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

Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 26, 31 January 1907, Page 7

CABLE NEWS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.-COPYRIGHT.]

VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS.

(Received January 31, 8.40 a.m.) THE LONDON 'MURDER CASE. LONDON, 30th January. Discussing the parentage of Horace Rayner, who killed Mr. Whiteley, the "Universal Provider," the Star says Emily Turner's mother, in tho course of an interview, declared that her daughter always told' her that -Mr. George Rayner was not Horace's father. After the boy'e birth Mr. Whiteley and 1 Mr. RayneT quarrelkd. EDUCATING CONSULS. LONDON, 30th January. It has been decided that con6ula in future must pass through the Intelligence DeiJartmonfc of the Board of Trade, and those visiting England will be required to spend some time inspecting the processes of manufacture of goods sent to their districts. DISCOVERY OF COAL. LONDON, 30th January. A seam of coal, thirty feet thick, has been struck on the Earl of Dudley'B estate at Sedgloy, affording employment to 1500 men. CANADA AND AUSTRALIA. OTTAWA, 30th January. The correspondence between Canada and Australia in inference to tho preference tariff has been laid on the table of the Dominion House of Commons. A FATAL SURPRISE. CARACAS, 30th January. While trying to surprise a secret political meeting at the residence of General Gomez, Vice-President of Venezuela, General Mata, Governor of Caracas (the capital city of Venezuela) and several soldiers were killed and many wounded. ALLEGED WRONGFUL IMPRISONMENT. LONDON, 30th January. Mr. Gladstone, Home Secretary, states that he is minutely examining the case of George Edalji, who it is alleged was wrongly imprisoned on charges of cattlemaiming. EARTHQUAKE IN NEW SOUTH WALES. SYDNEY, 30th January. A heavy earthquake occurred at seven o'clock to-night at Lithgow, in a valley of the Blue Mountains, 96 miles from Sydney. A Tesident, who has had experience in New Zealand, says the shock was the heaviest he ever felt. NEWS FROM CHINA. BRISBANE, This Day. The Changsha brings news from China that some uneasiness is felt about the safety of the steamer Varzin, with 200 I Koreans aboard. The, vessel is reported to have struck a mine and sunk after leaving Vladivostok. The Chunchuses are, it is stated, proving very trouble- | some, several Europeans having been murdered. DEATH OF A STEAMER ' ! " STEWARD. BRISBANE, This Day. A steward on the steamer Hornby Grange was found dead in the street with | a hole through one of his hands as if made by a bullet. WRECK OF THE AUSTRALIAN. ADELAIDE, This Day. The Marine Board finds that the loss of the Australian was due to an extraordinary set of tides, and it was to be regretted that under the abnormal conditions the lead was not used