TO-DAY'S CABLES

Feilding Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 29, 28 August 1905, Page 2

TO-DAY'S CABLES

i President Roosevelt in a • Submarine. Teleeranh Press Association Copyright. Received August 28, 9.1 a.m. Washington, August 37. President Roosevelt spent three and a half hours in a submarine plunger, resting at the bottom of Long Island Sound at a depth of 40 feet. A storm which was raging above was unnoticed. A Religious Custom. London, August 27. Several ladies who were visiting Canterbury Cathedral, without head covering, were excluded for disregarding the usual reverent custom. The custom, which is supported by the English Church Union, has caused a long correspondence in the newspapers. Russian Officers Cashiered. St. Petersburg, August 27. It is stated in St. Petersburg that all officers who surrendered with Niebogatoff have been cashiered. Niebogotoff pleads that the surrender of the ships was in the circumstances necessary, and that it saved 2000 lives. Home Cricket. London, August 27. By defeating Lancashire, and drawing with Essex, despite Essex's innings of 521, and the dismissal of Yorkshire for 98, Douglas performing the hat trick, Yorkshire is assured of the County crioket championship. Oil Ship on Fire. New York, August 27. The Marlborough Hill, a fourmasted barque, when loading oil at New York for Sydney, was struck by lightning yesterday, and set on fire. It is hoped to save the ship. A Narrow Escape Sydney, This Day. While the Austrian warship was quitting Farm Cove she narrowly escaped ramming the Challenger. Both anchors were let go, and she hauled up within a few feet of the Challenger.