VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS.

Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 71, 21 September 1905, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS.

«— — I [PRESS ASSOCIATION.] LORD MAYOR OF LONDON. (Received September 21, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, 20th September. Alderman Walter Vaughan Morgan (Unionist) has been elected to succeed Sir John Pound as Lord Mayor of London. [Alderman Morgan, who is 74 years of age, entered the service of the National Provincial Bank of England in 1816, and retired as Chief Cashier at Manchester in 1856 to join his brothers in London in founding the firm of Morgan Brothers, merchants and newspaper proprietors, and the Morgan Crucible Company. The firm consisted of six brothers, who continued in partnership for thirty years, nnd still so continue, except that death has reduced tht> number to three The new Lord Mayor is an old Freemason.] POLITICS IN HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, 20th Sept. The Speech from the Throne foreshadows preliminary training of i youths in order to place the whole nation in a state of defence ; also compulsory Insurance against incapacity and old ago. ' SUEZ CANAL OBSTRUCTION. SUEZ, 20th September. A difficulty is being experienced in removing the steamer Chathams, which caught fire and sank in the Suez Canal. The result is traffic is delayed. It is expected that it will be necessary to blow up the cargo even at the riak ol injury to the Canal banks. A BASUTO CHIEF. CAPETOWN, 20th September. Letsen, eldest son of the late Basuto chief Lerothodi, has been unanimously proclaimed his successor. LORD CURZON. LONDON, 20th September. Lord Minto, who has been appointed to succeed Lord Curzon as Viceroy of India, is to sail from Marseilles for India on 20th October. A LIBERAL OFFER,. LONDON, 20th September. Sir Donald Currie has promised £20,000 for a Queen's College at Belfast, provided a similar sum is raised from other sources. [Sir Donald Currie is head of the firm Donald Gurrie and Co., shipowners.] EARTHQUAKE IN VICTORIA. ' MELBOURNE, This Day. A severe earthquake was experienced at San Remo (65 miles south-east of Melbourne)^ Though no damage was done, the vibration and noise teirified many residents, who left their bods m fear. A CLAIM AND AN AWARD. SYDNEY, This Day. The owners of the tug Hero havo been awarded £800 for towing the Abbey Palmer, when she was recently in danger off Bond:. The sum of £5000 was claimed. A GENEROUS GIFT. BRISBANE, This Day. A member of the Young Men's Christian Association has donated to the institution prope-rty worth £25,000. INSURANCE AGENT'S DEATH. PERTH, This Day. An application has- been granted on behalf of the New Zealand Accident Insurance Company to have the administration of the estate of the late Mr. Blake, whose death occurred recently under peculiar circumstances, transferred to the Bankruptcy Court.