CABLE NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Feilding Star, Volume II, Issue 534, 30 March 1908, Page 4

CABLE NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[»T ILXCTBIO TKLEaBArH— COPr-IIOHT.] ITBB raSSS ASSOCIATION.] WHY NOT? London, March 28. In connection with the boat race Oxford rowed a secret trial at ebb tide. This is commented upon as unusual. -_-__ THE EMPIRE CUP. London, March 28. t Already three hundred colonial entries have been received for the i Daily Mail Empire Cup, to be shot for on the 23rd inst. MR CHAMBERLAIN'S HEALTH IMPROVING. London, March 28. Mr Joseph Chamberlain, who is | recuperating at Cannes, in the South of France, is improving in health. He takes short walks, and receives visits from British residents. THE LAINGS' LIQUIDATION. London, March 28. In connection with the winding-up {>roceedingB in connection with the* iquidation of the Laing Engineering Company, after Mr Hugh Laing's frank, explanatory evidence, Barclay and Co. withdrew their application for a compulsory winding-up, and agreed to a voluntary liquidation. A BIG SMOE*E. New York, March 28. Kentucky night riders destroyed tobacco stored in a warehouse at Corrington, Virginia, to the value of £100,000. THE TROUBLE IN MACEDONIA. London, March 28. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily News reports that Russia and Austria are seeking to substitute a temporising scheme of reform in Macedonia, which the Powers are more likely to approve than Sir Edward Grey's radical reforms.