VARIOUS CABLES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 49, 26 August 1911, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES.

— -. — 4^ — u_* Hi Telejtf at>l — *mm Asiaeittfcioa.— Copyxicli^ (Received August 26, 8.5 ft.ro.) STEAM TRAWLERS FOR JAPAN. L.ONDON, 25th August. ' Japanese agents at Gfiifisby ar& purchasing twenty-five modern steam trawlers. (Received Auguet 26, 9.30 a.m.) A DEAL IN OIL. LONDON. 25th August, Owing to the accumulation of surplus stocks the Scottish mineral oil companies have sold to the Standard Oil Corporation large quantities of refined oil at l^d per gallon, (Received August 26, 10.45 a.ffi.) COAL IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. LONDON, 25th August. An outburst of firedamp came from borings at CalvertOn in Buckinghamshire. An analysis proves that it conws from OOal. A NEW COMET. PERTH, 25th, August,. Th# comet discovered at the Lick Observatory in America is visible here. It is a small object with Ho tail apparent, and is moving touth-west. SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE. SYDNEY, 25th August. Owing to the activity in financial circles, there has been a considerable increase in the price of Stock Exchange seats, for which £1000 is now paid, as compared with £600 a year ago. GERMAN STRIKE ENDED, BERLIN, 26th August. The strike at the Sehichua fchipbnild« uig yard has terminated, CROP PROSPECTS. SYDNEY, This Day . The recent rains have caused the crop' outlook to be bright. It wasi previously doubtful in many centres, PROTECTION OP NATIVES. SYDNEY, This Day. An association for protection of the natives of Australia and Polynesia has been, formed here, SEVERE EARTH TREMOR. SYDNEY, This Day. A. severe earth tremor' was recorded in Sydney and Melbourne early on Tuesday. It was probably far distant. VICTORIAN BY-ELECTION. MELBOURNE, This Day, The by-election for Waranga resulted in the return of Mr. Gordon, a Ministerialist. There were three candidates, all Ministerialists, OBITUARY. BRISBANE, This Day. Mr. Keogh, a member of the Queensland Assembly, died suddenly • from heart failure.