MISCELLANEOUS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 15 April 1908, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS.

A SPORTING FRAUD. IPBCSfI ISSOCUZIPV.I {Received April 15, 9.3 a.m.) LONDON/April 14. Un,.the.absenc© of direct telephones* And the, slowness of telegrams'betß are accepted afVienna 2£. hours after EngJish races are run? A group of sharp•ers,' .utilising/ telephones 1 between- London and Paris and Berlihy and thence Vienna, have swindled a leading bookjnaker of many thousands of pounds.

„.;„•:». ■ '^ BERLIN, Ajril 14. The famous old- garrison church in Berlin has been>iurjned.< Of many flags captured in the Franco-Prussian war ibf 1870, hanging in the nave, only on* was saved. „/. , .*

{Received April 15, 8.52 a.m.) . , MADRID, April 14. ■ <On .charges of causing a number of explosions at/ Barcelona, after failing to blackmail ihe authorities and banks, •n pretence of being able to track anarchists, Juan Rull, Hermanegildo Rull, and Maria Queralto were sentenced to deatb. Fottf others received sentences ranging from four months to 24 years' imprisonment' in chains.

LONDON, April 14. A Blue Book shows that after vainly urging that Chinese offenders should he tried by the same methods as naiives, Lord Elgin in November assented ibo an Act allowing the temporary remewal of the indentured labor laws, •relying upon the Transvaal to remove everything objectionable in the practice ras <soon as it couldt -;

CABTJL, AprU 14. M. Zalakoff, a Russian, disguised as •a mullah, was arrested near Herat in -possession of maps and jottings of the Toute to Herat and the food and water supplies. Zalakoff has been imprisoned •at Cabui. ,

LONDON, April 14. The Times says that Australian and New Zealand experiments in compulsory arbitration as a means of avoiding strikes and creating permanent harmony between master and men is not yet proved to be valuable even ifc successful, and is not necessarily applicable to English conditions; where the machinery of society is far more' complicated. PEKIN, April 14. Floods in Hankiang river drowned r2OOO Chinese and Adestroyed*7ooA destroyed*7oo junks. (Received April 15, 9.45 a.m.) SYDNEY, April ,16V The Jockey Club has increased its -entrance fee to 20 guineas. The stakes for various events next year have been -increased by 4150 soys. including. the Derby to £3000, the Spring Stakes to £1000, the Metropolitan and Sydney Cup each to £2500. The Herald states that. Elevation's 'lameness was due to striking, himself badly. The steamer Derwent and the barque -Metropolis collided in Newcastle harbor. The Metropolis was considerably damaged. * The strike of wheelers has idled the Burwood pit. MELBOURNE, April 15. Mr Deakin has officially confirmed ■ his intention to remain in office at least "till the tariff is through. 7He will'move an amendment that the Royal Commission to enquire into the post office be postponed till the tariff is out of "the way,' and expects this to be accepted. , Mr Fisher after the Labor 'caucus said he hoped that harmonious relations would be restored when the House meets to-day. It is understood that a majority of the Labor members !who voted against the Government have agreed,to fall into line. In connection with the celebration of the jubilee of the Australian game of football in August a team -from each 'State and from New Zealand will visit Tictoria and play a series of games. Opals' often fall from their settings because they expand with heat more than otter' precious stones, anvct, consequently, force open the gold which Holds them in place. Of all triie things none is more pertain -than that Steams' Headache Cure invariably cures headaches. It is tasteless, easy to take, and every cne e(houl<i keep it at Tumd.-AdTt