CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8454, 3 December 1907, Page 6

CABLE NEWS.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Per Press Association. LONDON, December 1. The Great Northern and Great Central Railways are arranging a pooling scheme to avoid excessive competition. LONDON, December 2. The Daily Mail's Rio Janeiro correspondent says that an attempt to overthrow the Government of Minas Geraes, under the leadership of Magali, a native of . Rio Grande Do Sul, aided by British, Canadian and American filibustered, failed after a premature skirmish in the State of Bahia, wherein Philip Davies, a retired British Major, was killed, Lieut. George Gordon wounded, and all were captured. A sum of £100,000 was raised in London and New York by the filibusterors, who landed separately as traders. Preston, alias Redgrave, agent, and Coleman, another agent, were sentenced to ten years' penal servitude at the Old Bailey for conspiracy, forging and uttering with intent to defraud the London, City and Midland Bank of £512. In the same connection, Campbell, an electrician, was sentenced to seven years; McQueen,, a tailor, to five years; and Childs, a photographer, who turned King's evidence, to nine . months. BOMBAY, December 1. A Conciliation Board has been formed in connection with the settlement of the Indian railway strike. NATAL, December 2. Dinizulu has 500 followers, some of whom arc armed. Dinizulu will be arrested for treason. MELBOURNE, December 2. Mr Deakin doubts the accuracy of the reported sale of Fanning Island. The Government is not advised of the transaction. ADELAIDE, December 2. Lieutenant Shackleton, of the South Pole expedition, was cordially welcomed by the Governor, Premier and Mayor. PERTH, December 2. Three men, McCallum, Harris, and Patterson, were drowned in the river through the capsizing of a rowing boat. Ever since the world began, man has been contriving instruments for the reproduction of sound. Nature's sweetest music—the sighing of wind through reeds, the laughter of a brook, or the lapping of waves —these have caused men to stop and ponder. We. see the result in such instruments as the violin, the harp, the flute. But most effective of all, perhaps, is the piano. ' Imprisoned within its four walls hide the magic works which breathe forth the harmonies of the world. Almost anything can be achieved on tho piano; it is the triumph of tho musical world ! Just to run one's fingors along the keys of an instrument such as tho Broadwood, the Ronisch, or tho Lipp is a supreme delight. The Dresden Piano Company, Wellington, who are the agents for these, andindeed every instrument of high repute, will gladly tell you about their easy timepayment system, which makes it simple for everyone to possess this kind of instrument —tho piano. Local agents, G. 11. Bennott and Co., the square.—Advt. Splendid value at Payne's in boots and ihoea for the holidays.—Advt