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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 118, 21 May 1910, Page 5

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Bj Telegraph.—Pres! Association.—Copyright. PRODUCTION OF COTTON. (Receded May 21, 8.40 a.m.) NEW YORK, 20th May. Many New England cotton mills are curtailing the production of cotton by 25 to 33 per cent, until the new crop is available. YOUKG WOMEN"S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. (Received May 21, 9.10 a.m.) BERLIN, 20th May. A world's conference of the Young Women's Christian Association was opened in Berlin, in the presence of the Empress. There are 850 delegates from 22 countries. s A DUKE FINED. LONDON, 19th May. The Duke of Westminster has been again fined for excess=he speed in motoring. This being tho third conviction, his license was endorsed. WILDING SUCCESSFUL. LONDON, 20th May. Wilding was successful in the open single and doubles championships at the Brussels lawn tennis tournament. COLONIAL STUDENTS. LONDON, 19th May. Mr. J. F. Richards, of Wellington, and Mr. W. Robinson, of Christ-church, have passed the primary examination for a Fellowship at the College of Surgeons. Mr. Richards, jun., secured a proficiency prize, and Mr. Michael Harris, a prize for anatomy at Guy's Hospital. OBITUARY. LONDON, 19th May. TJie death, is announced of JMadame Viardot Garcia, the well-known opera singer. Admiral Sir Win. Garnhnm Lnard, K. C.8., aged 90, is dead. He entered the Navy in 1835, in the days of tho "wooden walls.'' His death was the result of a carriage accident. [The Admiral was educated at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, joined H.M.S. Actaeon as midshipman, and saw lighting in China. Ho was president of the Royal Naval College from 1832 to 1885, and served on several Admiralty Commissions.] (Received May 21, 8.40 a.m.) LONDON, 20th May. The death is announced of Sir Henry Aubrey Aubrey-Fletcher, M.P. for the Lewes Division of Sussex. [Sir H. Aubrey-Fletcher was a Conservative in politics. Born in 1835, he was educated at Eton, lie entered politics as M.P. for Horsham in 1880. In 1885-86 he was Groom-in-Waiting to the Queen.] SHIPPING DEAL. SYDNEY, 19th May. Arrangements have been completed under which the North Coast Steam Ship Company will take over tho whole of the Illawarra and South Coast Company's steamers and plant. This is the biggest shipping deal ever made in Sydney. RUSSIA, GERMANY, AND PERSIA. BERLIN, 19th May. In reply to the Russian protest against Germany attempting to extend her political and economic influence in Persia, it is officially stated that Germany is pursuing not political but commercial ends iii Persia. UNITED STATES AND CANADA. OTTAWA, 19lh May. The Montreal Chamber of Commerce has resolved to ask the Canadian Government not to consider a reciprocity treaty with the United States. • The Chamber takes grounds similar to those of the Board of Trade, cabled or 12th May. UNSAVOURY RECORDS. CONSTANTINOPLE, 19th May. A commission is classifying 360 of the dethroned Sultan Abdul Hamid's secret reports, seized at Yildiz Kiosk. Threats made to publish the reports are causing consternation. The records incriminate so many officials that publication would create general confusion. During an acrimonious debate in the Chamber, the Grand Vizier, Hakki Bey, spoke in favour of tho destruction of "the records of the unsavoury past " NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT SYDNEY, 19th May. The State Parliament will meet' on 14th June. SUICIDE. NAPLES, 19th May. A pabsenger named Florence committed suicide on board the steamer Otway, homeward bound from Australia. NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION IN SYDNEY. SYDNEY, 19th May. A meeting of New Zealauders resident in Sydney decided to form a New Zealand Association Membership will be limited to those v. ho have resided at least five yenrs in the Dominion. MURDER BY A NOBLEMAN. Sl'. PETERSBURG, 20Lh May. Count Eogdan Ronikier, a well-known Polish nobleman, has been arrested for mutdering his biother-in-ktw, a boy of 17, whose life lay between Ronikior's inheritance and a large estate. HALF-CROWN. MELBOURNE, 20th May. Replying yesterday to a protest by the Chamber ol Commerce against tha abolition of tho half-crown piece, Mr. Fisher, Prime Minister, said he feared it would have to go, as there was no piovision in the Australian Coinage Ad, for its retention. WIRELESS LONDON, 19th May. Many passengers by steamers arriving from America are using the wireless telegraph u>* 'its to book seats to view the Royal ftt&eiw! procession.