VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS.

Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 50, 1 March 1905, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS.

[PnKSS ASSOCIATION.] MISS ADA CROSSLEY. (Received March 1, 8.49 a.m.) LONDON, 28th February. Miss Ada Crossley, tho well-known contralto singer, made her debut at Dresden (tho capital of Saxony). Sho received ton recalls. VIOLINIST TO VISIT THE COLONIES. LONDON, 28th February. Mr. J, Ncvin Tail, of Melbourne, han arranged with Heir Kubolik, the violinist, to givo thirty concerts in Australiaand New Zealand. 110 opens at Melbourno in Sepiembor. tnerr Jan Kubolik has given recitals through tho whole of Europe, and lias had tho following distinctions:—-Violin-ist of tho Royal Court of Roumania, Benomerenti first class, Ro,umania; Commander of Siiva Order, Serviaj Commander of Gregory Order from'tho Pope 5 hon. member of tho Philharmonic Societies of London and Prague. Ho is 25 years of ago, and married In 1903 Magyar, daughter of Count Wolfgung Snell Bersenoyi, and widow of Count Czaky.] A NEW ZEALAND GIRL'S MARRIAGE. t . LONDON, 28th February. Mlwt Margaret Dowllng, a Now Zcalander, has married Princo Chica, who cknuft to be chief of tho party of Albanian Independence. ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH. NEW YORK, 28th February. M. Porrino, assistant astronomer at tho Lick Observatory, haft discovered the seventh satellite of Jupiter. BRISKNESS IN BUILDING TRADE. NEW YORK, 28th Februory. Tho building trado is brisk in New York. Bricklayers' wages havo been flxod at 2s lid per hour. THE WHEAT MARKET. NEW YORK, 28th February. Thero Is a heavy slump in the wheat market. Enormous sales have taken place, giving riso to the belief that Mr. Gates'a "pool" is unloading. PAARDEBURG DAY. (Received March 1, 8.50 a.m.) LONDON, 28th February. Tho Hon. A. Lyttolton, Colonial Secretary, cabled to Earl Grey, Governor-Gen-eral of Canada, on the occasion of tho Paardeburg Day dinner at Ottawa, stating thnt he hoped and belioved Canada would always be beside tho Motherland in tho defonce, safety, and honour of tho Empire. LThe Canadians, supported r»y the Ist Gordons tlnd 2nd Shropshires, took a prominent part in securing the surrender of Oronjo at Paardeburg on the 27fch January, 1900. Tho event has since been celebrated every year at Ottawa.] FRENCH PARK ESTATE. LONDON, 28th February. Lord do Freyno has accepted the tenant*' terms for the Fronch Park Estate. [The disputo referrod to in tho abovo cablegram is a long-standing ono. In 1902, at the inxtiinco of Lord do Freyno, and with a view of enforcing tho law kiid down by the House of Lords, tho Dublin Court of Chanceiy issuod writ* against thirty persons, including several Nationalist members of Parliament and membeis of the United Irish League, on a charge of conspiracy to compel the sale of property below its "value in the courso of the " 110rent " agitation against Lord do Freyno's estate. Several of tho leaders wore sentenced to short terms of imprisonment. Sm«o that date negotiations h/ive been proceeding regarding tho purchaso of Lord do Freyno'fi estate, \< ith the result that the owner has now accepted tho tenants' teims.]