CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH-COPYRIGHT.] DIFFERENCES IN THE ANGLICAN CHURCH.

Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 89, 12 October 1904, Page 5

CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH-COPYRIGHT.] DIFFERENCES IN THE ANGLICAN CHURCH.

PROTESTS AGAINST HIGH CHURCH PRACTICES. [press association.] (Received October 12, 8.45 a.m.) LONDON, 11th October. The ultra-Protestant section, at a meeting of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, at Liverpool, assailed the Bishop of Madagascar (Right Rev. Geo. Lanchester King), who was wearing a cross, with shouts of "Take that cross off," "Go to Rome," and "Jesuit traitor." The Rev. Dr. Chavasse, Bishop of Liverpool, in closing the meeting, told the minority that they were going far to make the great name of Protestant stink. RAILWAY COLLISION. SERIOUS LOSS OF LIFE. [press association.] NEW YORK, 11th October. An excursion train came into collision with a freight train at Wavensburg, in Missouri. Thirty-three persons were killed and thirty injured. POWDER EXPLOSION. * FOUR PERSONS INJURED. [fkess association.] (Received October 12, 8.35 a.m.) LONDON, 11th October. While a porter of the Bank of Ireland in Dublin was showing the arms in a room to a visitor, he pulled a flintlock trigger, which ignited eight pounds of r gunpowder, and wrecked the room. Four persons were burned. STATE FIRE INSURANCE. NEGOTIATIONS Wlin LONDON UNDERWRITERS. WARNING FROM THE TIMES. A POSSIBLE WAR OF RATES. [PRESS ASSOCIATION.] LONDON, 11th October. The attempt of the JNew Zealand Government to start a Fire Insurance Department is causing much interest amongst English companies and Lloyd's Underwriters. At the Government's instance some of the underwriters have agreed to accept lines at premiums not low,er than 10 per cent., under New Zealand companies. The Times warns the underwriters that them are possibly committing themselves to hazards which they have no conception of. In a war of rates the vNew Zealand Government would have to deal with combined institutions many times more powerful than itself. VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS. ♦ fPRESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received October 12, 9.30 a.m.) FATAL COLLAPSE OF A HOUSE. SANTIAGO, 11th October. A house in Santiago collapsed, killing thirty people and injuring fifty. PRICE OF CONSOLS. LONDON, 11th October. Imperial Consols are quoted afc 88|, a fall of 7s 6d since Friday. WARNER'S CRICKET TEAM. MELBOURNE, This Day. The Cricket Association repudiates Warner's insinuation that the English touring terfm under his charge did not receive a proper proportion of the gatemoney. WOMEN LAWYERS. HOBART, This Day. The State Council has passed the Bill to enable women to enrol as barristers and solicitors. REFUSING DUTY. SYDNEY, This Day. Nine of the crew of the ship Mount Stewart, which caught fire last week and Avas afterwards beached, have been sent to prison for refusing to man the pumps after the fire. PADEREWSKI. MELBOURNE, This Day. There was an enthusiastic demonstration at Paderewski's farewell concert. SECONDARY EDUCATION. SYDNEY, This Day. The report of the Commissioners on Secondary Education recommends a number of important reforms, and favours the German system RAIN IN NEW SOUTH WALES. SYDNEY, This Day. Good general rain is falling. UNITED STATES CABINET. WASHINGTON, 31th October. c Mr. R. J. Wynne, First Assistant Postmaster, has succeeded the Hon. H. C. Payne as Postmaster-General of the United States. LADY CURZON. LONDON, 11th October. Lady Curzon, wife of the Viceroy of India, who is suffering from peritonitis, passed a fair night, but to-day ia not so well. STORMY COMPANY MEETING. LONDON, 11th October. A very stormy meeting of the Rhodesia Company sanctioned the issue of a million fresh capital, but declined to confirm underwriting arrangements made by the directors. CONGREGATIONAL UNION. SYDNEY, 11th October. The Rev. Cunliffe Jones has been elected Chairman of the Congregational Union. SUEZ CANAL. CAIRO, 11th October. The steamer Orient, which grounded in the Suez Canal, blocking the traffic, was floated off, and has proceeded on her voyage.