VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS.

Evening Post, Volume LXIV, Issue 121, 18 November 1902, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS.

[press association.] (Received November 18, 10.20 a.m.) ADMIRAL FANSHAWE. LONDON, 17th November. Vice-Admiral A. D. Fanshawe, the new Commander of the Australian Squadron, will sail for Australia by the Ophir, leaving London on 6th December. SIMPLIFIED VOTING. BERLIN, 17th November. The officials of the Reichstag collect the ballot-tickets on the proposed duties in the Tariff Bill by carrying urns from Beat to seat, thus saving much time. BULGARIAN REVOLUTIONISTS. SOFIA, 17th November. • Ten Bulgarians at Monastir set fire to the house of a man suspected of giving information of the movements of revolutionary bands. The man's mother and Bon were burnt, and his wife wounded. THE ISLAND TRADE. SYDNEY, 17th November. Messrs. Burns, Philp and Co. have purchased the Huddart Parker steamer Tambo, to replace the Mambare in the Islands trade. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. BERLIN, 17th November. Wireless telegraphy is being established between Karlskrona and five stations in Northern Germany. A CASE OF COMPENSATION. BERLIN, 17th November. The Porte has indemnified Dr. Belck, t German, who was ill-treated in the Van district, in Turkish Armenia, in 1899. PENNY POSTAGE. WASHINGTON, 17th November. Mr. Payne, the Postmaster-General, recommends the negotiation of Conventions to establish two-cent postage to Britain, France, and Germany. CYCLING. SYDNEY, 17th November. Arrangements have been completed for • visit to Austral ia of Major Taylor, the American negro cyclist. After riding at Brisbane and Syctaey he will probably .visit New Zealand. SYDNEY STOCK SALES. SYDNEY, 17th November. At Homebush yards a small line of New Zealand sheep ranged from 19s to 00s. Cattle averaged £18-