MUCH BICKERING.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 65, 14 September 1911, Page 7

MUCH BICKERING.

NEW SOUTH WALES POLITICS. THE SPEAKER'S RULINGS. 21R. WILLIS'S DEFENCE^ By Telegraph.— ttttt Aiwciation.— Copyright, (Received September 14, 10 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The- Speaker's autocratic rulings in tile Legislative Assembly continue to supply material for continuous bickering. His defence against persistent heckling is that he is acting on his authority, and adds the hint that if members persist he will have to lake notice of them, RIFLE SHOOTINR. » IMPERIAL CHALLENGE COM* PETITION. 8* leleßrai)!l.--Presi! Association.— Copyright, (Received September 14, 9.20 a.m.) LONDON, 13th September. King's College, Auckland, won the eighth prize (£10) in the Imperial Challenge Senior Competition, with, an average of 74 140. The winners averaged 83.27. In the State School competition, South Melbourne won fourth prize (£10), with fen average of 78 4-10. The winners averaged 86 4-10. CIVILIAN "kiHe CLUBS. INTERESTING NEW SOUTH WALES FIGURES. (Received September 14, 9.50, a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Of 13.108 members of New South Wales Civilian. Rifle Clubs who went through their musketry courses. 12,316. or 94 per centum proved efficient. The year's percentage is $0. AUSTRALIAN TURF. RANDWICK NOTES. 8y Tei«Rrftph.«-l»fe9B Association.- C6t>?iight, (Received September 14, 8.55 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The Randwick tracks are fafifc. Genius and Vice-Admiral were together at the end of cix furlongs, run in Imin, IBisec. Bridge took Imin S4£sec, and Midnight Sun Imin 3isec in negotiating seven furlongs. THEATRE COLLAPSE AT NICE ■"■■ ■■»■ '»■■■■ RESULT OF AN ENQUIRY* By Telesra&h.— PfeH A&pftctaUdß »CopyW|hl. (Received September 14, 11 a.m.) PARIS, 13th September. In connection with the collapse of a portion of the Eldorado Theatre at Nice, and tile burying of 40 workmen in the ruins, an enquiry has resulted in the contractor, architect, and superintend dent of works being charged With neglectful homicide. [At the time of the accident the men were engaged in the construction of an annexe in reinforced concrete. The ceiling and Walls suddenly collapsed, oWihg, it is said, to hasty Work.] AERO POST. CARRYING LETTERS PROM LONDON TO WINDSOR. Bj Telegraph.— ffe»» Association, -copyright, LONDON, 13feh September. Twenty bags of letters have beeh conveyed by the aero post from Bendon to Windsor by three aviators, despite a thick mist. The service will continue until Saturday. HOW THE SCHEME. ORIGINATED. The- scheme being utilised by the General Post Office is stated to owe its inception to the enterprise of a. few gentlemen in London interested in aviation, their objects being to further the science of aviation in Ehgland, to demonstrate the utility of the aeroplane, and to benefit certain charities. The last-named object was to be achieved by issuing special postcards and envelopes for the aerial service at 6d and Is each respectively. All takings in excess of working expenses will then be divided among the selected institutions. The Postmaster-General was approached on the subject, and not only gave his consent, but readily agreed to cooperate. The aerodrome at Hendon and Windsor Park were selected as the points to be connected by the service. Arrangements were made with a num* ber of large firms fov the fixing in their establishments o! special "aerial" letter-boxes, in which letters intended for the aerial service must be posted. Daily clearances are made by pos+men, aaid the collections despatched to the central cleaning house. Here the letters are placed in sealed bags and conveyed by motor-van to Hendon. At the aerodrome they pass from the direct con^ol of the postal officiate into the ha-nds of the aerc-planc »fc&ff. The bags are securely fixed to the machines, and the airmen then start on ,tlie journey to Windsor, covering th-e distance of twenty-one miles in, it is estimated, half An hour. The number of m&cliinea engaged in the service will (recently remarked The Times) depend, of course, upon the bulk «f the deliveries. At Windsor the aeroplane staff will be i-e-eponsible for the conveyance by road of all the letters to the town t>ost office. They will then be dealt with, in the usual way, those intended for local residents being delivered by postmen on their next round, and those destined for any other part of the coontrv, or the world, being dealt w-'th in the u&ual way, as if they had been posted original!? in Windsor. _ There will_ bo no special stamp issued for the service, but each stamp will be 'obliterated in a way that will clearly indicate that it lias passed through the "aerial" post, POLITICS IN ALBERTA. ■ m "RIGGING" OF BALLOT BOXES. By Telegraph,— Tratt AißMiftttea.-Cflpyrtilrt. VANCOUVER, 13th September. A sensation was earned at a political meeting at Edmonton, Alberta, by the exhibition of a ballot box with a wire inserted, so that- on its withdrawal tho box could be opened without breaking the seal. The Conservative oandidate asserted that thirty (similar boxes had been despatched to various outlying districts. [Mr. Prank Oliver. Minister for the Interior in the Canadian Cabinet, is th«> member for Edmonton. There has been talk o£ "giaft," and Mr. Oliver has been repudiated by the Liberal party. He has denied the charges, while declining to explain how he got certain moneys standing to his credit at an Edmonton bank.] Try as for Wamoi'e met-proof corset 0 , our guaianiee is unbreftk*bV WUlui.g-