VARIOUS CABLES

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 140, 13 June 1912, Page 7

VARIOUS CABLES

By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright (Received Jane 13, 9.30 a.m.) GENERAL BADEN-POWELL. SYDNEY, This Day. Lieutenant-General Sir Robert BadenPowell was given a civic reception at the Town. Hall. V.M.C.A. SECRETARY RESIGNS. SYDNEY, This Day. Mr. Gordon Sprigg has resigned the general secretaryship of the V.M.C.A. WHALING, INDUSTRY. HOBART, This Day. The whaling industry is reviving. A Norwegian whaler already has one ship working and is bringing out another. FURTHER RAINS. SYDNEY, This Day. There have been, further rains. Railway traffic is disorganised in some districts, and the rivers are flooded. INTER-STATE CHESS. SYDNEY, This Day. In .the annual chess matches by telegraph, Victoria (7£ points) beat New South Wales (2£). BOTTOMLEY'S BANKRUPTCY. LONDON, 12th June. Mr. Horatio Bottomley, late M.P. for Hackney South, whose financial affairs have been much before the public lately, has been adjudicated a bankrupt. . SUICIDE WHILE INSANE. SYDNEY, 12th June. It is stated that Eyles, the Minnamurra quarry ganger found dead on tie railway yesterday, was temporarily insane as the result of the recent explosion, and threw himself under a train. AUSTRALIAN CADETS FOR CANADA. MELBOURNE, • 12th June. A team of twenty-four Australian cadets has sailed for Canada. (Received June 13, 10 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The cadets will be guests of the Canadian Government. They will participate in competitions and rifle matches. STEAMER CANADA CAPE REFLOATED. CAPETOWN, 12th June. The Elder-Dempster steamer Canada Cape, which last week was on fire and had to be towed out of the harbour and beached, has been refloated. (Received June 13, 10 a.m.) FIFTY-NINE PERSONS BURNED TO DEATH. ST. PETERSBURG, 12th June. Fifty-nine farm labourers, who were deeping m a barn at Tambov, Central Russia, were burned to death. BY THE OPHIB. FREMANTLE, 12th June. Miss Grace Palotta, the actress, and Recce, the English billiardist, were passengers in the Ophir from England. The latter will make a short stay in Australia, and pay a seven, weeks' visit to New Zealand.