General Cables

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 96, 28 August 1923, Page 6

General Cables

MiIND MAN DROWNED,

London, August 27

Ja'ihes Bullock, who was blinded while serving with the Australians li» France, was drowned through a jjoat capsizing in a weir on the Thames. His brother caught hold pjf Jatnes, but the latter was held down by weeds and his brother had tp let go. Miss Rene Ashton, a young Ipswich girl, dived in from the bridge and reached the blind man, but failed to release him from the weeds for some time, and when she finally brought him ashore life was extinct.

IRISH FREE STATE.

London, August 27.

A- Dublin Message states that only a few results of the polling are expected- before Wednesday and that a , trustworthy 1 estimate of the final result will be unlikely before Friday. It is probable that proportional representation will have results, as there is likely to be much splitting of the suffrages. There is ilMeellhg in Labor circles, awing to the general holiday proclaimed- fbr election day. Labor complains this means that no wages will he paid; also that many voters are taking a week-end holiday and will not' he returning to their homes until’ Tuesday, when the polling will be concluded^