VARIOUS CABLES

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 45, 21 August 1913, Page 7

VARIOUS CABLES

(By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright.) (Received August 21, 8.5 a.m.) DEATH OF A VETERAN. SYDNEY, This Day. A Crimean and Indian Mutiny veteran, Albert Heap, died here at the age of 80. He witnessed the murder of his own mother and sister in Nana Sahib's massacre at Cawnpore. Of late years he acted as gatekeeper at the Agricultural Societies' Grounds. (Received August 21, 11.50 a.m.) PARACHUTIST LANDS IN A TREE PARIS, 20th August. Fegoud parachuted from a monoplane, when at a height of 1180 ft, at" Chateaufort. He landed in a tree, but was not injured. (Received August 21, 9.55 a.m.) SIX DAYS' CYCLE RACE. SYDNEY, This Day. The prizes for the six days' cycling race, to be held at the end of the year, will total £1000. The first prize will probably be £500, SHARE PREMIUMS CANNOT BE TAXED. SYDNEY; This Day. The Federal High Court, in a test case, ruled that share premiums are not profits, and cannot be taxed for income. IMPERIAL APPELLATE COURT. LONDON, 20th August. Sir Samuel Griffith (Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia) states that he is not aware of his reported appointment to the Imperial Appellate Court. BROKEN OFF MARRIAGE. LONDON, 20th August. In May last a sensation was caused in Calcutta by the breaking off of the marriage 'of the daughter of the Gaekwar of Baroda with a brother of the Maharajar of Kuch Behar on the eve of the ceremony. It is now announced that the marriage will take place in London. The Gaekwar, who is touring in Switzerland, will not attend the ceremony. SEVENTY MILES AN HOUR. LONDON, 20th August. Captain Longcroft, of the Royal Flying Corps, flew, with a passenger on board, from Aldershot to Montrose (Scotland), with one stop, in 7 hours 40 minutes, averaging about 70 miles an hour. EXPLORATION IN NEW GUINEA. LONDON, 20th August. t Dr. Lumholtz, the Norwegian scientist, who conducted a zoological expedition in North Queensland about 25 years ago, is organising a scientific expedition to New Guinea, under the auspices of the Norwegian and British Geographical Societies. EMPLOYERS' FEDERATION RESOLUTIONS. SYDNEY. This Day. The . Employers' Federation has adopted a series of resolutions, including abolition of the wages boards, the boards to be replaced' by Arbitration Courts presided over by Judges, and the abolition of all preference to unionists. POTTERY CLOSES DOWN. SYDNEY, This Day. Bakewell's pottery at Erskineville has been closed owing to the extra cost of manufacture involved by the Wages Board award. Fifty persons have been rendered idle. AN INHERITANCE AND A MYSTERY. L6NDON, 20th August. Considerable mystery surounds thfe report of the inheritance by Tunstall, a Bolton labourer, of a large fortune from a West Australian relative named Westell (who was engaged in the pearling'industry). A West Australian agency states that nobody named Westell was connected- with the pearling industry. Tunstall's whereabouts is unknown. It was supposed that he had sailed. by the' Omrah, but a wireless message received states that no passenger of that name was on board. Two telegrams received from Bolton state that Tunstall was dead and buried. (Received August 21, 2 p.m.) LONDON, 20th August. Tunstall was found wandering aimlessly about at Rochdale. ? CAPITAL OF COLONIAL SUGAR COMPANY. SYDNEY, 20th August. The Colonial Sugar Company, at a special meeting, confirmed its previously reported resolution to increase its capital from three t» four millions sterling, issuing 50,000 new £20 shares. MILITARY BAND FOR AUCKLAND EXHIBITION. LONDON, 20th August. Forty-three members of the Royal Artillery Band will represent England at tha Auckland Exhibition.