VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS.

Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 8 March 1905, Page 7

VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS.

[rßKss Association.] ECCLESIASTICAL APPOINTMENTS. LONDON. 7th March. Tho Right Roy. Edward Talbot, Bishop of Rochester, hus boon appointed Bishop of Southwark, and tho Right Roy. J. R. Harmor. Bishop of Adelaide, succoeds Bishop Talbot. Tho Roy. I'dgar Charles Gibson. Vicar of Lords, lias bcon appointed Bishop of Gloucester. Archdeacon Montgomery has been mado a Prelnto of tho Church. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. LONDON, 7th March. Tho British Imports for February incroasou £1,265,000, and the exports incroiised £1,374,000, compared with tho corresponding month last year. ITALIAN POLITICS. ROME, 7th March. Signor Forlid has been nppointod to the Promiorship, in succession to Signor Giolitti, who retired owing to ill-health. Tho majority of tho Ministers remain in office. DOGGER BANK OUTRAGE. LONDON, 7th March. King Edward wrote to Admiral Davis, who represented tho United States on tho North Son Commission, convoying congratulations on tho success of the enquiry, and regretting that time did not permit tho Admiral to visit London. COLONIAL MARRIAGES. LONDON, 7th March. Cape Cotony supports the Common, wealth's appeal for recognition of validity in Britain of marriages contracted in colonies whoro union with a deceased 1 wife's sister is lognl. GRKEK AT CAMBRIDGE. LONDON, 6th March. Cambridge University refuses to make Greek an optional subject. (Uecoived March 8, 7.02 a.m. (Rocoivod March 8, 8.30 a.m.) TRINITY COLLEGE EXAMINER. LONDON, 7th March. Mr. Alfred Miskowski has boon appointed Trinity Collogo Examiner for Now Zoalnnd. ROYAL VISIT TO ENGLAND. LONDON, 7th March. Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria and Prlnco Michael, after visiting the Kaiser, will como to London on business. NEW SOUTH WALKS ARBITRATION COURT. SYDNEY, 7th March. Mr. Justice Cohen ha 3 declined rennpointment to the Presidency of tho New South Wales Arbitration Court — a position ho has held sinco 1002. OBITUARY. MELBOURNE, 7th March. Tho death is announced of Sir Benjamin Benjamin. [Sir Benjamin Benjamin was born in London in 1834, and arrived in Victoria in 1843. Ho was olocted to tho Melbourne City Council in 1870, and beramo Aldorman in 1881, and was Mayor from 1887 to 1889. In the year 1888 ho was Commissioner for tho Melbourno Cenlcnninl Exhibition, and was knighted in 1889 in recognition of his hospitalities and services during tho Exhibition your.] (Itoceived March 8, 0.29 a.m.) BANK TELLER SENTENCED. PERTH. This Day. Hodge, a toller in the Westralian Bank, nas boon sentenced to five years' imprisonment for stealing £3000 belong* ing to tho Bank. ENGLISH MAIL. PERTH, This Day. Tho stonmer China brought a heavy English mail, including 27 bags for New Zealand. NEW SOUTH WALES RETURNS. SYDNEY, This Day. The Now South Wales imports last year were va-iued at £13,134,000, of which £9,780,000 were from British poasewioiw. New ZealandVt share was £862,000. The exports wore valued at £23,089,000, products and manufactures repP-senting £15,230,000, and gold £4,958,000. Of thews amounts, Now Zealand's sharo Was £925,000. PLAGUE IN BRISBANE. BRISBANE, This Day. Another plague patient is dead.