GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

Mataura Ensign, 18 July 1914, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

HINDUS AND THE STATES. It EUCTBIO TELEGRAPH COPIEI3«I PBB OMTPMI PRBSS »SBOCI4TION WASHINGTON", July 16. The House of Representative's Committee on Immigration considered legislation affecting tlie admission of Hindus. !Mr Burnett appealed. to the committeo not to raise tlie question of Japanese exclusion at the present time ami urged the exclusion of Hindus alone, as Chinese are already kept out. LONDON DIVORCE CASE. I .OX l)()X, July 10. Counsel in the His-ev ca*e, in opening respondent's case, said ilie confession of misconduct with Wlielan was ail invention. Petitioner ' was n jealous man, who continually charged his wi'fe with misconduct with variT ous men. John Hisscy, barrister, is suing for divorce from lws wife, 'the actress Queenie Mersill (stated a previous cable). Albert AVhelan, tlm Australian music-hall artist, is 00-res)K>mlcnt. Hissey, in his evidence, stated that he ran through a fortune of £30,000. His wife then claimed the right to frequent night clubs with other men, and one day threw herself on the floor and confessed misconduct with Whelan at the Grand Hotel, Birmingham. WOMEN AND POLITICS. N'KW YORK, July 10. Addressing a luncheon exrlnsivelv attended by women, Mr Roosevelt emphasised the necessity for {renins* the right sort of women to enter politics. The Progressive party would, if it could, arrange to induce a number of women to stand as candidates. BRAZILIAN LOAN. LONDON", July 17. The terms of the Brazilian 5 per cent, loan, guaranteed upon the Customs, have been agreed upon with London and Continental bankers, under the leadership of Baron N. M. Rothschild. | Twenty millions will be issued immediately at £9O to £!)], and the remaining five millions later. A FRENCH SENSATION. BT KLBOTRIG TELEGRAPH COrTRIQHT. TIHBB AND BTDNET ST7N SEPVICE* PARIS, July 10. At the trial of Madame Caillaux, charged with premeditated murder, the principal evidence of premeditation was a letter the prisoner wrote to her husband on the morning of the crime, in which she mentioned her husband's threat to smash the face of the ignoble Calinette. Si>e pointed out that Krame needed her husb.md. and therefore she herself committed the deed.