, 1914-01-17


of the employe es IN the railway shops have
struck work, the Government thereupon i'm
mediatell ordering the MOBILIZATION OF the
Defence forces. Dynamite has been eXrlod-
ed with the intent to wreck the railway
bridge oxer Fourteen Streams, situated fifty
miles notth OF Kimberley, causing much
damage, but the bridge stood the ex-
plosloh. The Government will attempt to
move trains as q preliminary, and VIII pro
cln;m martial law, Including The shooting "t
dynlnAiters oh sight. Tie incoming ballots
favour u general strike.
The deaths are announced OF Admiral
Basanquet and Mr.. Frederick Bullock, As'l5-
taut Commissioner of the Metropolitan Pc
nee.
Mr.. lloyd George has returned 70 Eng-
land. The tDaily Mail" says his deadlock
with Mr.. Churchill is acute, necessltatIng
the Cabinets decision with full consider"-
ton of the possible effect upon Mr.. Church
il's future career.
Lord Murray of BlibanK will make q state
rAent before Parliament regarding his Mar
conf dealings,and, commenting upon this, the
"Morniug Post" SAYS it SHOULD include the
Liberal party's finances, Involving the entire
administration aud souudness Of the pHrty's
system.
Lord Hqldane announces shat Sir Alfped
Grips (receutly created a peer) is to be-
made "a twelfth Law Lold, constituting the
Empires supreme tribunal, which has been
immensely strengthened during the past
yenr.
Mr.. Godfrey Isaocs having refused to
challenge q German who insulted him III the
street at Freibnrg, his nephew Dennis sent
q challenge aud in the subsequent encounter
was slightly Wounded il the forearm, the
German being seriously wounded i'll the
breast, but is expected to recover.
Dispatches from Paris state that NJ. Pa
leologue, Ht present attached TO the Foreign
Office, has been appointed ambassador to.
Ru4sia, vice NJ. Delcas>e, who has resigned
III order to eater politics, having retained his
seat III the Chnlnber IS Deputiea through the
Ambossadorship which he accepted tempo
rNrily.
NJ. CsillauS, Mirister Of Finance, denies,
the 'tFigaro'5" stntement that he eXacted
eighty per cent OF the 100000 pounds to be
paid upon the Prieu claim against the Gov
ernment, as u contribution to the Radical
Calnpaign Fund. The press urge the pub
LEFTY OF political funds, thus following the
example of the Unlted States.
Ottawa, Jan. 14th-TLa death is anuounc-
ed Of Mr.. David Laird, COMMISSIONS for
Indian Affairs.
The wireless station on Cape Sable Island
reports udVices by wireless from the S. $.
"Cobequid' of the new Canadian West H.
dim Steamship Service, stating that she has
gone ashore at the entrance to the Bay Of
Fundy during a gale accompanied by a SNOW
storm, and later, Tint the "Cobequid's'N sig
nails have censed. Eight steamships are au-
swering the call for help, the nearest being
the "kronprinzessin CecIIie." There ae
believed to be no further details up to the
present.
A despatch from White River, Ontario,
states that the thermometer stands Mt forty
eight degrees below zero.
Advices from Montreal state that the. ca
thedral of Notre Dune cnught fire while the
cold registered twenty-five degrees below
zero, but the f6reneu extiuguished the flames
although gasoline torches were necessary to
thaw the Gre plugs ana their hands were
frozen.
New York, Jnny. 14th-The owners Of the.
8. E. "Oklahoma, " which was recently lost off
Sandy Hook, have rewarded the resouers
from the s. S. "GregoIv" with five hundred
pounds apiece, and the Booth Steamship
Company, owners Of the lntter vessel, have.
promoted Mr.. Burk, one of her officers. to.
the PASSENGER boat "St eDheO -