CABLE NEWS

Grey River Argus, 23 August 1912, Page 1

CABLE NEWS

BRITISH & FOREIGN ITEMS.

• . i- . »■ ■ <m —^~* ■• -■••. •■■ (By Electric TelegTaph—^Cppyrig-ht.) (Per Press Assbciati^n) ■;■ A COSTLY OM^SION. *. • LONDON, "August 1- 20.^-William Hurlock, a leading Radical at Wai-. 1 worth, has been «f ined 2os '. and' costs ■ for. refusing- to lick "insurance stamp's: ?AD WEATHER IN ENGLAND.; " . 4°NI)ON, August § 20.— Violent! thunderstorms ;and cloudj|jirsts in various parts of : England |uve seriously affected' the harvest. numbri of cattle grazing at E)aven|fy and JSldUt'wich' were kilied;- The (|^mage to the potato crop's in two districts • in 'Liucolnsibire is estimated at > j£iooiood. BALLOON BLOWN;trO SEA, NEW YORK/ Augu||.2o.— A . balloon carrying four pas segigers and piloted by -a : balloonist niamed JJnger, left Santa* Monica, "Cali|,prnia, intending to reach Fresno*-'/-.': TSiey;,mrl with contrary winds and were carried .out to^sea. The balloon disappeared in a fogbank and is iiow adrift over- the Pacific. Greatest fears are entertaiiid for its safety. The provisions j aboard will only "last ainet-y hoi'iir-.. •A" MITPDERER KILLED. ST. PETERSBURG, August 20.— A sentenced toimptisonment, rushed* to the residence of- Prince. ■ Tiimanoff, his commander, and shot the Prince in the lungs. . Officers, ( arriving on the scene,;k' : illed the iniit~ '■ 'derer. ; ' /.- " ' '^^ " . '.■"■■* '-■ ■__-;• ■ ;;>.-■. •. ■ ..<• ! CHINESE DESPERADOES; , HONG" KONG, August ■ 2d.^<Forty ? pirates : commandeered a-' I : 'launch, and" l9pted theXpolice statiojoi'at Dunbellisland, taking "a number^ of rifles aad bayonets. F > ihey killed' three Indian poliu.v kidnapped -a mon.fiy lend; 1 and craped. . .-.- ''-'I „'-'■'-.'•■' '■'• - 1 LIE BALKAN TROUBLf, ; CONSTANTINOPLE^August zo.[ ;An : agreenieat ; has bfn reached, at U.skub and the'';"- Albanians are returning' iw'tneir "homes, k .-'.'.'.■•'.. ■■ i- ■•■■'■ CETTINJE;j Augu^2d, ■ I lv; war.' fever is increasing. ' A large meeting passed a protect against wliat was described as Vthe Turkish atrocities at Beranaa,nd^urgerl the Go-' ■vernment to declare "w;v)p^. ' * -THEFT OF APRIKeiiSS'^ BAG. ;• : : LONDO.N,|August 20/,: ; -.- : , loni Pritclaard, L^mAnageii:<ioi..-the Rmk 3 _JJlackfriars • Roaii'i -lias been reremaiided on a charge of feloniously receiving the Princess of Hesse's bag. Israel Abrahams gave evidence that he saw' two strangers sell rVitchard- a bag-, but did not notice the. mark till Pritchurd sent him to try and get an initial stamped over the "M," wlhich .was . plrcady there. IVtt lioticed" a ciown had been scratched off, His errand was fruitless and the bag was Returned. Subsequently witness learned t from the newspapers that a bag had been stolen and informed Pritchafd. „ The latter removed the bottles and then cut up and burned jhe bag. -..".'••■■