VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS.
[PBESB ASSOCIATION.] MR. GOSCHEN'S RETIREMENT. LONDON, 11th November. Mr. Goschen, who was First .uord of the Admiralty during last Parliament, in taking farewell of the navy, eulogised hi 3 successor, Lord Selborne. LUCKY NEW ZEALANDERS. HOBART, 11th November. The following amounts have been won on various Tattersall's sweeps on the Melbourne Cup : — A. - onnoly, Raetihe, Wanganui, £6750; D. B. Low, Christchuroh, £2250 ; J. Henderson, Turatura, Auckland, and A. Cowan, Gisborne, £1225 each. i A CANADIAN POLITICIAN. •LONDON, 10th November. Sir Charles Tupper, leader of the Parliamentary Opposition m Canada, and who has just suffered his first defeat at the polls for forty years, is retiring from politics. A NEW SOUTH WALES ELECTION. SYDNEY, 11th November. Mr. Winchcombe, an Oppositionist, defeated the Government candidate for Ashfield. The vacancy was caused iby the translation of the Hon. B. R.. \»ise to thie Council. EDUCATION IN TASMANIA. HOBART, 11th November. The Legislative Council has thrown out the vote' 'covering • the cost' of free education. l THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF THE SHAH. PARIS, 11th November. Salson, who recently made an attempt on the life of the- Shah of Persia, has been sentenced to imprisonment for life. (Received November 12, 8.55 a.m.) WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. LONDON, 11th November. A Commission of the Imperial Post Office reports' favourably on the adoption of wireless telegraphy. TYPHOON AT HONGKONG. LONDON, 11th November. A typhoon at Hongkong sank tho British gunboat Sandpiper. The crew was saved. . There was. immense damage and loss of life among the native craft. ATTEMPTED MURDER AT PERTH. PERTH, This Day. A man named Peter Joyce shot his wife while she was walking in the street, and then ,shot himself. Both are in a serious condition. The wife recently obtained a separation order from Joyce.
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Evening Post, Volume LX, Issue 115, 12 November 1900, Page 5
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292VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS. Evening Post, Volume LX, Issue 115, 12 November 1900, Page 5
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