CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8541, 23 March 1908, Page 5

CABLE NEWS.

(By Electric -Telegraph—Copyright.) Per Press Association. (Received March 23rd, 9.11 a.m.) LONDON, March 22. The bye-election for West Down, owing to the resignation of Lord Arthur Hill (Unionist), resulted : —McCaw (Unionist) 4051, Boat-tie- (Liberal) 2760. At Rugby football, Scotland (by a placed goal, two dropped goals, and a try) defeated England (two placed goals). Scotland's three-quarters, including Colin Gilray, a New Zealand Rhodes scholar, showed brilliant form. ' At billiards, Weiss, conceding 1000, defeated Cook by 7000 to 5876. (Received March 23rd, 8.52 a.m.) PARIS, March 22. Owing to the misunderstanding of, an order while the French submarine Ventors was manoeuvring at Chorbourgh, the vessel suddenly plunged and' struck the rocks at a depth of ten fathoms. T4io hull was extensively damaged, and the propellers rendered useless. The coolness displayed by the captain and crew enabled them to make a miraculous escape. Tho Prefect of the Seine has submittedto the Paris' Municipality a scheme for beautifying, the city at a cost of £24,000,000. A. sum of £2,000,000 is to be devoted to' the extinction of tuberculosis. The entire cost is to be provided by continuing an existing sinking fund for 37 years: LONDON, March 22. Henry Larilmond and J. Laing, lawyers, have b£e'n arrested on a charge of embezzling £10.CC0, trust funds belonging to the Roj-al Infirmary, Glasjrcw.