VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 135, 8 June 1906, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS.

[I'HESS ASSOCIATION.) (Received Juno 8, 8.35 a.m.) FIRE ON THE GOTHIC, LONDON, 7th June. Two fires occurred amongst) the Gothic's wool after she left Teneriffe. BANDITS^IN CHINA. TEKIN, 7th June. Bandits at Cnangtu captured a trainload of nine thousand German rifles intendad for Chinese Generals in Kirin and Ihe neighbouring districts. AN AERONAUT'S NARROW ESCAPE. LONDON, 7th June. Owing to an accident at th© starting, Miss Neill, aeronaut, at Pontypool (Monmouthshire), ascended head downwards, hanging by on© foot. After a desperate struggle she climbed Up a rope, unfastened the parachute at a height* of 5000 ft, and descended safely. THE NEW HEBRIDES QUESTION. • PARIS, 7th June. The newspapar Figaro favours France securing Mauritius, while the journal Debate favours the partition of tihe New Hebrides. BIG CRICKET SCORE. LONDON, 7th June. Playing against Notts, Hayward made 144 runs (not out) af tier making 100 in the first innings. He has now completed his thousand runs this season. CHURCH DISPUTE. LONDON, 7th June. The P.oyal Commitsion appointed to enquire int)o tho Scottish Churches' dispute has awarded the training colleges at Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen to the United Free 'Church. , THE SITUATION IN SERVIA. LONDON, 7th June. The Daily Mail states that Britain has received a guarantee that the Servian regicides will not he rcappointed. It is expected that Britain will now resumo diplomatic -relations with Servia, RABBIT EXPERIMENTS SYDNEY, This Day. Dr. Danysz declares that he cannot understand tho scare ov&r 'tihe rabbit experimenL*». ORDER'S FOR COAL. SYDNEY, This Day. An order for 36,000 tons of coal for Manila has been received at Newcastle. Other large orders from the Philippines are expected. SEABED EXPLORATION. SYDNEY, This Day. Professor Haswoll, Professor of Biology in the Sydney University, is conducting a seabed exploration. Two dredges were let down 2000 fathoms 55 mike off the coast, and failed to touch the bottom. A number of interesting specimens were obtained. SHALE COUNTRY. HOBART, This Day. An English syndicate reports tlhat it has purchased a thousand acres of shale country near LatTobe. SHEARING RATES. MELBOURNE, This Day. The Pastoralists' Association has notified that) it intends to increase the shearing rates one shilling per hundred during the present season. COMMERCE ACT. MELBOURNE, This Day. Tho Commerce Act comes into operation to-day. The regulation making the marking of goods compulsory is under consideration. ALLEGED DEFALCATIONS. SYDNEY, 7th Juno. Henry Deacon Royner was arrested in Sydnoy to-day in connection with alleged defalcations as eeoretary of a Druids' Lodge at Christchurch, New Zealand.