GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 26, 22 May 1914, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

THE MOUNT MORGAN MINE. (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright! [United Press Association.] Brisbane, (May 21. The new plant of the (Mount Morgan mine, to cost a quarter of a million, will be opened ,early in July. Besides materially increasing tile output, it is expected to increase the life of the mine. CANADA’S NAVAL RESERVE. Ottawa, May 21. ■ The Order-in-Council establishing a naval reserve has been passed. The formation of the reserves i§ already making headway. British instructors will be engaged. COALMINING CONDITIONS. Sydney, May 21. ' The Northern Miners’ Wages Board in an award has refused the miners’ demand for increased rates for the afternoon shift at the Maitland collieries. The award has a currency of three years, and is generally against the men. Judge Edmunds, in delivering it, said the working hours of coal-miners might reasonably be limited to one shift, with advantage to the whole community, provided that the supply to meet the public demands could be maintained by one shift. The Government has appointed a commission to inquire into the abolition of the third shift. CADETS’ MISDEMEANOR. Melbourne, May 21. The report of the committee which inquired into the matter of cadets breaking the Liverpool camp in November has been tabled in Parliament. It states that the disturbance was much over-stated, and was the result of ignorance of inexperienced youth rather than of insubordination. Inexperienced officers and inefficient arrangements were contributing causes, but the brigadier was principally blamed. Mr Millen, referring to the report, said the reproach oast on the cadets was unmerited. He strongly condemned the repugnant system of secret reports, whereby officers wore condemned without being given a chance of defence. Orders would be issued that the fullest opportunity of defence should be afforded in future. CHINESE CIVILISATION. i Pekin, May 21. The Kanchow newspaper published the verdict and depositions at the trial of rebels. The editor refused to disclose the names of his informants, and would then be flogged to death. Many editors have been arrested. SLEEPING SICKNESS. London, May 21. The Inter-Departmental Committee on Sleeping Sickness deprecates the general destruction of wild animals, and recommends that the natives lie allowed to hunt in prescribed areas. It strongly urges the exter--1 urination of the tse-tse fiy, and advises that more money be devoted to research.

“RECORD DANGEROUS JOB.” Times and Sydney Sun Services. Ottawa, May 21. Inspector Beytz, of the North-West Mounted Police, has been given a three years’ commission to proceed to the north of Hudson Bay and find two Eskimos who murdered explorers. This is a “record dangerous job.” AN OSL BOOM AT CALGARY, Now York, May 20. An oil boom is in full swing in Calgary. The owners of property adjoining the Dingman well made £200,000 in small amounts. The crowds are so great that a dozen police are required to keep order. The entire stock issues of new companies were subscribed in a day. A hundred new brokers’ offices have been opened, but it is doubtful whether the discoveries justify the excitement.