CABLE NEWS

Bush Advocate, Volume XX, Issue 1003, 15 April 1908, Page 5

CABLE NEWS

Press Assn"-3By telegraph— Copyright. , *t LONDON, yesterday. The widow *>f Mr •Robert Watson,^ formerly of: Christchu'rch,' bequeathed .a, fund to provide pensions for clergy r men in New Zealand upon reaching the age of (55, and also for annuities io clergymen's widows. A I»IELBOURNE, yesterday. The drought in the north-eastern districts .is very severe. Many own-: ■ers ar«^«spmpelletl to haiuMleed. stoct, andlaigfe nn'ttxberg ar©i theing'sent to ■other districts. • ■ •■"'■ The - stock r returns :show . that "the liuinber of horses in the State is; 424,---•648, cattle 1,842,805, sheep: 14,116,---731. In each case the figures are a record. The sheep 'increased by 1,209,000. .-.,:"-■. ; /The erection of a Federal small r factory at^LinlithgoSv will be >cdmmenced*at ofle^' It is estimated -to cost £70>000;i ;"V ■■>. . ADELAIDE, yesterday. Coleman, "the fisherman, .who shot King' dead in Adelaide some weeks ago in revenge for ar- ' resting Mm* for druinKemless'v has been arrested: :near3Vfotpethville. He offered no resistance, ;%d had a sniall wound in the -arm. He stated he citt : ?iis: -dtM w^h^l^gla^ihoping- to '"• Tneed &Uwto" %■;?■-- \:/""". v - ";■-■■'■■:■':} .■:■;■• THURSDAY ISLAND; April t4;The steamer Aldenhaini has: &naved - from China. A; : v^hine^e tnexnber of : her crew is" sufferf£g''irQni smallpox. - - : HOB ART;' yesterday: -Efforts ori/^buyers^to^ *sbear" the. price of Australian hops^all ; round is. reseirfeedrt groTOers intend to a«K tfie|iD6wnonweal|h X^ov^t^^M to^iry>f et%ihe import|drf^i ij£ Cwfif ling a pound. . , , __ _ ,^.