VARIOUS CABLES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 50, 28 August 1911, Page 7

VARIOUS CABLES.

iy Telegf*j>li.— ttem Ae&«lati(W<»-fidpyrloht. HEALTH OF THE POPE. ROME, 26tb Angnsfc. The Pope has recovered from hia ilt* ness suffieietiUy to take a walk in the* Vatican gardens, andio celebrate Slflss. THE BARQUE LYNDHURST. CAPETOWN, 27tb August. A wai«hip ha# sunk the hull of the barque Lyndhurst, 2311 tons, naphthaladen, which caaght fire off Fish Point, on the South African Coast, an explosion following. The hull was in a position dangerous to shipping. CATTLE DISEASE. , ■ LONDON, 26th August. An outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease is officially reported at West Hallam, near Ilkeston, in Derbyshire, ARRESTS MADE. BRUSSELS, 26th August. Two arrests have been made in connection with forged bonds fn a French company purporting to represent ±J40,000. ' STATE ENTERPRISE. SYDNEY, 27th August. The State Government has purchased a road metal quarry at Kiama, on the South Coast, together with a steamer, at a, total cost of £14,000. FISH-TRAWLING GROUNDS. (Received August 28, 10 a.m.) PERTH, This Day. Fish-trawling grounds have been discovered within thirty miles of Sydney. ABSENCE OF RAIN. (Received August 28, 9.10 a.m.) PERTH, This Day. Tho absence of rain in the agricultural centres of Western Australia is causing serious concern. A COMET. PERTH, This Day. A comet~ has been recently observed, approximately .thirty million miles distant, and travelling rapidly towards- the south-west. SUICIDE OF A COMEDIAN. * This Day. Ted Kalman, the well-known comedian, has committed suicide.