VARIOUS CABLES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 150, 22 December 1911, Page 7

VARIOUS CABLES.

By Telegraph.— Prtst AsWclation.-— Copyright. (Received December 22, 11.45 a.m.) CANADA'S ARMY. MONTREAL, 21st December. The Minister for Militia. (Mr. Hughes) proposes to establish training schools for every regiment in Canada. Arrangements are to be made in 1912 to train upwards of twenty-five thousand cadets. CANADIAN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS' EXPENDITURE. OTTAWA, 21st December. Messrs. Morine, Lake, and Ducharme have been appointed a commission to investigate the working expenditures of Government Departments. YUKON AND BRITISH COLUMBIA. OTTAWA, 21sfc December. From Dawson City it is reported that the scheme for the annexation of the Yukon Territory to British Columbia has aroused the opposition of the people of Yukon, who declare that British Columbia wishes to capture the Yukon trade, and to exclusively control the gold output. (Received December 22, 8.30 a.m.) EXAMINER OF PLAYS RESIGNS. LONDON, 21st December. Mr. George Alexander R«dford, who has been Examiner of Plays since 1895, has resigned. [Last month Mr. Charles Brookfield was appointed Joint Examiner of Plays. Several newspapers protested against this appointment.] .(Received December 22, 10.40 a.m.) DESERTERS FROM H.M.S. POWERFUL. . SYDNEY,- This Day. During the last commission of H.M.S. Powerful, in Sydney, one nundred and fifty men deserted. A BIG ESTATE. LONDON, 21st December. The net personalty in the estate of the Jate Captain William Warner, formerly a North Australian pastoralist, has been sworn at £131,478. (Received December 22, 8.30 a.m.) SUFFRAGETTE'S FOLLY. LONDON, 21st December. . !Emily Dftvison, a suffragette, has been I committed for trial for placing lighted kerosene xragßx ragB in a letterbox. She was bailed out for the sum of £1000. ' (Received December 22, 9.15 a.m.) KIN 6 GEORG& AFTER BIG GAME. DELHI, 21sfc December. King George, who is shooting big game in Nepal, had a successful first day, killing three 'tigers and three rhirtocero&es. i (Received December 22, 9.10 a.m.) INDIAN PRINCE AS CO-RESPOND-ENT. LONDON, 21st December. In the case of Statham versus Statham and Sir Sayaji Rao, Maharaja Gaekwar of Baroda (India), the Divorce Court, which reserved its decision' on ,the point» whether the Gaekwar was a foreign ruling prince an 3 immune from proceedings, has now decided that Baroda is an independent State, and that therefore, the Prince is outside the jurisdiction of the court. ROUGH TRIP. HOBART," This Day. > Dr. Mawson's vessel Aurora had a rough trip from Macquarie Island. She encountered heavy seas. Half the bridge was washed away. A seaman was swept overboard, but was recovered by means of a rope. MOROCCAN AGREEMENT APPROVED BY FRANCE. PARIS, 21st December. The Chamber, of Deputies has approved the Moroccan Agreement by 393 votes to 56. DELHI'S SPECIE LANDED. TANGIER, 21st December. All the specie which was on board the stranded liner Delhi has been landed. BACHELOR TAX REJECTED. BERLIN, 21st December. j The Government of Mecklenburg has rejected the proposed extra taxation of j bachelors who are not supporting relatives. KRUPP'S LATEST. BERLIN. 21st December. j Krupps are constructing a new 15-inch gun. The length of its barrel is 65 feet and it will carry a projectile weighing 858 pounds. TRIAL BY JURY IN AFRICA. CAPETOWN. 21efc December. The Southern Rhodesuin Council has resolved that trial "by jury is not suited to cases where Europeans and natives are mutually concerned in crimes of violence. The council has requested the Administration to provide a substitute. TREMBATH DEFEATS TAYLOR, ■ SYDNEY, 21st December. At the cycling and athletic sports, ' Trembath, the New Zealand sprinter, defeated Taylor over 350 yards by five yards in 40 seconds. He was also vie- , torious in the 500 yards, winning by five yarde in 67 seconds. (Received December 22. 10.40 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Trembath l«d all the way in the 350 yards' race, though Taylor challenged strongly 50 yards from the tape. In the 500 yards Taylor shot out and led for 400 yards, when Trembath passed him and won by five yards. THli! TRIPLE ALLIANCE. * BUDAPEST, Zlt?t December. ..Couut Charles KhUeli-Hedervary. President of the Ministry, replying in the Chamber to an interpellation, said he "trusted that Mie Triple _ Alliance would remain undisturbed without intet'ferlnG; with friendly relations existing with other States. ' —. We have A Jarge assortment of the Litest shape* in Warner's Rust-proof Corsets. There are no other corsets that compare with them foi' and service. Wellingion Di.vpei'b. — Advt. This evening M>\ W. U. t>. Bell. M.P., will be autiM'tuinod tit t\ buioko concert in , the Hotel Windsor,