MISCELLANEOUS CABLES

Press, Volume L, Issue 14921, 20 March 1914, Page 7

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES

wy Cable.—Preia Aeeocittion.—Copyri*kt.) The Duchess of Brunswick (the Kaiser's only daughter) has given birth to a son. The Russian Duma passed the Senate Reform Bill promised by tho Czar in 1900. Mr J. 13. Whiting has been appointed acting Agent-General for cjouth Australia. The Hon. Agar Wynne, Federal Post-master-General, states that postal works have been planned to cost £4,000,000 during tho next three years. Some Tokio newspapers disbelieve that Yoshudn, implicated in the naval scandals, committed suicide, and suspect foul play. ■ The British revenue for the year is expected to reach two hundred millions, exceeding the estimates by ever five millions. An official return shows that there are 548,000 officers and men in tho Regular Army and Territorials in Great Britain. There is uo clue> to the Melbourne bomb outrage. An expart declares that the sender had a knowledge of chemistry, as the bomb was exploded by chemical action. British emigrants to tho Dominions i i January and February numbered 17 ; S00, compared with 32.80S in the same months of last year. Emigration to foreign countries decreased by 1386. The jury visited tho scene of the railway disaster at Exeter, NS.W. Some members of the party expressed dissatisfaction at tho result of a test of the signals. British anthropologists declare that the skeleton of a man found in Gernian East Africa is of the first importance. It is believed to be 100.000 years old, and is wonderfully preserved. The London "Daily- Mail's" Berlin correspondent says that the naval personnel scheme contemplates a total 6trength of 107.000 by 1920, with a reserve force of 120,000. It is reported from Paris that tho Sorbonno University crew has challenged tho winner of tho Oxford-Cam-bridge boat race, the match to bo rowed on the Thames. The threatened revolution in San Domingo has been averted. An understanding has been reached between tho Government and rebel forces rpgarding tho Presidential election, which is likely to load to peace. Mr Finlayson, a Labour member of the House of Representatives, speaking at Ballarat, declared that one of tho reasons tor Lord Denman's resignation was his refusal to be coerced by Mr Cook in regard to a double dissolution. Switzerland has raised tho duty on frozen meat from ten to twenty-five francs per hundred kilos, justifying tho increase upon the ground that the prico of butter and cheese was recently reduced. The Duke of Devonshire has sold a small portion of his library, including the Kemble collection, the first four folios of Shakespeare, and twentythree Caxtons, to an American. Tho price has not been revealed, but it is reported to be £200,000. A message from Perth says that Professor David has returned from London. Discu&sing the Antarctic, ho said it had been proved that a coalfield existed which was at least 1-00 miles i-i length and a hundred in width, but probably wider. Riflemen are elated at tho National Rifle Association's decision to permit tho ranges at Bisley to be used on Sundays from April to October. Thousands of men, mving to their vocations, ar© unable to shoot on week days, and their practice is therefore coi. fined to indoor and miniature ranges. David Xorrnan has been arrested on a chargo of murdering Jamas Murtha at Wanga.ii Hills, West Australia. Deceased's wife kept a boarding-house, and Norman was employed by her. On Monday night Norman and Murtha quarrelled, and tho latter was fatally shot.