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Evening Post, Volume LXIV, Issue 119, 15 November 1902, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS.

FrRESS ASSOCIATION. I LONDON, 14th November." Americans have subscribed £15,000 to the Queen Victoria Memorial JFund. Lieutenant F. B. Dugdale, of the sth Lancers, the holder of a Victoria Cross (won on 3rd March, 1901, tor rescuing a wounded comrade in action), was killed while hunting in Gloucestershire, in the presence of his father, brothers," and sister. Owing to several deaths having occurred under the "Christian science" treatment, Mrs. Eddy, head of that cult, has forbidden her followers to doctor infectious or contagious diseases. The Daily Mail slates that the Tsarina is suffering from melancholia. VIENNA, 14th November. The Czechs and the German extremists in the Reichsrath came to blows, and the sitting was suspended. ' PARIS, 14th Noveaiber. An insane soldier fired five shots in the lobby of the Chamber of Deputies. He was arrested. SOFIA, 14th November. The King of Roumania and Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria visited Plevna and lunched with Osman Pasha. OTTAWA, 14th November. •The Doukhobois have appealed to the Sultan of Turkey to allot them a tiny corner where they will not be compelled to obey the laws of men or become the subjects of any monarch excepting the Lord. MELBOURNE, 14tli November Lord and Lady Ranfurly intended to start to-day on a visit to Tasmania, buc have postponed the trip for a week. (Received November 15, 9.57 a.m.) LONDON, 14th November. Mr. Chamberlain, leplying to an invitation from the West India Club, expresses a hope that he will some day be able to visit the West Indies. The Pelican and British Empire Mutual Life Assurance Companies have agreed to amalgamate. The Admiralty will try various types of water-tube boilers in connection with the construction of nineteen torpedo-boat destroyers and nine torpedo boats. Mr. Chevalier, Sir Henry Irving, and Mr. Bourchier are giving performances at Sandringham. MPROCCO, 14th November. The Sultan of Morocco has given an excellent site for a Christian cemetery at Fez. PARIS, 14th November. The miners' unions in the North of France have voted iri favour of the resumption of work. : M. Labandy, a French aeronaut, made several trips from the bank of the Seine in an air-ship and returned against the wind to the starting-point. The speed attained was 25 miles an hour. .

Tho Dresden Piano Co. intimate that -a good piano is a first-class investment, as well as a means of culture and pleasure. Messre. Sidey, Meech and Co. draw attention to their sales advertised- in this issue. On Monday thoy will hold an extensive unreserved sale of tho whole of the stock, etc., of Mr. H. Jones, 76 and 78, Taranaki-streot. It is described a3 a particularly good lot, and is to bo sold absolutely without reserve Next Thursday, the 20th November, they will sell tho whole of the plant, stock, and fittings of Mr. Young's plumbing and gasfitting establishment, Lower Tamnaki-st. EVERY OLD WOMAN Knows the valuo of linseed ns a euro for coughs and colds, and its action is increased tonfold when scientifically prepared and blended with other specifics, as in the caso of Tonking's Linseed Emulsion. To be procured of all chemists and storekeepers, lg 6d and 2s 6d per boWle.— -Advt.