming of small hats consists of masses of gorgeous roses, peonies or poppies, worn with a veil, a little to one side, and well down on the head. ——————i————»