MISCELLANEOUS CABLES

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14503, 4 November 1912, Page 7

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES

• $ : At Rugby football the Springboks defeated East Midlands by 14 points to 5 pointsAt tho Cambridge Freshmen's sports, Youngliusband, a New Zealander, won the-120 hurdles in 18 3-5 sees. Tho Itov. J. 0. Feetham has been appointed Anglican Bishop of North Queensland. _, 1 In ,a boxing contest at Sydney, Audony. a Frenchman,- was disqualified in the eighth round against Bradley, of America. Tho < Hamburg-Amerika Shipping Lino is extending its Eastern service trom Japanese ports to San Francisco and Vancouver. Tho estate of Dr. Grabham, formerly Inspector-General of Asylums in New Zealand, has been valued at £42,488, says a London message. General Menocal was elected President of Cuba. Order prevailed largely owing to the belief that United States intervention was imminent. Marconi's and the Telefunken Wireless Companies have. agreed to sink their differences, and to act jointly to securo their rights and protect patents. Tho London "Evening News" reports tho elopement of a wealthy colonial with a foreign Viscountess's (laughter from Falmouth. Their names are not mentionod. Thq Liverpool Court decided that the Titanic bandsmen did not come within tho Workmen's Compensation Act, and dismissed their claim against tho Wliito Star Line. « A hurricane destroyed Acapulco, in Nicaragua, four-fifths of tho , town being completely wrecked. The American Consulate was unroofed. It is unknown whether any lives were lostIt is reported from London that arising out of Lord Ronald Sutherland Growers' bankruptcy. Sir Ernest Shakleton's brother Francis has' been arrested in East Africa. Arnst has offered to row Pearce's | three challengers, Felton, Paddon, and Towns, for sweepstakes of £100 per man, tho winner taking the lot. Arnst will allow ten seconds start. Tho Canadian-Pacific train entered an open switch near Quebec, and fell down the embankment- The driver and tho fireman woro killed, and a baggage man injured. The passengers escaped. Three escaped convicts at Itawlins, Wyoming (U.S.A.) were shot dead in a fierce light with a sheriff's posse, which enased them for a fortnight. One convict is still free, and is terrorising tho neighbourhood.