CABLE NEWS. THE LATEST.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXiX, Issue 7729, 24 February 1909, Page 2

CABLE NEWS. THE LATEST.

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United Press Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. THE TURKISH POLICE. CONSTANTINOPLE, February.23. Turkey is reorganising the police of the whole of the Empire on the Macedonian model. Many foreign officers will be employed. SNOW STORMS IN RUSSIA. ST PETERSBURG, February 23. Vast snow drifts stopped traffic between Kieff and Odessa. THE AMERICAN FLEET. NEW YORK, February 23. Thirty thousand persons welcomed Admiral Sperry's fleet, which President i Roosevelt reviewed. THE CULLINAN DIAMOND. (Received February 24, 8.20 a.m.) LONDON. February 23. King Edward has directed that the Cullinan diamond in the Imperial Crown may be made detachable for the Queen's use on 6tate occasions. NEW BATTLESHIPS. LONDON, February 23. The battleship Bellercphon has been placed in commission twenty-six months after the keel wars laid at' Portsmouth. Mrs McKenna, wife of the First Lord of the Admiralty, launched the battleship Vanguard at Barrow. CONGRESS ON TROPICAL DISEASES. BOMBAY, February 23. Sir George Sydenham Clarke (the Governor) has opened a Congress on Tropical Diseases, in Bombay. COST OF ADMIRAL SPERRY'S CRUISE. (Received February 24, 8.20 a.m.) LONDON, February 23. The New York correspoiident of the Times reports that the estimate of the total ccst of Admiral Sperry's cruise, including ammunition, is four millions sterling. KING EDWARD. King Edward will visit Biarritz on April 6th. MINERS' WAGES. (Received .February 23, 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, February 23. Lord St Altlwyn, arbitrating on th© Welsh Conciliation Board, decided in favour of a reduction of 5 per cent in the miners' wages. Lord Ardwell, acting similarly on the Scottish Board, reduced the wages 6£ per cent. THE SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP, LONDON, February 23. Barry says it is impossible to allow Arnst £200 expenses and offers £150. August is preferable to July for the match owing to the numerous counter attractions in July. ARCHBISHOP CARR. LONDON, February 23. Archbishop Carr of Melbourne _ is making a slow recovery from his serious illness, at Dublin.