VARIOUS CABLES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 7, 9 January 1912, Page 7

VARIOUS CABLES.

By Telegraph.— Pre»n Association.— Copyright. (Received January 9, 10.40 a.m.) CYCLING— A RECORD. Sydney; This Day. A. H. Shepherd 'cycled a mile, paced by a motor, in lmin 22sec, beating the previous record by 3sec. RUNNER AND CYCLIST. SYDNEY, This Day. Donaldson, the Victorian sprint runner, ran a hundred" yards with the Victorian champion cyslist, Donaldson, on the grass, the cyclist on a cycle track. The race, run in 9 2-5 sec, ended in a dead heat. ' ' MILE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP. . SYDNEY, This Day. mile swimming championship of New Stiuth Wales resulted':—Longworth 1, Wilß 2, Hickson 3. Won by 226 yards. Time, 24min 40sec. PRICE OF BUTTER IN SYDNEY. SYDNEY, This Day. The price of butter has been raised by 4s per cwt, following reports of a hardening London market. PARLIAMENT PROROGUED. MELBOURNE, 'This Day. The Federal Paa-liament has been prorogued until 6th February. STEAMER'S SURGEON DROWNED. .BRISBANE, This Day. The surgeon of the steamer Taiyuan, from China, was lost ove/board between Port Darwin and Thursday Island. ' AIRMAN'S EXPERIENCE. ' . LONDON, Bth January. Mr. Fowler, the well-known airman, while aeroplaning at Eastbourne,- was caught in a storm. Ho waa picked up at sea near the Isle of Wight. BOAKUINGHGUSE DESTROYED. ! . ' ' SYDNEY, Bth January. Rickards's large boardinghouso at Mona Vale, which was crowded with visitors, has been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £10,000. It was insured in the New Zealand Insurance Company for £6000. COLLISION AT PORTSMOUTH. LONDON, Bth January. ' A strong tide at Portsmouth drove the battleship Revengo against the battleship Orion's port quarter. The Orion i* .apparently undamaged, bet the Revenge is leaking slightly. A BISHOP BANISHED. LISBON, Bth January. The Bishop of Algarvo has been banished from his See for two years. DESTRUCTIVE STORM. SYDNEY, Bth> January. A destructive storm has occurred in the Mudgee district with hailstones measuring three and a half inches in circumference. A large area- of vines and qther fruit trees, also of pumpkins, have been, destroyed. SETTLING QUEENSLAND. BRISBANE,. Bth January. The Lands Department reports that last year 6,261,719 acres were selected, being nearly half a million above the previous year. LATE MR. JUSTICE COHEN. SYDNEY, Bth January. Many tributes have been paid to the late Mr. Justice Cohen, ' reference being made 'to the great loss the State has sustained by hi« death.