various cabled items.

Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 122, 25 May 1905, Page 5

various cabled items.

[t'liKis ASSdcrvno.M.l (Received M.iy 25, 8 35 a.m.) cold \veathi:k in knoland. LONDON. 24th May. A cold wind and fio.it h.ivo almost ruined many Kentish and other orchards, flitvnc has also been cuumml among.st kome of the, Continental vineyards. THE PLAC'UE IN INDIA. CALCUTTA, 24tli M.iy. Plague has iippcnicd at lluwul Pindee cantonment. AFFAIRS IN THE BALKANS. COXNTASTINOPLK, 24th May. Turkey has yielded to ilu> Koum.inmnV demands that, t lie iiispoctoj n In 1 leuwtutcd, and (ho Vftli ultimately lunsferred. I fA mlde^tuui published on Tucsrlny staled that Koumunni nim.sUd on mparation for tho imprisonnunt of two school inepectomit J.uiina (.t vil.typt in Albania), and threatened to break relations with Turkey. J CHICAGO STRIKE SPREADING. NKW YORK, 24th May. Tho Chicago tennii-leiV Mtrikc is spreading. The militia i<* held in readiness. THE ENGLISH EDUCATION ACT. LONDON, 24th May. Tlie East Hnin Borough Council Ims rescinded its resolution pmssd some weeks ago declining U> administer tho Education Act. Councillor Kflin^h.un, who moved tho resolution to rescind, died immediately after spc»king. THE KAISEU'S PECULIAR ACTION. BERLIN, 24th May. Tho Cologne Gnzotto whites llml tho resignations of the l're«ulcnt and Vice- L* tosid^nl of the Navy Lo»g«o me llm direct result of h tclegrmn .sein liy Ki«]jt-ioi William while on hi* r&veul lour m the Mediteruuiean. The hmncror, it i-i iiddud, sent the message without i.ons\iltiug Count vnn Huluw, tho Imperial Chanrrllor. Tho Knirer's action is Lonyiilvn-d inexplicibk 1 , as the K.ii«er had addtcs.si'd his (on^ratulutions to the League nfl<T the adoption of its extravagant programme. TnE PUTUHE OF AUSTRALIA. LONDON, 2'lfh May. At ay Australifui merrlunts' hanrpiot at the Troi:n.dvro, n humhccl and forty guests were prot'cnt, <nchulint! ex-flovcrnord, tho Agfnts-Ger.orul, and many louiiin^ nwrchunls. The luirl of Jorsvy (h former Ooveinor of Now South Wales) presided. Lord Tennyson, Inte Governor-Otneiiil of AtiMliiihii, in propping tho toast of tho Chai rman, wild tli«* enaer niilun: of tlio CoiDinonweulih had led tier into mistakes, but he wiia fully oonvineed that Australia would fulfil her hi«li deatiny, and that cuminon-senso and patriotism \could guide her ovrr nil dangers. JUNIOR LORD OF TJIK TRIDASUftY. (Received ,M»y 25, 0.52 a.m.) LONDON, 24th Mny. Lord Edmund Tnlbut Ims beon ftppointed Junior liord of the Trcuaury in succession to Mr. Oontld Lodcr. BRITAIN AND NICARAGUA. LONDON, 24th Mny. Britain and Niatr.iguu have .signed a. trcoty nckno\vlod({iiig Nicaragua* hovereignty over tho Mosquito Coast, and nbro. gAling tho u.se of h>tm Juan do! Noite as » free port. THE ATLANTIC YACHT RACK. NKW YORK. 24th May. Betting in New York on tho rosult of tho yacht, race for t.ho Kaiser's Cup is 8 to 5 on (he yacht. Atluntie. THK SLATTKUY CASK. SYDNEY, 21th May. The Full Court, to-day struck off the roll of nolictloKt the name of T. M. Slatt«ry, recently <onvieted of larceny us a bailee. Mr. Jiihtico On'cn «iitl lio'uiidorRtood (in iipneal against Slattory'g conviction wiw going to bo made to 'the High Court, but ho could not «cc that that could nffect the decision tv (.hike out tho name, been use there w.ts suflicinnt undisputed evidence, outside that whereon it was proposed to nnpcnl, to uhow that Shiltery was not a fit and proper person to reninin a solicitor of tho Court. IMPRESSIONS OF NKW ZEALAND. SYDNEY, 24th Muy. Sir John See. who returned by tho Waikare to-day from a trip to New Zealand, expressed admiration of tho prosperous condition of that colony. He was struck with tJio spread of closer settlement throughout, the country, and the rapid progress of tho cities. Ho knows of no plnco whore a touiist can spend a holiday to greater enjoyment and advantngo to health. It i» a veritnblo wonderland. ALLEGED CUSTOMS FRAUDS. MELBOURNE, 24th May. In the. enm in which Customs fraudß nro alleged hi connection with importations of fish from New ZeaLnnd, tho jury's verdict in in favour of the Custom* Department.. The Judge will delivor judgment to-morrow. SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP. SYDNEY, 24th May. I he. sculling match Stunbury v. iowna, for fho championship of tho world and £500 /i-side, hn.s been arranged to be rowed oil tho Parrumnttn River on 22nd July. COASTINC! STEAMER WHECKED TEIITIf. This Day. lhe coasting Ateumer Julia Percy has been wrecked at. Dongaim (263 "miles north from Perth). Tho crew is «ifo.