VARIOUS CABLES

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 75, 25 September 1912, Page 7

VARIOUS CABLES

By TelegMph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received September 25, 9.5 a.m.) FIRE IN PELAWMAIN MINE. SYDNEY, This Day. After sealing the section of the Pelawmain mine, in which an outbreak of fire occurred, the pit was flooded. It is believed the fire is out and that the mine is safe. POLITICAL AND LABOUR LEAGUE IN NEW SOUTH WALES. SYDNEYj This Day. The Railway Workers' General Labourers' Union has joined the Political Labour League, increasing the membership by 8000. BILLIARDS. MELBOURNE. This Day. In the billiard match between Lindrum and Harverson, 16,000 up, on level terms, the scores now stand :— Lindrum, 10,577; Harverson, 10,454. WOOLSHED DESTROYED BY FIRE. BRISBANE, This Day. The Isis Downs woolshed has been destroyed by fire. The damage is set down at £20,000. (Received September 25, 9.55 a.m.) PRESIDENT OF BAPTISTS' UNION. SYDNEYj This Day. The Rev. Mr. Tinsley has been elected president of the Baptist Union. CANADA'S NATIONAL DEBT. OTTAWA, 24th September. Mr. White, Minister of Finance, .announces that he expects shortly to show a considerable reduction in -Canada's national debt. BURGLARIES CONTINUE. SYDNEY, 24th September. Robberies continue to be reported in the city and suburbs. Some country houses have also been visited by burglars. WELL-KNOWN INVENTOR IS PENNILESS. - PARIS, 24th September. M. Charles Tellier, inventor of the cold storage system of keeping meat and other perishable goods, is now living in indigence at Auteuil, and a public subscription is being opened in his behalf, tin 1677, M. Tellier, scientist and engineer^ sent the firsfc shipment of meat through the tropics under refrigeration. This was a shipment from Buenos Aires to Rouen on the Frigorifique, a vessel fitted up by him with thiee machines of his own design. M. Tellier invented an ammonia absorption machine as early as IBsfy and in 1867 he- produced an am-monia-compression refrigeration plant.] BUBONIC PLAGUE. WASHINGTON, 23rd September. At the Hygiene Congress, -Dr. Novy, of Michigan University, announced the I discovery of a new micro-organism likely to be of great value in eradicating bubonic plague. DOMESTICS INHERIT A FORTUNE. LONDON, 24th September. t Isabella Shillinglaw and Eliza Shillinglaw, domestic servants,, of Scotland, have inherited £36,000 from their uncle, Andrew Shiuinglaw, who is described as a New Zealander. HAILSTORM DESTROYS ORANGE FIELDS. MADRID, 24th September. A hailstorm destroyed the Alcera orange fields. The damage is estimated at £260,000. DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN. SYDNEY, 24th September. The death occurred at Young, of Mrs. Lehane, aged 108 years. Her descendants reach to the fifth generation. (Received September 25, 1.45 p.m.) FRENCH ARMY AIRMAN KILLED. , PARIS, 24th September. A lieutenant, an army airman, fell and was killed at Bar-le-Duc, in the Department of the Meuße.