CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT.] VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 146, 21 June 1906, Page 4

CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT.] VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS.

— « — . SHIPPING IN WAR TIME. [rRESS ASSOCIATION.} (Received June 21, 7.37 a.m.) LONDON, 20th June. The Treasury has appointed a committee to investigate the question of a national indemnity on insurance on shipping against capture in war time. Mr. Austen Chamberhun is chairman, and Sir G. Sydenham Clarke is a member. PASSIVE RESISTANCE ADVISED. LONDON, 20th June. Lord Hugh Cecil advises churchmen toi resort to the powerful weapon of passive resistance in "opposing the unjust Education Bill." MEAT BILL PASSED. NEW YORK, 20th June. The United House bf Representatives has passed the -Meat Inspection Bill, with President Roosevelt's amendments, without dissent. A LIBERAL GIFT. OTTAWA, 20th June. Sir W. C. ulacDonald, Governor of the M'Gill University at Montreal, has presented the univeisity with an Agricultural College, and endowed it with £400,000. TO .PREVENT BUTTER MANIPULATION. , LONDON, 20th June. Mr. Coghlan, Agent-General for New South Wales, was examined as the final witness before the Butter Conjmission. He ■ found the committee Strongly in favour of the proposed Bill. Many favour legislation for preventing manipulation. Mr. Coghlan 6tated {Sat blended butter prevented the public appreciating the real quality of Australasian butter. He did not favour Ireland being exempted from the 16 per centum moisture regulation, and he advocated the mixing of margarine and sesame oil in order to prevent the sale of the adulterated article as butter. TURBULENT SUFFRAGISTS. LONDON, 20th June. Women suffragists besieged Mr. Asq>ufcli'.s residence for- two lioxlts, and lie was compelled to escape in a motor brougham from the rear of the house. THE MADRID OUTRAGE. MADRID, 20th June. An official report on the attack by the man Mural on King Alfonso on the day of his marriage states that twentythree persons were killed, and twentynine injured. Twenty-eight bullets were found in the carcase of one of the horses attached to the Royal coach. SPEECH BY THE KAISER. BERLIN, 20th June. At a banquet at Cuxhaven (at the mouth of the Elbe) Emperor William expressed pleasure at the development of Germany's merchant fleet. But, said ins Majesty, honourable peace was the firs'c consideration. He was delighted that Prince Bulbw had regained health, since he had done more than any man in working for peace. DISTRESS IN SAN FRANCISCO. • OTTAWA, 20th June. The Dominion Government is sending eighty thousand dollars (£16,000) for distribution, through the Red Cross Society, among the distressed at San Francisco. NEW SOUTH WALES FINANCES. SYDNEY, This Day. The Government is issuing half »a million 3£ per, cent, funded stock. AN IMPROVED SERVICE. SYDNEY, This Day. An improved mail service between Solomon Islands and New Guinea" will be inaugurated next month. A KETCH" WRECKED. SYDNEY, This Day. The Island ketch Mayflower was totally wrecked at New Ireland. The members of tShe crew were GAMBLING EVIL. MELBOURNE, 20th June. A laTge deputation, representing among others the Council of Churches, friendly societies, commercial and labour interests, and sporting bodies, waited' upon Mr. Bent to-day, asking him to thke effective Bteps to suppress gambling. The Premier, in the course of a sympathetic reply, stated that an Anti-Gambling Bill had been prepared. THE RABBIT TRADE." SYDNEY, 20th June. Half a million rabbife are packed weekly in Sydney for shipment. SHIPMENT OF SHEEP. SYDNEY, 20th June. The sheep by the Warrimoo from New Zealand arrived "in good condition. • A LABOUR VICTORY. MELBOURNE, 20th June. Mr. C. M'Donald (Queensland), the Labour party's nominee, was elected Chairman of Committees in the House of Representatives, defeating the Hon. C. C. Salmon (Victoria) by 28 votes to 21. FREE PRESS MESSAGES. MELBOURNE, 20th June. In the Senate to-day Senator Smith gave notice to move that a limited number of press messages on matters of public interest be carried free over tflie Pacific cable. FISHERMEN DROWNED. SYDNEY, This Day. Two fishermen named Johnson and Jellie were drowned by the capsizing of a boat at Geelong. MAIL CONTRACT. , ' MELBOURNE, This Day. The Federal Government has practically completed negotiations for a new English mail contract. It is understood tfliat neither the Peninsula nor the Orient Company has secured the contract. Apparently a new line is about to enter the Anglo-Australian trade. A KIDNAPPER SENTENCED. NEW YORK, 20th June. Kein, a formei stockbroker, has been sentenced at Philadelphia to twenty years' imprisonment for kidnapping wealthy residents' children and demanding a heavy ransom under threats of death. ANGLO-GERMAN RELATIONS. LONDON, 20th June. Fifty German newspaper editors, who arts visiting England on the invitation of the Anglo-German Friendship Committee, have been cordially welcomed here. DISAPPEARANCE OF A SOLICITOR. LONDON, 20th June. Charles Edward Bloomer, a solicitor in Doughty -street, London, has disappeared. His liabilities amount to £70,000. I A SHIP OVERDUE. LONDON, 20th June. Seventy-five guineas have been paid to reinsure the ship Rodenbek, overdue at Liverpool from Newcastle (New South Wales). UNDERWRITERS DISTURBED. LONDON, 20th June. [ The Times atateu that underwriters are

disturbed at the recent disasters to wool ships, and fear that the high prices of wool are tempting shipments In a dangerous condition of dampness. A premium of twenty-five guineas was* paid in connectioD with the bardana, a wool-ship from, New Zealand. The Times declares that the price is preposterous for a vessel which is not yet due. SAMPLES OF TINNED' MEAT. LONDON, 20th June. Mr. John Burns, President of the Local Government Board, has ordered sample* to be taken of tinned meats throughout Great Britain.