VARIOUS CABLES

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 11, 13 July 1914, Page 7

VARIOUS CABLES

I. - ♦ (By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received July 13, 9 a.m.) CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.TREATMENT NEW YORK, 12th July. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has decided that acceptance 'of fees for Christian science treatment is illegal. (Received July 13, 9 a.m.) CARICATURIST FORFEITS HIS BAIL. BERLIN, 12th July. Herr Johann Walzt, the well-known caricaturist, who was sentenced to a year's imprisonment at Leipzig for inciting clasp hatred and libelling the authorities by means of his Christmas book for children, wherein he glorified the past rulers of Alsace at the expense of the present authorities, has absconded, forfeiting £1250 bail. July 13, 10 a.m.) . DEFENDER OF PORT ARTHUR DYING. ST. PETERSBURG, 12th July. General Stoessel, the defender of Port Arthur, is dying of paralysis. He is unable to move or speak. (Received July 13, 9.5 a.m.) BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY'S DEBENTURES. LONDON, 12th July. The Broken Hill Proprietary Vs £600,000 worth of debentures is being issued at £97. (Received July 13, 10 a.m.) FINED FOR EXPORTING A VALUABLE PAINTING. ROME, 12th July. Mrs. Carter was fined £8480 for secretly exporting Giovanni Tiepolo's picture, " Loves of Armida," which she purchased for £12,000. SIR R. MUNRO-FERGUSOft IN SYDNEY. SYDNEY, 12th July. Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson, the Gov-ernor-General, who is paying his first visit to Sydney, was warmly welcomed by great crowds' .at the station and in the streets, SMALLPOX. SYDNEY, 12th Julyr Thero were three cases of smallpox during the week-end. POLO. , SYDNEY, llth July. At polo, for the Dudley Cup, Narromine defeated Muswellbrook by 8 to 2. INDIA COUNCIL BILL. LONDON, 10th July. The India Council Bill was rejected by the House of Lords because the inclusion of Indians in the Council would be an eyesore to English people. [The message is published as received. A previous one stated:—The House of Lords rejected the Council of India Bill by 96 to 38. The Bill was designed to reorganise the Council of Whitehall, and to make it a statutory obligation to secure the appointment of two Indian members. The chief objection to the measure was grounded on the contention that the changes in the Council from an advisory board to an administrative body would bestow autocratic power on the Secretary of State for India.] SALES OF BIG ESTATES. LONDON, 12th July. ' The News of the World states that the Duke of Bedford rec^iyed two and a-half millions from the sale of the Covent Garden estate, and that Mr. MallabyDeeley's profit Was £180,000, Sir Joseph Beecham's being £70,000. The Duke has sold other property for £3,750,000. WEST AUSTRALIAN REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE. PERTH, This Day. The revenue for the year totalled £5,205,343, ari~ increase of £608,704, and the expenditure £5,348,303, an increase of £561,240. The deficit was £142,960. The Commonwealth returns totalled £640,963, an increase of £5352. (Received July 13, 11.30 a.m.) SCOTT MEMORIAL. LONDON, 12th July. The design of Albert Hodge, the well-known sculptor, has been Selected for the Captain Scott memorial in London.