VARIOUS CABLES

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 89, 11 October 1913, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES

>♦ (By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright.) (Received October 11, 9.55 a.m.) TRAFFIC IN BABIES. MELBOURNE, This Day. Enquiry by detectives proved the existence of a, traffic in babies. This is a sequel to admissions by several witnesses ' in the recent maternity bonus cases. The extent of the traffic has not been ascertained, but evidence has been found in seven cases. There is no trace of the children of the mothers. (Received October 11, 10.10 a.m.) MR. HAWKER IS PROGRESSING. LONDON, 10th October. Mr. Hawker, the Australian aviator, who fell from a height of 100 ft while flying at Brooklands, is progressing favourably. (Received October 11, 11.20 a.m.) DIESEL ENGINES. LONDON, 10th October. Twelve vessels fitted with the Diesel sngihe have been built throughout the world, and twenty-five are building. The price of oil has doubled eince the engine was introduced. Meanwhile, euch engines art confined to vessels employed on routes where oil is cheap. TRUST AGENCY OF AUSTRALASIA. LONDON, 10th October. The Trust Agency of Australasia has declared an interim dividend of 10 per cent. " ' WOMEN FIGHT A DUEL . ROME, 10th October. Two women who' quarrelled at an election meeting fought a duel with revolvers. One was wounded. AN EXPECTANT AUCTIONEER. SYDNEY, 10th October. Mr. Jack Altman, one of the city auctioneers, anticipates that he will inherit nearly half a million by the death of Mr. Benjamin Altman, an American multi-millionaire, who died in New York, worth eight millions. As both his uncle and his cousin are named Benjamin, he is not sure which of the two is dead. A DENIAL. SYDNEY, 10th October. ■ The acting-manager of the Australian Steamships, Ltd., referring to a cablegram from Wellington, denies that his company has any intention of entering either the passenger or cargo trade with New Zealand. * — — — "*— *~ "—* — * —