VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS.

Evening Post, Volume LXI, Issue 52, 4 March 1901, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS.

Fpbkss association.] RIFLES SHIPPED TO SYDNEY. SYDNEY, 3rd March. Sir William Lyne has been informed that 2000 of the 4000 rifles ordered by tho Government have been shipped to Sydney. A MURDERER SENTENCED TO DEATH. LONDON, Ist March. George Parker, alias Hill, the ex-sol-dier, who on 17th January murdered a farmer named Geqrgc Pearso-n, in a London and South-Western railway carriage at Surbiton, and at the same time shot and severely -wounded Mrs. King, a widow, who was travelling in tho same compartment, has been sentenced to death. BRILLIANT METEOR IN AUSTRALTA. SYDNEY, 3rd March. A magnificent meteor was witnessed in the western districts. As it traversed the sky, ifc developed a blaze of light, accompanied by a rushing sound, and then burst, with a flash of blue and red fire, lighting up the whole heavens. Tllii CORONATION OATH. OTTAWA, 3rd March. The Canadian House of Commons, by 125 votes to 19, has adopted an address to I,he King, praying for the elimination from tho coronation oath of expressions offensive to Roman Catholics. (Received March 4, 9.30 a.m.) THE DUKE OF CORNWALL'S TOUR. LONDON, 3rd March. At Lord Hopetouu's request, the King's semi State landaU, with the usual postilions nnd outriders, has been shipped by the Orotava for use of Iho Duke and Duchess of York in Austialia. QUEENSLAND'S REVENUE. BRISBANE, This Day. The revenue of the Slate for the past eight months shows a decrease of iii.lB,ooo compared with that for the same period last year. A BRITISH BY-ELECTION. LONDON, 3rd March. At the by-election at Maidstone necessitated by the unseating of Mr. John Barker on appeal 'on the ground of bribery on the part of his agents at the general election, Sir Francis Evans, Liberal, was relumed, receiving. 2375 voles. Mr. Milvain, Conservative, polled 2182. [As the unseated member was a Liberal, the result of the election makes no difference in the slate of parlies.] INTERESTING FIND OF FOSSILS. SYDNEY, This Day. A quantity of fossil gum and Blacks' nardoo stfone has been found at Bahanald, 574 mrres south-we.-l of Sydney, at a depth of 200 feet.' It is token a<; an indication of the existence of a prehistoric race of blacks, with the same food producing implements as the present. ILLNESS OF LORD KIMBERLEY. LONDON, 3rd March. The Earl of Kimberley, Leader of the Libeial Party in the House oi Lords, is ill, and his condition is regarded as critical. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL. LONDON, 3rd March. The London County Council elections resulted in a considerable gain to the Progressive Party. A PUBLICAN STABBED BY HIS WIFE. SYD^EYT, This Day. During a quarrel a publican named Cobcroft has been fatally itabbed by his wile at Wilbertorce, 38 miles west of Sydney. SEVEN MEN-O'-WARSMEN DROWNED. LONDON, 3rd March. Seven blue-jackets belonging to H.M.S. Resolution were drowned through the capsizing of a boat in Bantry Bay, in the south of Ireland.