OUTWARD BOUND.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 191, 12 August 1911, Page 5

OUTWARD BOUND.

RELIEF CREWS FOR AUSTRALIA. (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, August 11. The cruisers Crescent and Gibraltar have sailed for Colombo with relief crews for the Cambrian, Pyramus, Penguin, Psyche, and Pioneer. HEALTH OF THE POPE. OPERATION ON HIS KNEE. (Received 10 a.m.) ROME, August 11. An operation was performed on the Pope's knee to-day. A puncture was made at the joint, and a quantity of fluid which had accumulated there was removed. CHOLERA IN ITALY. SIXTY DEATHS A DAT. (Received 10 a.m.) ROME, August 11. During the last five days 797 cases of Asiatic cholera have been reported to the health authorities in Southern Italy. In 300 cases the attack proved fatal. RUSSIAN BOY SCOUTS. THREE MILLIONS ENROLLED. ST. PETERSBURG, August 11. The Czar and Grand Dukes yesterday reviewed 5681 boy soldiers, representing a movement on the lines of the boy scouts. This practically means the militarisation of the Russian elementary schools. The movement is growing rapidly and embraces nearly three and a-half million boys. RIOTS IN BARCELONA. (Received 10 ajn.) MADRID, August 11. As a result of the execution of the ringleader of the mutiny on the cruiser Numancia, while proceeding to Morocco, a conflict arose between the police and a mob of Radicals at Barcelona. Shots were fired on both sides, and two police were wounded. A number of arrests were mad*.