CABLE ITEMS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 11, 13 January 1912, Page 7

CABLE ITEMS.

[PKESS ASSOCIATION.^ A "THICK" DANCE. NEW YORK, Jan. 11. All persons dancing the "Turkey "Trot" or "Grizzly Bear" at public -<dances at DesMeines, lowa, will be arrested, by order of the police. FEAR OF MENINGITIS. NEW *ORR, Jan. 11. . So great is the fear of Meningitis that all public meetings at Dallas, Texas, have been abandoned and <Jiurch gatherings are not being held. There have beea many deaths, and the Public Health Board is waging a vigorous campaign against the malady. BOXING. PARIS, Jan. 11. Kid McCoy defeated Gunther on ■on points in a 10 round contest. LEGALISING GAMING. .

LISBON, Jan. 11. The Press is favorable to the Go-vca-nment's Bill legalising gambling and gaming in luxurious casinos in the chioi: towns, and the granting of licenses to the highest bidders. A British syndicate, with a capital of £1,000.000, has offeied to build casinos- in Lisbon and Gintra, similar to that at Monte Carlo. A SACRILEGE. LISBON, Jan. 11. The Republicans from Quteirp destroyed the much revered image.of the ■Lady of Lourdes, in thß neighboring village of Assentis. Two thousand Catholics marched into Outeiro, and in a fierce fight five persons were killed and 40 seriusly wounded. MR CHURCHILL'S VISIT TO ULSTER. j LONDON, Jan. 11. There were 2000 policeman m the vicinity of Ulster Hall during Mr Churchill's visit. The Garrison was confined to the Barracks.

IN HONOR OF THEIR LEADER. LONDON, Jan. 11. Mr Bonar Law will address a de--monstration at Belfast on April 3th, Including a march past similar to that when Mr Balfrrar gave an ad•rlress in 1592. ' ■-' ■.■,; •.

OBITUARY. LONDON, Jan. 11. ■'■* Thfe death is reported of Sir J. P. Gibson, Member for Edinburgh East. £Sir James Puckering Gibson was ■head of the firm of Messrs R. and' T. Gibson, provision merchants, of Edinburgh. He served as Lord Provost from 1906 to 1909, and at the close of his term of . office a baronetcy was conferred upon him. He was first elected for the Division at a by-elec-tion in April, 1909.] ARCHDEACON'S THEATRICAL DISPLAY. LONDON, Jan. 11. In explanation of his theatrical display m hisr church, where be was carried round the aisles encased in a glass coffin, Archdeacon Colley says that he wished to rehearse the scheme wMcfa he would like to occur when h<z was dead, before his remains were sent to the Faculty of Medicine at Birmingham University for dissec-. tion. His will directs, that His bones "be wired together and placed in the Psychic Museum at Leamington. * ! LAND SETTLEMENT. LONDON, •■Jain. 11. The Daily Chronicle states that' the committee appointedxtQ <te&t with" the question of the breaking.up °f the large estates, sports tenant purchase, finding tkatb there was no demand for ownership or State assisted purchase among the agricultural tenants of England acrid Wales. The Committee . recommends that v when large estates become vacant, the State should purchase them and lease them to tenants who would occupy them; LOST IN THE BLACK SEA,

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 11

The steamer Russ, with 172 passen-gers-on board, has been lost during a gale in the Black Seal Carl Anuseff, the Russian; Consul at Galatz, and his family were on board. SIR JOHN,McCALL IN REPLXy V: ' "'<"'■' '"' -\ LONDON, Jan ICK .

Sir John McCall, Agent-General for Tasmania, disagreed with Lord Dudley's approval of the Australian j Navy, which would be an enormous load for the Australians. It would Ibe far better to contribute half of what it would cost to the Imperial Navy. Lord Dudley, replying, admitted that many in Australia thought like Sir John McCall, but Aiistralia could | not make an adequate contribution in | any other way. The people rightly opposed taxation without representa-, "fcion. CHEAPER CABLES. SYDNEY, Jan. 11. Mr Henniker Heaton, in an interview, said that Sir Joseph Ward had teen a great advocate of cheaper ■cables, and never failed to use ail the ©loquehoe in his power, and offer large subsidies for binding New Zealand to a national cable. The deferred cable concessions were too amusing to contemplate, when they realised; that there were 16 cables between England and America, capable of carrying 225,000,000 words per annum, while only 21,000,000 were sent. It was asserted, and not contradicted, -that from si^, to ten of these lines ■were kept idle by a ring of vested interests, which was the only obstacle in the way of shilling cables.

SYMPATHY WITH CRIMINALS.. SYDNEY, Jan. 12. The coroner at Murrumburrah, in returning a verdict of incendiarism at the inquest on the fire which occurred on January 2nd, declared that he could not make a committal. He «ould only say that the place was wilfully set on fire. There were many such cases during the past year, the result of over insurance. Another reason was the difficulty to cope, with the sympathy shown by juries with criminals. IMMIGRANT ACCOMMODATION. SYDNEY, Jan. 12. Mr Beeby states that very soon the Government will be in a position to provide temporary accommodation for all immigrants. He regards- the recent statements that new comers had to sleep in the parks an exaggeraBUSH FIRES. PERTH, Jan. 12. Immense bush fires, with a front of 20 miles, are sweeping the Burracoppin district, where practically there is no settlememt.