MISCELLANEOUS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LVII, Issue LVII, 20 August 1910, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS.

kited the Emperor j^^^^^^Eef on^Lns 80th birthday/,, The J^^W trtfWilhelmshohe, iprayed^^^^Y Emperor Francis would Ifcjtig li^^B*ve4 s *'ie suprenle protecT^ai^^^BiloEa.jpf his faithful and reverent j^^^^Htifraid. late King Leopl||»Sp§e^^Bf secretArronf ille. She ''^^^SBF ee^ *n es" taping persistent it if reported that Da|l™^ formally [ adopted the lake, K^Kjieopold's two eons. DARING JEWEL ROBBERY. LONDON, Augsst 19. Sir Giftert Parker's sister, Mrs ii\con, was daringly robbed of £9000 worth of jewels at St. Moritz, Switzerland. 1 | i > [ ' : • 1 i - . i

August 20, 9.15 a.m.) BRUSSELS, August 19* The President and Executive of the Exhibition, commenting on the great exaggeration of damage started by tha local newspapers, state that all traces of the fire will be removed in a fortnight and the Belgian and British sections re-opened. There are widespread complaints of the carelessness and dishonesty of some of the watchmen and the inefficiency of the precautions against fire. Yielding to public opinion the Executive is forming a corps of 600 firemen, equipped with new engines. BOOKERS FINED. (Received August 20, 11,30 a.m.) LONDON, August 19. Two dockers at Newport were fined £10 each, and one £5, for assaulting the free laborers en the Beacon Grange.

EONDON, August 19. Tyldesley, the crack Lancashire batsman, has completed his 2000 runs for the season. IMPRISONED FOR BIGAMY. PERTH, August 19/ John Ordy, ,an ex-New Zealand en-gine-driver, was sentenced to two years' hard labor, on a charge of bigamy.

CAPETOWN, August 19. Dr Jameson, Mr Merriman (Premier of Cape Colony) and Mr Saver, Fede:al Minister for Railways, have been elected. Mr Smartt, , ex-Commpissioner cf Public Works, Cape Colony, has bean re-elected un-oppased. (Received August 20, 9.15 a.m.) LONDON, August 19. The body of Frank Podmore, the mi> sing spiritualistic writer, has been found in a pool at Malvern. Two hundred and forty peers and bishops have signed a manifesto m favor of a penny postage with France. All sections of the cotton trade are adopting the decimal system on September 1. Fractions of a penny will be expressed in hundredths and weights in pounds. The Admiralty has accepted the tender of the Thames Ironworks for the .largest pinnace for the Australian armored cruiser, subject to the Commonwealth's approval. The pinnace will have a 250-horse-power engine. , VIENNA, August 19. Pour thousand mill hands have struck at Buda Pesth for an increase of wages for Sunday work. LONDON, August 19. The Sportsman says that in consequence of the barring of the LangKaufman f ght, the promoters of prize fights are negotiating for buildings in London for the holding of the world's championship. The paper adds that it doubts if it will do the sport any good, as the promoters are "not caring a rap ■ except for money."