CABLE NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Feilding Star, Volume II, Issue 528, 23 March 1908, Page 2

CABLE NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[BY ELECTRIC TBLEGBAPH — c-OtYHMHT.j [PEB PEKBB ASSOCIATION. 1 RUSSIAN AFFAIRS. London, March 21. Count Stolypin, accepts the decision of the Committee for the rejection of the vote for battleships. The Times regards this as substantial proof of constitutional progress. THE " ALL-RED " ROUTE. Ottawa, March 21. Mr Siftonj speaking in the Dominion House of Commons, said the conversations ho had had with the Hon. Mr Lloyd-George and the Hon. Mr Asquith showed that Britain would give sympathetic consideration to any definite proposition for an "All-Red" routes, A 14-knot service required a subsidy of a million, Canada paying £325,000, New Zealand £100,000, Australian £75,000, and Britain half a million. PERFECTION FOll PARIS. Paris March 21. The Prefect of the Seine has submitted to the Paris Municipality a scheme for beautifying the city at a cost of £24,000,000. A sum of £2,000,000 is "to be devoted to the extinction of tuberculosis. The entire cost is to be provided by continuing an existing sinking fund for 37 years. ADMIRALTY UP-TO-DATE. London, March 21. An ethergraphic system is being installed at the Admiralty buildings, London, which will enable the First Lord of the Admiralty to communicate with the naval ports and with warships at sea. CANADA CRITICISED. London, March 21. The Daily Telegraph strongly protested against Canada's restrictive regulation in excluding; emigrants whose passages are paid wholly or partly by charitable organisations. Such a policy is bound to influence some democracies' view of the greatest self-governing State. TRIUMPH OF THE AEROPLANE. (Received March 23, 9.11 a.m.) Paris, March 22. ; M. Farman, one of the experts who is seeking to conquer the air, travelled a mile and a half in Ms aeroplane at a height of six metres (nearly 20 feet). After making three circles, he gently descended. WEISS, BILLIARDIST." (Received March 23, 9.11 a.m.) London, March 22. / Weiss, the Australian player, conceding 1000 points, defeated Cook by 000 to 5876. MIRACULOUS ESCAPE FROM A SUBMARINE. (Received March 23, 8.30 a.m.) Paris, March 22. Owing to the misunderstanding of. an order, the French submarine Ventnors, whilst manoeuvring at Cherbourg, suddenly plunged and struck some rocks at a depth of ten fathoms. The hull was extensively damaged and the propellors rendered useless, but the coolness displayed by the captain and crew enabled them to make a miraculous escape. ARREST OF TWO LAWYERS. (Received March 23, 8.50 a.m.) London, March 22. Henry Laminond, and «T Lang lawyers, were arrested on a charge or embezzling £10,000 of trust funds belonging to the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow. RUTHERFORD'S REWARD. London, March 21. The Turin Academy of Science has awarded the Bressa prize to Ernest Rutherford, M.A., B.Sc., F.R.S., Professor of Physics, Manchester University, a New Zealander .who is one of the most distinguished scientists of the, day, and an authority especially on radio-activity. TO PUNISH THE TRAITOR. , London, March' 21. Baron Loreburn, Lord High Chalcellor, has introduced a Bill providing a year's imprisonment for the disclosure of State secrets. THE EIGHT HOUR BILL. Sir George Livesay, Chairman of the London Gas Company, in a lea-, net to the Peckham electors, states that the Minors' Eight Hour Bill would cause a loss of £271,500 a year to the South Metropolitan Gas Company alone.