VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS. [PRESS ASSOCIATION.] THE PACIFIC CABLE. SYDNEY, 26th October.

Evening Post, Volume LX, Issue 102, 27 October 1900, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS. [PRESS ASSOCIATION.] THE PACIFIC CABLE. SYDNEY, 26th October.

The Pacific Cable Bill has passed the Legislative Assembly. GERMANY'S FOREIGN MINISTER. LONDON, 25th October. Count do Richtohofen, who has succeeded Baron yon Bulow as Minister for Foreign Affairs in Germany, is friendly' to Great Britain. 1 THE ANARCHIST SIPIDO. PARIS, 26th 'October. French detectives are trying to execute a warrant for the arrest of the young anarchist Sipido, who recently shot at the Prince of Wales at Brussels. THE WEISS-ROBERTS BILLIARD MATCH. SYDNEY, 26th October. In the billiard match between Weiss, champion of Australia, and John Roberts, the English Champion, in which the latter conceded ■ his opponent 7000 ■ points in a game of 21,000 up,' Weiss, with his *roe at 20,984, to-night rah out a winner with an unfinished break of sixteen. Roberta's score stood at 20,110. EDUCATION IN TASMANIA. HOBART, 26th October. A Bill has passed the Legislative Assembly affirming the principle of free education being given to children in the colony. [Tasmania's present education system makes attendance at school compulsory, but fees are charged. The amount collected under this head in the last year for which we have statistics was £10,210, in respect of an average attendance of 12,016 children.] . Received October 27, 9.53^ a.m.) • COMMUNICATION WITH THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. SYDNEY, This Day. The Government has entered Into a contract with Burns, Phiip, and Co., for at monthly steam Service with the Nqw Hebrides, Norfolk, and Lord Howe Islands, the Banks Group, Santa. Cruz, and the Solomons for a period of ten years, at a yearly subsidy of £1500. INDUSTRIAL LEGISLATION IN WESTRALIA. LONDON, 26th October. An influential deputation representingthe Chamber of Mines has handed to Sir E. H. Wittenoom, ' Agent-General for West Australia, a petition against the Conciliation and Arbitration. Bill introduced into that colony's Asembly, asking that it should, not be adopted until it has been revised by a Special Commission, which shall include mine-owners. (Received October 27, 8.56 a.m.) AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION. FREMANTLE, This Day. Among the passerigers by the Britannia, which arrived to-day from London, were Captain, Wellington, Private Secretary, and eight of the staff of Lord Hopetoun, Governor-General of Australia. THE SYDNEY RIFLE MEETING. SYDNEY, This Day. Three competitors, Mathieeon, Byron, and Hartington, tied with 438 point 3 for the Rifle Champion Aggregate. In the firing off Byron won by seven points. LAUNCH OF A WHITE STAR LINER. LONDON, 26th October. The White Star Company's steamer Runic has been launched at Belfast. She will sail for Australia in January. SAj^. OF LORD ROSEBERY'S STUD. LONDON, 26th October. Lord Rqsebery has sold his stud of racehorses, and is giving up his connection with the turf. [Strong objection was taken by religious bodies to Lord Rosebery's connection, with the turf during his tenure of the Premiership, but his lordship then resented all attempts to influence his private conduct.] SYDNEY, This Day. Obituary — J. W. Sweeney, the wellknown actor. • [The late Mr. Sweeney was not so well known in this colony as in " Australia, where he has lonf been, a favourite actor of character and low comedy parts. His last appearance in Wellington was with "The Two Little Vagabonds" company, sent round by "The Firm," on March, 1898, in which piece he played BUI Mullins, alias The Gaffer, one of the villia,ns of the play.]