MISCELLANEOUS CABLES

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14665, 14 May 1913, Page 11

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES

(By C»bh».—Press Association.—Copyright.) The Empire Trade Commission has commenced taking evidence at Hobart.

■ A message from London says that the Duchess of Connaught continues to make satisfactory progress.

. A message from Cape Town says that the Immigration Restriction Bill waa read, a second time in the Union Parliament.

Th€i Australasian Lawn Tennis Association has decided to accept tho agreement recently drawn up at the International Conference at Paris.

Bailey, on a 2J-horse-power motorcycle, covered 58J miles in an hour at •Melbourne, which constitutes an Australasian record.

Sir Henry Willis, the Speaker of the New South Wales Assembly, continuing his reforms at Parliament House, has dismissed four more messengers. L. R. Glover made a standing broad jump at Toowoomba, N.S.W., of Utt lOin, a world's record, and a hop, stop and jnmp of 30ft 5m (sic), an Australasian record.

A New York message says that a riot oocurred at a oemetajry in Linwood, Ohio, at tho funeral of a minister. Two men were seriously shot, and one fatally beaten. Slany wero injured. The caus* is unknown.