CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 9115, Issue 9115, 11 January 1910, Page 5

CABLE NEWS.

(Bx Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Per Press Association.) Received Jan. 11, 9.40 a.m. LONDON, Jan. 10. A search for two Edinburgh medical students who were duck shooting on the Forth resulted in the recovery of the body of one—Dr R. M. Nicholson, whose father resides at Benalla, Victoria. The Earl and Countess of Meath have started for Australia, where they remain until the spring. Mr Davidson, Inspector of Public Works in Victoria, and Sir William Matthews, have formulated a scheme dealing with the passenger and cargo traffic at the port of Melbourne. Colonel Sir E. Raban has arranged a scheme for a graving dock for Melbourne. The Papuan syndicate includes Lord Esher, Sir C. Euan Smith, Sir Martin Conway, Sir.Westby Percival, and Sir J. G. Jenkins, South Australian ex-A gent-General. Mr W. Bridges Webb, chairman of the Baltic Shipping exchanges, and Mr C. A. Darling. , A hundred thousand Northumberland and Durham miners are idle. Three thousand have been persuaded to resume work. TOKIO, Jan. 10. The Japanese press unanimously condemn the neutralisation of the Manchurian railways, and declare there is no justification for interference with the Portsmouth Treaty. Germany is criticised for enjoying railway and mining privileges at Shantung, and yet seeking to deprive Russia and Japan of privileges m Manchuria. PARIS, Jan. 10. The police arrested an "Apache" wearing leather bands studded with sharp spikes and razors. The "Apache" used a long knife and a revolver. He killed one policeman and injured five others, who were taken to the hospital. . The Parisian larrikin, often post.essiri" the criminal instinct, is known as In " Apache," and his suppression is one of the problems that confront the police of the French capital.] VIENNA, Jan. 10. The police raided a well-known publishing house and confiscated 30,000 erotic publications valued at £6000.