VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS.

Evening Post, Volume LXI, Issue 88, 16 April 1901, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS.

[PUEB3 ASSOCIATION.] (Received April 16, 10.5 a.m.) MEMORIAL TO QUEEN VICTORIA. . LONDON, 15th April. Lord Strathcona, High Commi.Joner for Canada, has subscribed £1000 to the Mansion House Fund for a national memorial to the late Queen Victoria. DOCKERS' STRIKE AT GENOA. LONDON, 15ta April. Owipg to a strike of dockers at Genoa several steamers are detained. THE GERMAN CROWN PRINCE IN VIENNA. LONDON, 16th April. The German CroM'n Prince is being feted on his visit to Vienna. BOWLING IN MELBOURNE. ' MELBOURNE, This Day. The Australasian team of bowlers play- • ed a match against a Melbourne Bowling Club team, the latter winning by 116 to 110. An analysis of the play shows that the Victorians made a feeble show against the New Zealanders, the latter scoring 68 to 24. NICARAGUA CANAL. LONDON, 15th April. It is reported that the Hon. John Hay, United State 3 Secretary of State, and President M'Kinley have decided to include in the proposed new treaty with regard to the Nicaragua Canal a provision neutralising the canal. THE EDINGBURGH PROFESSOR OF ENGINEERING. LONpON, 16th April. Mr. Hudson Beare, a South Australian, has been appointed to the Chair of Engineering at Edinburgh University. QUEEN ALEXANDRA. LONDON, 16th April. Queen Alexandra has returned from Copenhagen, where she has been on a visit to King Christian. Her Majesty was met at Victoria Station by King Edward. CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT. SYDNEY, 15th April. Henry J6hnston, charged with the misappropriation of funds belonging to the Kauri Timber Company, was remanded till 23rd April. He did not apply for bail. , , RAILWAY CONFERENCE. MELBOURNE, This Day. An inter-State Railway Conference is being held here. The proceedings are being conducted in private. Mr. Fife, Chief Accountant pf the Railways, represents New Zealand.