VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 28, 2 February 1907, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLED ITEMS.

' 4 EPRBSS ABSOCIATIOS.I (Received Kebrnary 2, 9 a.m.) TRIAL OF HAERY THAW. NEW YORK, Ist February. Four hundred jurors havo been summoned for tho trial of Harry Traw, the Pifctsburg millionaire, on a charge of having murdered Stanford White. Only eleven have beon selected up to. tho present. THE MUSIC HALL STRIKE. LONDON, Ist Fobruary. The strikers have barred five more London music halls, making twenty al-^ together. . ,1 MOTOR RACE. PARIS, Ist February. Several motorists have decided to compete in the race from Paris to Poltin ' promoted by tho newspaper Lo Matin. EARTHQUAKE. LONDON, Ist February. An earthquake shook was felt at Dover. VOLCANIC DUST. LONDON, Ist February. A steamer off the Humber, an estuary on the cast coast" of England, between Yorkshire! and Lincolnshire, encountcrod a shower of volcanic dust, which slightly cut the faces of tho crew. YOUTHS ARRESTED. LONDON, Ist February. Two youths havo been arrested at Nottingham on suspicion of burning the Kirkby and Annt-slpy churches; als^ with an atfcompt at trfdn wrecking. CEREBRO MEKJINOITIS. ° LONDON. Ist Fobruary. Upwards of one hundred cases of cerebro meningitis have l«en reported in Glasgow in one month, every fifth case proving fatal. THE CONSULAR sSgRVICE. LONDON, Ist February. All tho commercial attaches at • tho Embassies and Commercial Agents havo beion withdrav/n arid will reside in London. They will proceed abroad on special missions as occasion, requires. [Tho abovo 'decision follows on the announcement mado thit is had beon decidod that Consuls in future mufet pass through tho Ihtolligertco Ddpjrtment of the Board oi Trade, and tfexso visiting England will be required to npend some time inspecting the pfoc'*ses of manufacture of goods sent tb their districts.] DISMISSED. ■ LONDON, "'st February. The Ooflgo State has disniisße*l Major L.emairo from tho DdliitarjQtion Commission because hd insistod v-wn vofund : ag thb< Congo subvention paid to his newspaper during his absence. SHIPPING DISASTER. LONDON. Ist February, The steamer Clavorinpc f3328 toils), bound from Middlosbdrciigh to Japan, has befcn. \Vroeked. , • Twelve of tho crow wore drowned. RUSSIAN OFFICER MURDERED. BT. PETERSBURG, Ist February. | 'A band of Terrorists assassinated | M. Grun, chief of the eecfot pdlice at Warsaw, while he was driving iH a cab. The assassins escaped. GEBM AN- AUSTRALIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY. BERLIN, Ist February. Thß German-Australian Steamship Company has declared a dividend of 8 per cent. Ifc was de'clded to raise the capital to sixteen million marks, which will be largely devoted to increasing the fleet. ANOTHER ATtACK ON MR. ftOOSEVELt. NEW YORK, Ist February. Senator Isidc-B R&ynoi 1 , addressing tho Senate, afceused President Roosevelt and tho Executive of tisufping the functions of Congress. He declared that Sir. Root's policy of centralisation was a dangorous ana insidious attack on the country's institutions. STUDENTS IN CHINA. PDKIN, lsfe February. The CHinose Government is daily arresting students educated in Japan, on tho ground that they are 1 advocating reform. , ' ARMY REMOUNT^. ' - LONDON, Ist February. The Daily Express Is responsible for the otalement that the Army Council has determined; to tty t(> rely dn tha colonies as the main source for the supply of re- . mounts. Officers will shortly visit. Canada and Australia, and, if their investigations ■ ate encoutaguig, a ftVsteni of registration of young horses will bo prepared. THE KltfG AND QUEEN. LONDON, Ist February. King Edward rtnd Queeh Alexandra, travelling incognito, will spend a w<?ek in Paris, leaving London to-morrow. PLAGUE IN SYDNEY. A , Sydney, rews Day. Another case of plnguo hte dCctttrex] in King-street; and anotHer dfc Kempsey. A GOLD RUSH. MELBOURNE, This Day. •Nuggets value 1 * nfc £1000 have been found at Poseidon. 2i rush set in yesterday afternoon. BRITISH RIFLE TEAM MELBOURNE, This Day. A Britiah rifle team will visit Australia j ne^fc October if ctrtnih contingencies aro 1 sutiß'factofy. These, it 181 8 presumed, include finances, \ STATE POLITICS. MELfiOUrtNE, This Day. Mr. J. 0. Carter has been elected to rep.resept tho Public Servico in the Victorian Parliament, vice Mr, Qaunson, wlio resigned his seat. THE LATE SIR JOHN SEE. , SYDNEY, This Day. Sir Joseph Ward wao nrefient at Sir John - S6e> funeral, which was largely attended.

.■. mil il i .. ._._! li WALDEGBAVE PARK**ESTATE. This estatoj which is situated opposite the Upper Hutt Railway Station, Has boon aobdivicled ' into 179 sections, and Will bo sold by public auction nfc an early dftto l>y Mesßiii. Thomson and Brtfwn, in tho Town Hall. Tho auolioncerg call gpoeial attention to Upper Hult K>n a place whero tne future griwth will be. At the Upper Hutt aro stores; hotol«, schefolsy ehuronod, nnd many conveniences of city life. "Exia railway passes will bo given to intending investors, and lithograph plans of tho W«l--degravo Park Estate win bo posted to «}y addroaa upon application to the auoubneors. .