VARIOUS CABLES

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 71, 20 September 1912, Page 7

VARIOUS CABLES

By Telegraph.— rreae Association.— Copyright. (Received September 20, 10.10 a.m.) BOYS' STRIKE. LONDON, 19th August. One hundred and thirty boys engaged in printing bank notes for the Bank of England have struck as a protest against the levying of fines for petty ott'ences, including talking. The police dispersed demonstrators outside the bank. > (Received September 20, 9.15 a.m.) PROTECTION OF FORESTS. J SYDNEY, This Day. The Million Club has formed a national league with the object of protecting forests. ' . j (Received September' 2o, 10.23 a.m.) VICTIM OF X RAYS. PARIS, 19th September. Mdlle. Weidemann, an assistant in the laboratory at the Salpetriere Hospital, has become a victim of the X Rays. He* arms have been amputated, and it is feared she is dying. She has received the Government's medal of honour. LICENSING LEGISLATION IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA. _ ADELAIDE, 19th September. A Bill designed to bring the no-license principle into operation in this State, and to limit the hours during which hotels may remain open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., was negatived in the House of Assembly by 21 votes to 8. DUKE OF CONNAUGHT HIGHLY PLEASED. VANCOUVER, 19th September. v H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, Go-vernor-General, has concluded his tour of the Dominion from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific. He expresses himself as highly pleased at the evidences of loyalty everywhere apparent, and is much impressed by the marvellous expansion that is taking place in the settlement of the country. j JAPAN'S RULER INVESTED WITH ORDER OF THE GARTER. TOKIO, 19th September. Prince Arthur of Connaugiit has invested the Emperor of Japan with the" Order of the Garter. JAPANESE ARMY DIRIGIBLE BURNED. TOKIO, 19th September. A new army dirigible has been burned at Yokohama^ in consequence of an escape of gas igniting. EX-JUDGE SENTENCED. BERLIN, 19th September. Walter Snell, an ex-Judge ot the Dresden Court, who, when charged with obtaining £3000 by false pretences, pleaded that he had hoped to redeem himßelf by marrying an American heiress, was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment and three years' exclusion from office. Snell confessed that he had pledged his salary for sixteen years ahead. EARLY CLOSING ACT. SYDNEY, 19th September. A Bill amending the Early Closing Act, introduced in the Legislative Assembly to-day, does not provide, as the existing law does, for butchers' shops to remain open late on one night in the week. GOVERNMENT HOUSE, SYDNEY. SYDNEY, 19th September. In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. Wood moved the adjournment of the House to discuss the Government's failure to make provision for housing the Governor-General. He said the Government was lessening the prestige of the State in the eyes of the world. Mr. Beeby, Minister for Labour, replied that the Government was only following the lead of the Carruthers Government. After an animated debate the closure j Was applied and tho motion negatived. MINERAL OUTPUT OF SOUTH AFRICA. CAPETOWN^ 11th September. The mineral output for 1911 was valued at £47,679,294, an increase of over £4,000,000. AGAINST INCREASED DUTIES. CAPETOWN, 19th September, i The Chamber of Commerce Congress at Maritzburg adopted a resolution by 40 votes to 4 against the Industries Commission's recommendation of increased duties. BRITISH CRUISER SQUADRON'S VISIT TO DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, 19th September. The first British cruiser squadron, under Rear-Admiral Bayly, has arrived and has been warmly welcomed. [The Second Cruiser Squadron, under Rear-Admiral Sir G. J. S. Warrender, is visiting Sweden. An Australian contemporary recently remarked : — "The present demonstration in the Baltic may be regarded as a hint that Great Britain is prepared to ente,r the^ Baltic when necessary ; that the Mediterranean is not- to be abandoned, and that the German attempts to close the Baltic are quite understood: also an _ encouragement to Russia, which is rapidly restoring her sea power _in the Baltic."]