CABLE NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7820, 12 June 1909, Page 1

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THE CHURCH I'AGEANT. LONDON, June 11, The.Church Pageant m the grounds of Fulham Palace was opened yesterday. ' _ / -.. There are 4000 actors m the pageant. It is expected that 80,000 people will witness the spectacls?. j A BLASPHEMER. Harry Boulter repeated his blasphhemios, and has been sentenced to a mouth's imprisonment. (Harry Boulter, a tailor's cutter, was charged" at the Old Bailey on February 9th, 1908, witli blasphemy/ and was found guilty. The ■ prisoner had made a practice of addressing public meetings, m conjunction with others, at Highbury Corner, Islington, and giving utterance to matter of the most blasphemous character. The accused promised not to repeat his blasphemies, and the Judge said such case's would not bo treated with leniency m the future.) WAR OFFICE TENDERS. • The War Office is inviting tenders, returnable by the 22nd September, for 660,000 pounds of tinned meat, delivery to bo made m January and February. There will be no replacement. CRETE. CONSTANTINOPLE, ■ June 10.;.; The Porte has requested the Powers ito ■■ consider the postponement of the evacuation of Crete. WIRELESS TELEPHONY. • . PARIS, June 10. A conversation by wireless telephony Was carried on between Toulon and. a cruiser 100: miles out at sea. The messages reached the officers' cabin. BLACK HAND BLACKMAILERS. NEW YORK, Juno 10. The police at Marson, Ohio, discovered m the premises of an. Italian fruiterer named Lima, thousands of documents showing that over 100 Italian business men were being blackmailed, m order to escape assassination. The promises aro regarded as the_ headquarters of the Black Hand. Lima and seven others have been arrested.