CABLE NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Feilding Star, Volume I, Issue 289, 12 June 1907, Page 2

CABLE NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[or F.utcißic tklbgbaph— •oomrcitiin.. [PEB PKESS ASSOCIATION. J DAYLIGHT BOBBERY. (Received June 12th, B.CS' a.m.) London, June 11. A Spanish lat 1 .,, v »v.L.v.at of Paris, named bebeistgin, oocained judgment against Frank Lacroix Gardner, company promoter, lately in London, for £827,000. Sir Edward Carson stated that plaintiff's secretary and defendant had conspired to gradually procure plaintiff's money on the pretence of investigating it. on a basis of division of profits between herself and Gardner. She advanced Gardner £225,359 in cash also 1 £577,078 worth of securities. It was alleged that besides entering smaller sums than received, defendant drew dividends belonging to her, making a i total of £983,758. She received no- ■ thing in return. Rufus Isaacs stating, as his client defendant had not i appeared, and he was unable to call ; him as witness he consented to ad- • judicate which Justice Channel enter- 1 ; ed with costs. ; BOWLING, % 1 (Received June 12th, 8.26 a.m.) : London, June 11. 1 Banbury beat New Zealand bowlers > by 47 to 36. MILLIONAIRE BANKRUPT* (Received June 12th, j^26 a.m.) i. New York, \Tune 11. The creditors of the Milliken Bros., steel bridge builders of New York, have applied for the appointment of , a receiver. Millikens' lawyer states • that their liabilities are £1,300,000, [ and their assets £1,800,000. \ LITTLE BRIGHT EYES. (Received June 12th, 8.26 a.m.) New York, June 11. Pepper, a celebrated New York spiritualist, married Edward Ward ' Yanderbilt, whose family are applying for the sequestration of estates ' on the ground that Miss Pepper influenced him through her sprightly spirit. She is known in New York society as "Little Bright Eyes." FOR PEACE IN INDIA. (Received June 12th, 8.26 a.m.) Bombay, June 11. A manifesto has been issued in the Punjab and signed by many barristers and leaders in educated classes, 1 expressing their loyalty and urging patriots to co-operate toward the promotion of a better understanding of all races. TREATY SIGNED. (Received June 12th, 8.26 a.m.) Paris, June 11. The France-Japanese treaty has been signed here. It guarantees the status quo in Eastern Asia and China independence, and the integrity of the Russo-Japanese agreement. Already four powers guarantee this status. ; DEFEAT OF SHAH'S BROTHER. (Received June 12th, 8.7 a.m.) Teheran. June 11. Salareddowleh, brother of the Shah, has been badly defeated. Solareddowlah fied and * lost 40 followers during his pursuit by the Kalhur oavalry. EXPORT TRADE REGULATION. (Received June 12th, 8.26 a.m.) London, June 11. The British Government is authorising Chambers of Commerce to grant certificates of the value of exports. PRESIDENT ASSASSINATED. New York, June 11. Reports have reached Mexico that Cabrera, President of Guatemala, has been assassinated. RIOTING AT MOUNT PELLIER. (Received June 12th ; 8.50 a.m.) Pans, June 11. Serious rioting has occurred at Mount Pellier, and cafes were sacked. A troop of cavalry and a company of infantry quelled the disturbance. Sixteen arrests were made. ORANGIA. London, June 11. The following are the main features of the Transvaal precedent which letters patent qonfer on the Oi angia Legislative Council : — Eleven nominated first by the Governor, with the right to be converted to elective by legislature after four years; also an Assembly of 38, whereof 5 represent Bloemfontein. A separate Land Board is created for 5 years, with security for pensions for such officials in the Laud Settlement Department, as are retained and a Liberal Con- . stitution put on settlers rights. King , Edward expresses his confidence that the inhabitants will increasingly enj joy the prosperity and contentment distinguishing Orangia in the past. ! The newspapers hope the risks had been minimised after General Botha's speeches, and the fact that a typical : Afrikander as Mr Smuts had now . drafted the Education Bill, which was welcomed by the whole Transvaal Press. It seeks to make a thorough knowledge of English universal, and withdraws patronage from separa tist Dutch schools. Mr Smuts, at the Het Yolk Congress, remarked that education superceded the rifle as the weapon of the Afrikander people. THE CZAR AND THE KAISER. Paris, June 11. ' The Matin states that the Czar and the Kaiser meet at the end of June aboard the Russian Imperial yacht in the North Sea. CRICKET. London, June 11. j Playing against Middlesex, Sch- . ' wartz took six wickets for 27. j COLONIAL SCHOLAR. i J. R. Wilton, a Smith Australia (wrangler) has secured the Mathematical Tripos at Cambridge. NOT BAD! London, June 11. : Mr Gladstone was almost* daily ! pressed t osecure a withdrawal of the j ban om the opera "Mikado." YesI terday the band of the Japanese flag ship Tsukuba Chat ten was found to be playing many airs from the " Mikado," which is part of their ' repertoire.