AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9221, 25 May 1910, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. J (Per Press Association.) Rcccived May 25, 10 a.m. SYDNEY, May 25. Official advices from Fremantle state that the rock whereon the Pericles struck has not, as previously stated, been located. Firing for the Earl of Meath's trophy the Sydney Cadets scored 657. In the Daily Mail prize contest the Goulburn ■ Ambulance team made 801, but as check scorers were not provided the scores do not count. BRISBANE, May 25. The Railway Rifle Club team put up 763 and the Seventh Regiment team, firing at Ballarat, 740 MELBOURNE, May 25. Earl Dudley has received from Earl Crewe an intimation that the King desires that there should be "no celebration of the King's birthday in the current year anywhere within the Empire. Arnst was entertained prior to his departure for South Africa. Received May 25, 10.5 a.m. NEWCASTLE, May 25. Arrived. —Echunga from ■ Oamaru. MELBOURNE, May 25. Dr. Moloney, a member of the Federal House, speaking at Wodonga, remarked that it was said in some quarters that the Labour party would be blocked by the High Court, but the Government would not allow anybody to stand in the way of the people's will. The day of obstruction from a High Court or a Legislative ' Council had passed. These institutions were not in consonance with the democratic declarations of the people, and if necessary the same people would be appealed to to wipe out the_ restrictions contained in the Constitution. At a Labour demonstration at Warrnambool a new toast, "The glorious thirteenth of April" (the date of the election at which the Labour party was victorious), was honoured. During the past three years the Licenses Reduction Board closed *320 hotels, the compensation for which was by the trade, amounting to £150,000. Received May 25, 11.55 a.m. MELBOURNE, May. 25. The shipping agents have decided to increase the freight rates on frozen meat to Id per pound from August 1. HOBART, May 25. The Ruahine arrived at 9 o'clock this morning.