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Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 113, 9 November 1910, Page 7

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■ ■> By Telegraph.— Presß Association.— Copyright, (Received November 9, 10.5 a.m.) PROPOSED TESTIMONIAL TO THE KAISER. BERLIN, Bth November. A national'' testimonial to the Kaiser is projected. It is proposed to present the Kaiser with a steam yacht, to be his personal property, to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of his accession to the Throne. [The Kaiser was born in 1859, and succeeded his father on 15th June, 1838.] (Received November 9, 9.37 a.m.) A DESPERADO ARRESTED. NEW YORK, Bth November. Eane Pinder, a hold-up desperado, and an alleged murderer, was arrested at San Francisco, while en route for Australia. He shot a woman at Cleveland, Ohio, when furious at the escape of a car driver he had shot. (Received November 9. 10.15 a.m.} OBITUARY. SYDNEY, This Day. Mr. Kenilworth Parkes, fourth son of the late Sir Henry Parkes, for some years, Premisr of New South Wales is dead. INTER-STATE BOWLING. MELBOURNE, This Day. At bowls, Victoria defeated New South Wales by 106 to 70. LOCAL INDUSTRY. MELBOURNE, This Day. A company intends starting the manufacture in Australia of cables, wire, and other materials used by the Telegraph Department. s BOY SCOUTS IN ITALY. PISA, Bth November. King Victor Emanuel has reviewed the first battalion of Italian boy scouts, and warmly congratulated Sir Francis Vane, the organiser of the battalion. [Sir Francis Vane, Bart., who is keenly interested in the Boy Scout movement, raised the first corps of Working Boy Cadets in 1886. He served in the South African war, arid a) so acted as correspondent of the Daily News. The London Daily Mail recently reported :—: — Known as "Piccoli Cavalieri" (little knights), the first battalion of Italian Boy Scouts organised by Sir Francis Vane, at Lucca, has proved a great success,, and battalions are now being formed in other towns.] KING GRANTS AN AUDIENCE TO SIR G. REID. LONDON, Bth -November. King George to-day granted an audience to Sir George Reid, the Australian High Commissioner, and also received Mr. Bertram Mackennal, A.R.A., the Australian sculptor, who is designing the nbw coinage. ICE-BOUND. OTTAWA, Bth November. The Red River has frozen exceptionally early this year, and steamers are also ice-bound at points in Lake Winnipeg. |The Red River, which flows into Lake Winnipeg, rises in Western Minnesota, and traverses Manitoba. In length it is about 700 miles.] A 11ESIG NATION, SYDNEY, Bth' November. Air. Thomas Garvin, Inspector-General of Police in New South Wales since 1904, has resigned. [Mr. Gai-vhi was bom in Sydney in 1843, and joined the New South Wales Mounted Police in August, 1862.] (Received^November 9, 10.50 a.m.) EIGHT SHILLINGS A DAY. SYDNEY, This Day. The City Council, has fixed the mini mum wage of its labourers in all departments at eight shillings a day. HEAVY RAIN DOES MUCH • DAMAGE. BRISBANE, This Day. Heavy rain caused serious damage to the wheat crops in the Roma district. LEAVE Tb APPEAL REFUSED. LONDON, Bth November. In the case Quinn versus Goldsbrotigh, Mort, and Co., leave to appeal was refused.