CABLE ITEMS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 118, 16 May 1912, Page 7

CABLE ITEMS.

TPKESS ASSOCIATION.)

LADIES' GOLF CHAMPIONSHIi 1. LONDON, May 14 Miss Nancy Parbury, a 'Sydneyit-o, defeated' Miss ..Harvey,- .ex-chnmpion-of Canada, in the first round o't- t:ie Ladies' Golf Championship. COLONIAL OFFICES IN LONDON. - ■•;■ L"ONI>ON, May H. ■Mr Mcßrido, Premier of. Brit'm Columbia, has secured; a position,-inr the, State offices in an .island ■ site twice the size of the Victoraan -btti ■ with 56ft. frontage. Fifty thou.^nd pounds will be spent oh. the .buildingMr Mcßiid© is to see Mr Bbrden, Premier' of-:Canada., at Ottawa, and will strongly advocate Canada occupying the "space between- the Gaievy Theatre and the Victorian offices.

MR W. T. STEAD AS SPOOK

BA^MS, ; May 14 " Spii'itnalistic mediums in Paris uro fess to have secured communicatio; with the late Mr W.T. Stead.

FOREST FIRES

NEW YORK, May 14

Twenty-four square milels of timber were burned in fOTest fires in Oregon vand Washington S^ate. v Many of '•he lumber mills were destroyed, and M>e Tillages are- threatened.; Large fo/.ves of fire fighters' are at: work:; - , ■

WIRELESS TELEPHONES. ROME, May 14

Successful wireless telephone experiments have been .carried out over a rrvnge of 160 miles.

AEGHAN INTRUSIONS.

LONDON; May 14

Afghan intrusions in Persia lwve provoked protests from Great Britaia. under the treaty of 1857. It is stato-:! that the/ieal cause is the augmentation of Afghans in the western garrisons, owing. to Russian activities Jit 'Meshed.

13 MEN" ENTOMBED.

NEW YORK, May 14. At Ironwood, Michigan, 13 m?n wore buried in a cave-in, .at .the Nororie mine. Two bodies ,were vr.oovered, but there is no hope for tho rest.

f THE SINGER FRAUDS

SYDNEY, May 14. F. D. Brown, ex-manager of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, fias; be&n remanded, on a further charge of inciting an officer of the company to steal and destroy the cashLooks and other hooks ai)d papers showing the transactions of the Company, with' intent to defraud. Bail at £500 was allowed.

SIDNEY BURGLARS. • SYDNEY, May 14. Burglars got a. haul at Wehrks' jewellery shop in George Street. Theiy smashed the window and stole £40 worth oi' goods. . ,

SEVERE BROUGHT. SYDNEY, May 14. ■ The drought is severe in Baihurst nnd the adjoining districts, and the farmers are not sowing their crops. Dairy cows are heing sold as Jow as Os per head..

CHANGE O# MINLSTUY. ■■..' MELBOURNEV May 14

It is definitely announced that Mr Mimay will resign the Premiership next manth in -favor of'Mr Watt, who will, reconstruct the Ministry.

AUSTRALIAN RECORDS. • BRISBANE,- May 14

At tho Toowoomba siiorts L. Glover, in six standing; broad "Junrps, coveredGSit 65m and in three jumps 34 ft 4^m —Australasian records.

PRESBYTER LAN ASSEMBLY

SYDNEY,

May 15

Tiie Presbyterian Assembly lias decided to raise a jubilee fund of £30,----000, wliich will be capitalised v into Three sums of £10,000, the interest. from which will be separately utilised for the- employment of an expert to develop thy youthful department of the church in helping theological students in uheir studies, .and in paying an organisei* of'the sustentation fund.

CANADIAN TRADE

SYDNEY, May. 15.

Mr Home, head of a leading firm of Vancouver shipping agents, who is visiting Sydney, interviewed, said that Canada wants ' Australian produce, whether it comes'from Australia or New Zealand. Australia undoubtedly was losing the Canadian trade, simply because N.cw Zealand was subsidising Canadian steamers, and giving Canadian products preference. *"

SAFER- THAN FLYING

SYDNEY, 31 ay-15. Roberts, a" member of the zErial League of Australia, successfully demonstrated that an airship could be controlled by wireless. He directed a model balloon around a hall with wonderful precision.

MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION. . BRISBANE, May 15. A. mysterious explosion occurred on a crowded tramcar in ATickham Street. One passenger was blown through the window and others were Mown otf the car/ Several were iniured. The explosion came from within the motors, and until an mspwtion is made - the origin is a mystery. ■