ID-DAY'S CABLES

Feilding Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 38, 7 September 1905, Page 2

ID-DAY'S CABLES

Suez Canal Traffic Blocked. Received Sept 7, 9. 10 a.m. Cairo, Sept 6. Traffic on Suez Canal is temporarily suspended as the steamer Chatham, for Yokohama, is on fire. Some anxiety was caused owing to her having 70 tons of dynamite aboard. The fire was finally extinguished. Compulsory Arbitration. London, September 5. The Congress at Hanley by 765,000 against 673,000 votes, negatived the principle of compulsory arbitration. Sensation in Moscow. St Petersbubg, Sept. 6. There has been a sensation in I Moscow. Madame de Witte's nephew, Ehotmsky, a volunteer in a Dragoon Regiment, committed suicide after killing his mistress. Outbreak of Cholera. Berlin, Sept. 6. Fifty of the garrison at Konigsberg have been isolated owing to an outbreak of supposed Cholera. Storm on Lake Superior. New York, Se f t. 6. By a storm on Lake Superior there were a number' of wrecks, and 29 seamen were drowned. Relieving Warships. London, September 6. Tbe cruiser Pioneer relieves the Mildura on the Australian station, and the Psyche will be commissioned for another term. London, September 6. Kieran swam 500 yards at Southport in Grain. Enterprising Ladies. Berlin, Sept. 6. Two American ladies in Paris, failing to catch tbe Cherbourg ex press, motored in rain and wind 217 miles in 4 hours 30 minutes and caught the trans Atlantic liner. Capital Site. Sydney, This Day. Mr Deakin agrees with Mr Carruther's proposal to refer the capital site dispute to the High Court. A Brutal Murder. Brisbane, This Day. The body of a man named Lumberg was found in his camp near Cairns brutally backed about. Kanakas are suspected of committing the murder. Show Champions. Melbourne, This Day. The Royal Agricultural Show championships were Allotted as follows : —Stallions, draughts. Gibbons' Lord Dundonald ; Suffolk Punch, Wrathall's Tarquin ; trotters, Sharp's Almont. Drowning Fatality. Melbourne, This Day. A boy named Andrew, aged six years, was drowned when trying to save his brother, aged eight, who was saved. Church Property Dispute. Brisbane, This Day. Members of the Primitive Method ist Church have issued writs against the Methodist Church claiming property they held at the time of the Union. A considerable amount is involved throughout tho State. The Methou;.-:ts state they Ined every means to come to terms with tbe Primitives, but failed. A Bill deal ing with the matter is being issued in Parliament.