VARIOUS CABLES

Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 135, 5 December 1910, Page 7

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By Telegraph— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received December 5, 8.55 a.m.) FIRE EXTINGUISHED. BERLIN, 4th December. The great fire in the suburbs, caused by an explosion of benzine, has been extinguished, after burning for five days. CONVICTS ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE. ST. PETERSBURG, 4th December. Three convicts killed six warders at Kharkoff,' but, after scaling a wall, all were shot. RISING IN BURMAH. RANGOON, 4th December. The leader of the recent rising has been captured, with his principal followers. All were petty cultivators. CHAMBER OF MANUFACTURES. LONDON, 4th December. A chamber of British Manufactures is being organised on similar lines to the Australian Chamber. ' WRESTLING. NEW YORK, 3rd December. Hackenschmidt won two straight falls against Yussif Hassan in a match at Indianopolis. / ANGERS MUTILATION CASE. PARIS, 3rd December. The body found, frightfully mutilated, in a box at Angers has been identified as that of Chapel, a Parisian visitor to the town. MONOPLANE DESTROYED. MELBOURNE, 4th December. Cuguet, the aviator, essayed a flight at the Austral meeting. The wind, however, caught his monoplane, and dashed it to the asphalted tennis court, completely smashing the machine. Cuguet was not injured. ALCOHOLISM IN FRANCE. PARIS, 3rd December. M. Briand, the Prime Minister, speaking in the Senate, said the Government was determined to combat alcoholism. The present situation was terrible, and the very life of the nation was at stake. (Received December 5, 9.45 *.m.) PARIS, 4th December. The Premier has promised to introduce Government measures dealing with the liquor question within a few days. SUGAR PLANTING. SYDNEY, 4th December. Scarcity of farm labourers is causing cane farmers to restrict the areas being planted. , BHiLIARDS. LONDON, 4th December. In the billiard match, Gray beat Nelson by 3741. He made a break of 1024. RELIEF CREWS FOR WARSHDPS. SYDNEY, 4th December., 1 The cruiser ' Gibraltar arrived to-day with relief crews for the Australian station. FIRE IN AN AMERICAN TOWN. NEW YORK, 3rd December. - The town of Copperhill, invTennesee, is burning. One street has already been destroyed. The loss to midnight amounted to £20,000. No lives have been lost. • DEATH OF A BALLOONIST. OTTAWA, 3rd January. M. Jacques Faure, a nephew of exPresident Faure, of France, has died at Quebec of typhoid. He suffered hardships in the recent St. Louis balloon race, landing in Wisconsin. (Received December 5, 10 fi.m.) CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP. BERLIN, 4th December. In the contest between Lasker and Janowski for ihe -*chess championship, Lasker ha& won six games, and three have been drawn. • DEBENTURES ALLOTTED. LONDON, 4th December. Debentures have been allotted in the Midland Railway of Western Australia. ENGINE BLOWN UP. NEW YORK, 4th December. An engine was blown up on the Denver to Rio Grande railway. Three persons were killed. A PROMISING MUSICIAN. LONDON, 4th December. The Associated Board of the Royal College and Academy of Music has granted Ivy Wigmore, violinist, of Perth, a second renewal ot an exhibition for a- year. PLEURO-PNEUMONIA. SYDNEY, This Day. Serious outbreaks of pleuro have occurred among two big mobs of cattle at Albury. FRUITLESS SEARCH. PERTH, This Day. His Majesty's ship Fantome conducted a fruitless search for the Pericles rock. QUEENSLAND RAILWAY BILL. BRISBANE, This Day. In tli© State Assembly the Great Western Railway Bill was read a second time