CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 1187, 21 May 1910, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

(BY ELECT?. TO TKLFCKAPH —COPYRIGHT.) rtt rxZM ASSOCIATION ADMIRAL KILLED. London, May 19. Obituary.—Admiral Sir William > Garnham Luard, aged 90, who has 'had a distinguished career. His death ■ was the itvuilt of an accident. FATAL DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. Havana, May 19. t An explosion ol dynamite occurred at rur-il Newards Barracks, at Pin- . ardelrio, Cuba. A hundred are reported to have been killed. A DUKE FINED, London, May 19, The Duke of Westminster was fined . for motoring at an excessive speefl. [ This being his third conviction his li- ; cense was endorsed. BADEN-POWELL AND THE SCOUTS, General Baden-Powell states that ' he intends to decentralise the Spouts' organisation as much as possible. Half a dozen counties. remain to be thoroughly organised. He will go to • Canada in July, and later on will ' visit South Africa. He intends to establish employment exchanges in Loiir don and other centres, SUICIDE AT SEA. A Reuter telegram from Naples ■ states that a passenger named Florence suicided on board the Otvvay. COLONIAL STUDENTS. ; Messrs J. F. Richards, of Wellington, and W. Robinson, of Christchurch, passed the primary examination for fellowship at the College of Surgeons. Richards, jun., secured a proficiency prize, and Michael Harris a prize for anatomy at Guv's Hospital. THE SULTAN'S SECRETS. Constantinople, May 19. 'A Commission is classifying 360 of .-vbdul Hamid's secret reports which were seized "at i'ildiz Kiosk. Threats made to publish the reports are causing consternation, as the records incriminate so many officials and their publication would create general confusion. During the acrimonious debate in the Chamber the Grand Vizier favoured the destruction of the records of an unsavoury past. 1500 HOMELESS. St. Petersburg, May 19. Several of workmen's dwellings in the Narva district of the capital have been burned, and 1500 persons rendered homeless. STEEL STRIKERS ACCEPT TERMS. New York, May 18. The Bethlehem steel strikers have accepted Mr Schwab's terms. SUICIDE OF AN OFFICER. London, May 18. Captain Sir Claude Champion De Crespigny, D.5,0., committed suicide by shootiug himself with a revolver near Peterborough. [Captain De Cresipigiiy was at ono time in the Life Guards. He served in South Africa (where he was wounded badly), and in the West African Frontier Force (.again wounded). For two years lie was A.D.C. te the Viceroy of India.] LORD SELBOURNE. Capetown, May IS. Lord Selbourne (who has retired from the High Commiesionership of South Africa, consequent upon the appointment of Lord -Gladstone as first Governor-General), has, with Lady Selbourne and his suite, sailed for England. PERU AND EQUADOR. New York, May 18. It is reported that Peru has acceptthe joint mediation of the United States, Argentine, and Brazil in her dispute with Ecuador. CRICKET FEATS. London, May 18. Huddleston (Lancashire) took eight wickets for 31 runs in a match against Derbyshire. Huggins (Gloucestershire) took seven of Somerset's wickets for 15, and Hirst (Yorkshire) nine for 23. SOME OTHER ITEMS. It is reported from India that there is a remarkable modification of opinions among the Bengalese regarding the partition of the Province/ which at first evoked violent opposition. Moreover those Anglo-Indian newspapers hitherto opposed to the partition now admit that the new Province has derived great benefit therefrom. The Times considers that the agitation has collapsed. ' "' The Montreal Chamber of Commerce resolved to ask the tJoypriiment not to consider a 'reciprocity treaty with the United States on similar grounds as the Board of Trade put forth. Arrangements have been completed for the North Coast Steamship Co. to take over the wholt of the Illawarra and South Coast Co.'s steamers and plant. This is the biggest shipping deal ever made in Sydney. A remarkable passive resistance movement has'been begun as a protest against the present assessment of licensed properties. Owing to the depreciation of property by the increased duties, sonic brewers' urge their tenants to delay payment of taxation as long as possible. The trawler Endeavour brought the captain and his assistant (forming the crew) of the ketch Hawea from West Sisters Island, where the

ketch was wrecked during a gale on the 12th. The men landed on the island after an exciting struggle. . In reply to a Russian protest, it is officially stated that Germany is pur- ■> '- suing" 'not .political but commercial ends in . Numerous telegrams protesting against the Cretan Assembly taking the oath of the-King of the Hellenes wero read in the Turkish, Chamber. - The debate which followed is considered an adequate reply to the te ecrams. The Chamber will await the result of the Government's action. (Received May 21, 8.50 a.m.) THE COTTON TRADE. New York, May 20. Many New England cotton nulls are curtailing production from 2o to M per cent, until the new crop is availa *'' RUSSIA AND FINLAND. St. Petersburg, May 20. A committee of the Duma has approved of the Government s Bill toi destroying the autonomy of Finland, but sit™ests that the Finnish Diet should "he consulted on legislation atfooting the country. ! The committee declares that the ■ . Russian Senate must be supreme over i Finnish laws. j A minority of the Octobrist jparfcy , deprecates the clauses in the Bill re- | Hating to the press and to public meetings. A STUDENT'S REVENGE. Rome, May 20. A student- at the Palermo Lyceum shot a professor for refusing to give 'him full marks at a quarterly examination. The student then committed suicide. The professor is not likely'to recover. The crime lias been traced to a criminal association of students formed for tho purpose of intimidating professors. A HUGE OIL ENGINE. London, May 20. The AJmiraltv has ordered an oil engine for Leith of 10,000 horsepower. If it is successful five others will be ordered. DEATH OF AN M.P. London, May 20. Obituary.—The Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Aubrey Fletcher, Conservative M.P. for Lewes, aged 75 years. Y.W.CA. CONFERENCE. _ Berlin, May 20. A worhi's'conference'of the Young W'omen's Christian Association has been opened in Merlin in the presence of the Empress. There are 850 delegates from twenty-two countries. RAILWAY WAGES. New York, May 21. The Erie Railroad Company has adopted a wages agreement for conductors and -trainsmen which is only slightly under the Baltimore scale. N.Z. CYCLIST INJURED. London, May 20. Allan Woodman, a New Zealander, who was training- for a motor-cycle race in tho Isle of Man, collided and fractured his leg. SHIPPING: Arrived —Clan Ross, from Wellington; Paparoa, from Lyttelton. Sailed —Zcalandia (Huddart Parker's new steamer), for Melbourne.