TO-DAY'S CABLES

Feilding Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 108, 2 December 1905, Page 2

TO-DAY'S CABLES

» French President's Retirement. r«l*uraph Prefß ABHOciatinn Copyright Received Dec 2, 9.11 a m. ; Pakis, December 1. I President Lou bet declares he intends to retire in February. An influential meeting of Deputies of I the Left adopted M. Fallieres as a candidate for the Presidency. County Judges Denounced. New York, Dec. 1. Mr Jerome, the newly-elected publio prosecutor for New York, denounced the County Judges as creatures of Tammany and of the business corporations. Unemployed Difficulty. The Queen's unemployed fund is attracting to London hundreds of professional tramps. New Zealand Cyclists Fined. Melbourne, This Day. The Council of the League of Wheelmen imposed a fine of L 5 each on B. and J. Arnst for failure to ridt at the East Melbourne Club's recent meeting. Financial Outlook. Sydney, This Day. The Government's financial advisers in London report that the outlook for New South Wales finances in England is better, and there is evidence of an improved tone in the market. Mr Carruthers claims this is an outcome of the encouragement of immigration. The Value of Finger Prints. Sydney, This Day. The case of the man Bennett, sentenced to seven years for breaking into St Mary's Cathedral and rifling the poor boxes, illustrates the excellence of the finger print test. He acknowledged bis guilt. Divorce Case. Sydney, This Day, The jury in the Dalley divorce oass* returned to Court shortly before midnight after being locked up for 12 hours. Of the eleven issues co> decide they failed to agree on a majority including those whether the respondent and co respondent' committed adultery, but found thatthe petitioner had committed adultery with Katherine Cowell in England and France. Justice Walker said the result was regrettable, but ib could not be helped. Counsel for the respondent formally moved for a decree nisi, and costs of the suit. The Judge noted the application, and discharged the jury.