CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9476, 27 March 1911, Page 5

CABLE NEWS.

IB? Electric TEisoatfH— Oopybiqht.) (Per Pkesß Association.) STEAMERS COLLIDE AND FOUNDER. Received March 27, 8.30 a.m. LONDON, March 26. The steamers Irisbrook and Villo do Bordeaux collided at night off Beachy Head. Both foundered. The crews, numbering 49, were rescued. ALL-BRITISH SHOPPING WEEK. Forty British towns have-, imitated London's all-British shopping week. ALIEN IMMIGRANTS. A Departmental Committee recommends the establishment of a receiving house for the inspection of alien immigrants at Tilbury with a reasonable toll per head to defray expenses. HIS OWN PYRE. At Charlton, Northumberland, James Hunter, a groom, built and saturated with petroleum his own pyre. Ho then set fire to it, and was incinerated. . THE KAISER'S TOUR. ROME, March. 26. J The Kaiser and Kaiserin have departed for Venice and Corfu. STOLYPIN'S POWER. 1 . ST. PETERSBURG, March 26. , There are indications that owing to \ the Czar's exercise of hie prerogative • Count Stolypin's power and prestige will , bo unlimited. ' STRIKES AND THEIR EFFECTS. PARIS, March 26. Replying to an inquiry, tho Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce has informed the Government that it is un- j desirable to hold international exhibitions in the near future owing to the impossibility of relying on workmen for fulfilment of contracts in view of the frequence of sudden strikes. FROM PARIS TO CANADA. A new installation of wireless at the Eiffel Tower, utilising a hitherto untried theory, has established wireless commu- , nication with Nova Scotia. WATERED MILK. ■ A milkman has been sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment for supplying watered milk to a hospital. APACHE EXECUTED. Grand, a notorious apache, was executed at Nantes, INTERNATIONAL RUGBY. At Rugby football Ireland defeated Franco by 25 points to 5. A LARGE FORTUNE. Received March 27, 9.30 a.m. LONDON, March 26. The personalty of Joseph Henry Houldsworth, a racehorse owner, was proved at £327,507. Ho has_ bequeathed £2O 000 to charities, mostly in Scotland, and £SOOO to James Ryan, ut Newmarket trainer. , DYNAMITE OUTRAGE, Received March 27, 9,35 a.m. NEW YORK, March 26. Dynamitards at Cleveland, Oregon, destroyed an ore plant, tho property of the Erie Railroad Company. The damage is estimated at £40,000. This miscreants are unknown. , TRAIN WRECKS. • A fast train known as the Dixer flier plunged from a trestle bridge at Ocilla, Georgia. Seven were lulled and twelve IIIJUre ' OTTAWA, March 26. • The Canadian-Pacific train was wrecked at Port Arthur, Ontario. Two were killed, .two are missing, and several were seriouslv injured. ALBERTA MINERS WILL STRIKE. The men employed in sixteen mines in Southern Alberta, British Columbia, have voted in favour of a strike on | May Ist. ' ■