GABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 9163, Issue 9163, 12 March 1910, Page 5

GABLE NEWS.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Per Press Association.) Received March 12, 9.30 a.m. LONDON, March 11. A practical joker instructed several coal merchants to send 1 * many t:>ns of coal to Mr Winston CliurchiH'6 house. The following have joined the Northern Union's Australasian team: —J. Sharrocks and Thomas (Wigan), J. Lonus (Salford), A. Avery (Oldham), F. Shugars (Warrington). CALCUTTA, March 11. Sir Carrimbhoy Elrahim,' a distinguished Choja merchant, has handed Sir Sydenham- Clarke, Governor of Bombay, £20.000 for scholarships and other means of impressing the scientific training of Mahommedan boys. Received March 12. 8.3Q a.m. ROME, March 11. Orders have been given to dockyards at Castel-la-mare to prepare in 1910 for the construction of two 24,000-ton Dreadnoughts. The Italian Dreadnoughts will thus total six. NEW YORK, March 11. Advices from Ottawa state that a Parliamentary Committee is in favour of the abolition of bookmaking on racecourses. BERLIN, March 11. The Kaiser's hundred yachting guests include thirteen Admirals, six Generals, three Cabinet Ministers, some bankere and leaders in science, art and literature. 1 . The Imperial dockyard at Kiol notifies the men that owing' to the Reichstag not voting sufficient funds to keep ali the staff working 600 must be dismissed in April. LONDON, March 11. Geographical circles deprecate the doubts on Commander Peary's achievements. The Geographical Society is preparing to welcome him in May. Sir Ernest Shackleton is championing him. Sir Edward Grey, replying to a question as to the immigration of reservists ; said it would only bo permitted to a limited extent. Regarding soldiers who had completed their engagements the Army Council would be glad if employment" with the oversea Dominions defence forces could be guaranteed for, say, two years. This would enable them to take up work wherefor they were fully qualified, and would benefit the Dominions while they were settling down in their new environment. No advances in reservists' pay could be made. He added that no definite steps had been taken to ascertain the Dominions' views in this direction.

Received March 12. 11.35 a.m. CALCUTTA, March 11. The newspaper Englishman appealed against the damages of £1000 awarded Laj Patra, editor of the native paper Bande Mataram, for the statement in the Englishman that he was deported for tampering with the loyalty of the Sepoys. The Court reduced tho amount to 1500 rupees. VIENNA, March 11. There has been an amazing development in the Vienna poisoning trial m which Lieutenant Hofrichter stands accused of poisoning a number of officers. The discovery has now been made that Hofrichter, under the assumed name of Dr. Haller. endeavoured to drug an innocent girl. A letter addressed to Haller was opened in the deadletter officc, and it contained poison.