CABLE NEWS

Bush Advocate, Volume XX, Issue 1000, 11 April 1908, Page 2

CABLE NEWS

.«» Press Assn — By telegraph— Copyright. LONDON, Yesterday. Mr Taverner has arranged a. demonstration of hreadmaking with Australian iiour at the bakers' and confectioners' exhibition in September. The demonstrations require three, Australian bakers and it will be proved that it is not essential to mix other Hour with Australian. Mr Arthur Winner, who has been appointed receiver and manager of the estate of W. and A. Mac Arthur, states the ordinary shares have been subscribed and the success of the rect.m^titutvd warehouse is assured. SYDNEY, yosterday. Obituary: Mr Hnngorford, forwevly a railway contractor in Xew Zealand, and a well-know.ii racehorse owner, aged 76. The. captain of the Boga states that the raft was fully laden and was very deep in the water. The occupants were wet above their waists all the time, and the raft was so crowded that some had to sit or lie on the body of the dead passenger. MELBOU NINE, yesterday. A letter to the press from the Registrar of the Diocese of Mellwurne states that a cablegram has been received from Archbishop Clarke in reference to Canon Nash's case, from which it appears that the charge known as No. 2 was dismissed, and i he Archbishop firms not regard Canon Xasli as )>ej?i£; perimjiiontlv mcapacitated for services in tho Church. ADELA I DE, yesterda y . Arrived — llawea, from New Zealand. FREMANTLE, yesterday. Arrived — Oruba. Passengers for Xew Zealand: Kirkby, Bassano and i-liikl, Kipping, Mis«es Julius (2). Oliver, Save, Mills. •■OTTAWA, yesterday. Canada's intermediate tariff is applied to French goods shipped direct from France or through British ports, <;theTwi«e tho maximum tariff is im-p<Wf-d. NEW YORK, yesterday. A Bill making it a felony to gamble on horse-racing in New York State was defeated in the Senate, 2o voting for and 2o against it. CALCUTTA, yesterday. Many telegrams in India are being forwarded by post. The delay is causing serious losses to London firms. Business in jute, linseed and shellac is at a standstill. PARIS, yesterday. M. Pouteaux, a chemist of Djion. has invented an electric gun which he claims will tiro 1200 shots a minute.