GENERAL CABLE ITEMS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 62, 14 March 1911, Page 7

GENERAL CABLE ITEMS.

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PARIS, March 12. Wilding won the Championship ■Singles at Mentone, defeating De Cugis, 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3. IttJGBY FOOTBALL. LONDON, March. 12. Wales beat Ireland by 16 points to WL ON SUSPICION. WASHINGTON, March 12. J. A. Bryce, suspected of complicity in the Los Angeles Times outrage, was arrested crossing the Mexican border. A PLUCKY TELLER. OTTAWA, March 12. Armed desperadoes raided a branch of the Toronto Bank at Wyomi/ily, Ontario. ~ The teller fought two men single-handed, and • wrested the revolver from one assailant and fired, three shots. The desperadoes fled. terrorists: ROME, March 12. Terrorists in. Sicily killed M. Infanti, who was prosecuting counsel against on© of their number who was recently sentenced to imprisonment, and also Infanti's clerk. A NURSE ASSAULTED. PARIS, March 12. Dr PowdrelPs widow, who acted as nurse throughout the South Afri-. can War, was seriously assaulted and robbed in a train near Cannes. The ■ assailant ■ was, seen, escaping. TRINITY COLLEGE EXAMINERS. LONDON, March 12. . The Trinity College of Music has appointed Messrs St. George and ' Mestowski, examiners for Australia and Mr Schilski1. for New Zealand and Tasmania. ; FOUNTAIN OF MENDACITY. LONDON, March 12. . Mr Churchill, in reply to a question, said that the police of London \- on November 18th acted w#h'their, ' customary. forbearance and human- . He repudiated the allegations«minating from "That copious fountain of mendacity" the Women's Social and Political Union.. STEINER MORRISON. LONDON, March 12. Steiner Morrison gave evidence,on his trial, and was severely crossexamined. The trial was adjourned. . CONSECRATED GROUND. LONDON, March 12. The peasantry at Newtown disinterred the body of a suicide buried in consecrated ground. The family re-interred the body in the suicides' • plot at Waterford. PRINCE ADALBERT. BERLIN, March 12. Prince Adalbert is progressing favorably. GERMAN SATISFACTION. BERLIN, March 12. The North German Gazette expresses satisfaction at Sir E. Giey's statement, as showing it might lead to an agreement over the Bagdad , railway question. SUNDAY "CINES." LONDON, March 12. The London County Council have authorised cinematograph exhibitions on Sundays, on condition that portion of the proceeds be given to the London Hospital runds. Several clergymen threaten to refuse to make collections for hospitals if the permission is continued. MORRISON'S DEFENCE. LONDON, March 12. The defence set up by Morrison, accused of the murder of Beron, is an alibi, resting on his own assertions and the testimony of the Jewish girl (his lover) and her admirers. SWIMMING. SYDNEY, March 11. The 220 yards championship was won by Longworth with Healy second. The race was won by two yards in 2min 29 2-sth sec. Boardman (Tasmania) retired. AN ADVERTISEMENT. ' SYDNEY, March 11. Two women in "harem skirts" took short walks' in the streets at_a busy time. They took refuge from the crowd in a motor. The crowd were good humored. The gowns were not elegant, and the women paraded to advertise a large drapery firm. A BY-ELECTION, SYDNEY, March 12. The North Sydney by-election for the Federal Parliament, rendered vacant by the death of Mr Edwards, - resulted:—Ryrie (Liberal) 11,500, O'Brien (Labor) 4300. THE MISSING PARTY. THURSDAY ISLAND, March 13. Father Shaw has also erected a wireless station on the Merrie England. FEDERAL NOTE. ISSUE. MELBOURNE, March 13. The Federal note issue totals £4,-, 114,517. GOING OVER. TO THE LEAGUE. MELBOURNE, March 13. Owing to large numbers of footballers going over to the League, the Rugby Union is in a weak position,' and is unable to offer clubs an- assistance. It is probable that the number of clubs will be considerably decreased. AN SERIAL PRIZE. MELBOURNE, March 13. , The Austral League proposes to raise £15,000 for a flight from Sydney to Melbourne. HOLY WEEK. SYDNEY, March 13. Archbishop Kelly (Roman Catholic) endorsed the Anglican Primate's protest against the agricultural show being held in Holy week.