VARIOUS CABLES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 51, 2 March 1911, Page 7

VARIOUS CABLES.

o By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received March 2, 8.10 a.m.) PRIEST AND HIS SERVANT KILLED. BRUSSELS, Ist March. Burglars killed a priest and his servant at the village of Dampremy. DESPITE SHARP CMTICISMr NEW YOBK, Ist March. Despite sharp criticism, President Taft will appoint a negro, William Lewis, Assistant-Attorney-General to the Department of Justice. HEAVY PROBATE DUTY. LONDON, Ist March. Probate duty on the late Baron Albert Rothschild's estate amounts to £1,200.000. DEATHS FROM MEASLES. LONDON, Ist March. A total of /133 deaths from measles has been reported in London during the week. There were also 70 deaths from measles' at Sheffield. SMALLPOX IN LONDON. LONDON, Ist March. There are forty-six cases of smallpox in London, and two deaths are reported. GERMAN PROFESSORS AND s MODERNISM. BERLIN, Ist March. The- Government has announced that it will protect University Professors if their refusal to take the* anti-Modernist oath, recently drawn up by the Pope, threatens their positions. THE WRECKED AOTEA. CAPETOWN, Ist March. The wrecked Shaw-Savill liner Aotea has been relieved of her cargo, but an attempt to tow her off the -rocks at Mouille Point has proved unsuccessful. PETER BOWLING. SYDNEY, Ist March. Mr. Peter Bowling states that he will return to New Zealand shortly to take up organisation work in connection with the Labour movement. MR. CHAMBERLAIN. LONDON, Ist March. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain have arrived at Cannes on the Riviera. PENSION RELINQUISHED. LONDON, Ist March. Mr. Gerald Balfour, who held vaiious posts in the Unionist Cabinets from 1895 to 1906, has reliquished the second-class political pension of £1200 drawn by him since his retirement from the Ministry five years ago. DAY LABOUR ON GOVERNMENT WORKS. SYDNEY, This Day. The Minister for Public Works, Mr. Griffith, professes to have great faith in the day labour system. He emphatically declares that he will not allow the "Government .stroke" to be introduced, but will demand full value for the wages paid. LAND TAX RETURNS. MELBOURNE, This Day. As. less than a quarter of the land tax returns have been furnished so far, the commission is granting seven days' grace. IMPERIAL CONSOLS. LONDON, Ist March. Imperial Consols are now quoted at £81, a rise of 12s 6d since Thursday. SALVAGING THE STEAMER TIME. ADELAIDE, This Day. Arrangements are being made to salvage the steamer Time, wrecked at Beachport North, in January last.