VARIOUS CABLES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 119, 20 May 1912, Page 7

VARIOUS CABLES.

, «—« — ,—, — - By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received May 20, 8.30 a.m.) SOMNAMBULIST KILLED. SYDNEY, This Day. Mr. Palmer, Town Clerk of Bourke, while vralkiag in his sleep, fell from a balcony and was killed. GOVERNOR OF COMMONWEALTH BANK. MELBOURNE, This Day. The salary of Mr. Denison Miller, appointed Governor of the Commonwealth. Bank, is to be £4000 per annum. - DURHAM MINERS' WAGES. LONDON, 19th May. The Conciliation Board has increased the wages of Durham miners 3| per cent. (Received May 20, 9.10 a.m.) FOOTBALLER KILLED. BRISBANE, This Day. Elliott, a University footballer, sustained, concussion of the brain during the progress of a match, and died. CHURCH UNION. BRISBANE, This Day. The Presbyterian Assembly has approved of tho efforts to bring the churches into closer union. CONTINUANCE OF DROUGHT. SYDNEY, This Day. Mr. Clement Wragge predicts a continuance of the- severe dought inland. APPEAL FOR CLEMENCY. NEW YORK, 19th May. The appeal lor clemency by Clarence Richeson, the clergyman found guilty of the murder of his sweetheart, Avis Linnell, in order that he might marry a wealthy parishioner, failed. Richeson, prior to being electrocuted, confessed the crime. [The murdered girl sang in the choir of the church of which Richeson was pastor. The pair were engaged to be married, but the engagement was broken off, and Richeson became pledged to marry another young lady.] NITRE FROM THE AIR. LONDON, 18th May. . Professor Sir William Ramsay, addressing the British Science Guild, urged, in the interest of national defence, the manufacturing of nitre from the atmosphere instead of relying on Chilian and Peruvian supplies, which an enemy would probably capture. MAYMORN ESTATES, LTD. LONDON 18th May. The Maymorn Estates, Ltd., Wellington, New Zealand, is issuing 25,000 £1 shares and 35,000 5£ per cent, debentures at 95. - AIRSHIPS TO CARRY PASSEN- \ GERS. VIENNA, 17th May. An airship company has founded a j passenger service Between Vienna and various pointß in the environs, at a 50 kroner (about £2) fare. The dirigible balloons will be placed' at the service of tho Government in time of war. MENTAL DEFICIENCY BILL. LONDON, 18th May. The Government is introducing a Mental Deficiency Bill, providing for the detention in homes of feebleminded persons. It also prohibits the marriage of defectives. ' AUSTRALIAN BOWLERS IN ENGLAND. LONDON, 19th May. At bowls the Australian visiting team defeated Forest Hill, including several international players, by 73 to 65. LEPERS ESCAPE. TOKIO, 18th May. ' A hundred lepers," who were working for French monks at a, hospital in Kameyama, struck for an increase in pocket money. They escaped, and were recaptured. NEW SOUTH WALES BY-ELEC-TION. SYDNEY, 19th May. In the Alexandria by-election yesterday, to fill the vacancy caused by Mr. Daoey's death, Mr. Hickey (Labour) was returned by a large majority., GENERAL BADEN-POWELL. - SYDNEY, lffth May. Sir Robert Baden-Powell yesterday inspected over a thousand Boy Scouts in Sydney. NORTHUMBERLAND MINERS DISSATISFIED. LONDON, 19th May. The Northumberland Miners' Committee passed a resolution bitterly protesting against Lord 'Mersey's award, and asking the Federation Conference to eliminate the minimum awarded to hewers, which, it is alleged, is below that of datallers, after necessary deductions.