Great Britain

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 28, 19 September 1914, Page 5

Great Britain

SALE OF GILT-EDGED SECURI-

TIES. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] (Received 8.50 a.m.) London, Sepetmber 18. The Financial Times’ policy of fixing the minimum prices has been a success, and the leading gift-edged securities have been dealt in without difficulty. One firm yesterday sold upwards of twenty thousand colonial stock.

CAPTAIN STEWART KILLED.

DISTRESSED WOMEN WORKERS’ FUND.

(Received 11.40 a.m.) London, September 18. The killed include Captain I). Stewart, who was imprisoned with Captain Trench for espionage in Germany. The Queen’s fund for distressed women workers has reached £50,000. Many applications have been made to the Courts to void or suspend German patents.

GERMAN SPY SENTENCED AND DEPORTED,

(Received 9.20 a.m.) London, September 17

Keihle, a German, who was arrested in the central lobby of the House of Commons, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, and thereafter to be deported. Keihle was formerly branch secretary to the national sailors’ and firemen’s union, and was possessed of knowledge of the inner workings of the principal seaports and dockyards. Many letters from Hamburg were found at his lodgings.

SCARCITY OF CERTAIN DRUGS IN BRITAIN.

(Received 9.20 a.m.)

London, September 18,

The Lancet draws attention to the growing scarcity of important drugs. The price of drugs has advanced since the ivar. Several British firms have begun to manufacture certain chemicals.