VARIOUS CABLES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 48, 27 February 1911, Page 7

VARIOUS CABLES.

By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received February 27, 9 a.m.) i GAGGED, BOUND, AND ROBBED. LONDON, 26th February. Mr. Poor, assistant manager of the i I Theatre Royal, Margate, was found in a dazed condition, gagged, and bound : to the floor of his office. It is reported- : that a small sum of money is missing, j DIVORCE. | LONDON, 26th February. I The Court of Session, Edinburgh, granted Naval Lieutenant Dudley Stuart a divorce from hi 9 wife, who at one timeresided at Balaclava, Melbourne. RUSSIAN MURDER. ST. PETERSBURG, 26th Feb. Two unknown miscreants murdered M. Giss, a Belgian, and assistant manager of the tramways at Trflis, Caucasia. The murder was committed in the street. 'TURKISH STEAMER DESTROYED BY FIRE. CONSTANTINOPLE, 26th Feb. The Turkish steamer Hiirrieet, carrying Moslem pilgrims, was totally destroyed by fire, but the pilgrims were rescued. [A previous message stated that all the pilgrims had perished.] FISHERMEN ADRIFT ON AN i . ICE-FLOE. ST. PETERSBURG, 25th Feb. j An ice-floe broke, adrift in the Gulf of I Finland, carrying 500 fishermen out to isea. | TRANSPARENT ENVELOPES. LONDON, 25th February. The Post Office, -"while not prohibiting \ transparent envelopes with internal addresses, intimates that they will be subject to, delay over ordinary addressed letters, owing to the greater difficulty ! in diciphering them. i DESTITUTE PAINTER INHERITS ! , £16,690. j LONDON, 25th February. i A Southend painter, named Howard I Sterge, living in a state of destitution, has inherited £16,000 by the death of an uncle near Auckland. CHOLERA. LONDON, 25th February. Renter reports two cases of cholera at Honolulu. VICTORIA MEMORIAL. j LONDON, 25th February. i Thi Australian delegates to the Coro- ! nation, will attend the unveiling of the Queen Victoria Memorial on 16th May. SUPERANNUATION SCHEME. SYDNEY, This Day. The State Government intends to prepare a super annual ion scheme for thewh'ol'o of the public service. LAW REFORM. SYDNEY, This Day. Mr. Holman (State Attorney-General) will appoint a commission to deal with the question of law reform. (Received February 27, 10.40 a.m.) CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS. PERTH, This Day. Eight horses died from cerebro-spinal |. meningitis at Meenaar, in the Northern -district. These ane the first case© of the kind in Australia. An epidemic is not feared. RAILWAY PASSENGERS INJURED. MELBOURNE, This Day. A collision between an engine and a train at Flinders-street station resulted in six passengers being slightly injured.