GENERAL CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 50, 20 June 1914, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

[Et Electric Telegraph—Copyright] Times and Sydney Sun Services. (Received 8 a.in.) London, Juno 18-

Mr Roosevelt, in a lecture on the •Amazon expedition, described the hats which attacked mammals and hoi scs like vampires and lish which hit pieces out of the legs and prevented swimming. He discovered tribes of naked Indians in the tropical fastnesses. S. United Press Association- 1 London, June 18. The steamer Copsewood has arrived at Cowes. She collided with the Tlambnry Araerikas Company’s Etruria oil' the Isle of Wight in a fog. The latter, is making for Newport. The Railwaymen’s Conference at Swansea approved the alliance of the miners and transporters. -Mr Ihomas, M.P., said the alliance contained vast possibilities, but there were grave dangers ahead unless its powers wei e used wisely. The alliance was not to he placed at everyhodys beck and call, hut used only as a last resort. St. Petersburg, J uno 18. The Czar and family arrived at Tsarskoe'Selo. Great secrecy is being observed regarding an explosion on a mail train preceding the Royal train. The reported attempt to derail the Czar’s train is officially denied. The railway accident was caused by a defective engine. New York, June 18. Lieutenant Porte, a British airman, has arranged to fly the Atlantic probably by the Azores route if practicable. An assistant has gone to the Azores to arrange a supply depot., The route will not be definitely decided until the filial tests with the Wanamaker flying boat have been carried out. ;It is expected that the tiials will he completed in a fortnight. Paris, June 18. A trial of a new system of disarming barricaded persons proved a success in the case of a mad woman shooting w itli a revolver at all who approached hel- hat. Two policemen, armed with steel cuirasses and shields and • firemen’s smoke helmets, . discharged fumes from the muzzle of a pistol thrust in a hole in the door. The iVoman was removed unconscious, and taken to an asylum. Tokio, June 17. Sun-Yat-Sen is appealing for Japan’s help against Yuan-Shih-Kai’s Government, promising in return extraordinary political adavutages, virtually amounting to suzerainty.