VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 47, 24 February 1906, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS.

[i'hess association.] (Received February 24, 9.66 a.m.) PROHIBITION OF ABSINTHE. BRUSSELS, 23rd February. Tho Belgian Chamber has adopted a Bill prohibiting tho manufacture nnd solo of nbKinthe. [Absinthe Is chiefly used In Franco, whero it wns first introduced through beIne preficrlbed an a fobrlftigo during tho Algerian war. It is a spirit flavoured with the pounded loaves and flowering tops of certain plants, chibfly wormwood. Tho ftfomatlcs nre first macerated in rloohol and then distilled, tho product being a groen.eolfrured liquor. Adulteration is common, blue vitriol being sometimes found In It. Independent of Its intoxlonting effoots, absinthe-drinking utterly doranges the digestive system, weakens the frame, nnd induces hoitiblo dreams and hallucinations i it frequently produces paralysis or idiocy.] DEMAND FOR COMPENSATION. PEKIN, 23rd February. Tho British Consul «t Canton has demanded from tho Viceroy compensation for an attach, by pirates on a British Btenmor between Samshul and Chingyuen, when tho passenger and crew wero robbed. THE DOG DERBY. LONDON, 23rd February. In the finnl conrKo for tho Waterloo Can Hopiond dofcatcd Dividend Deferred, ana won A THEATRICAL COMBINATION. NEW YORK, 23rd February. Messrs. Willotiflhhy nnd Ward afo bringing a strong theatrical company to Australia. They will open in Sydney on, 12th May. GERMAN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA. CAPETOWN. 23rd February) Tlio followers of the chief Corneiluß, after submitting to tlio Germans, (led to the bush because they were not allowed to retain the enttlo they had raided.