CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9834, 27 June 1914, Page 5

CABLE NEWS.

(Br Eucmo Tmgraph—coptbiqht.) (Pn Pun Assoeunov.) ENGLISH FOOTBALLERS . DISPLEASED. Received June 27, 9.45 a.m. . ™_ „ . BYDNEY. June 27. The English footballers are displeased at the transforming of last Saturday's Brisbane match from the test England v. Australia to England v. Queensland. They now have to play three tests in eight days, which will involve a groat hardship. It ia stated that they have no power to alter their rule, and must play short in the event of players being, injured. M.P.'s AS COMMISSION AGENTS. Recently Osborne, a member of the Assembly, and G. A. Jones, an ex-member, 6ued the agent for the sale of the Boorabil estates to the Government for closer settlement purposes for £2OO commission. The verdict was in plaintiffs favour, and as a result of press criticisms on legislators acting as agents, the Cabinet, after a protracted sitting, decided to appoint a Royal Commission of Enquiry. A PROFITABLE CONCERN. „ fj . , MELBOURNE. June 27. Goldsbrough Mort's profit* for the past were £154,153, whereto were added SJSfI33L brou ? ht forward, compared with h 140,925, the previous year's profit. FERRY FARES RAISED IN SYDNEY. Received June 27, 9.0 a,m. SYDNEY, June 27. There ie an outcry against the ferry companies for again substantially raising the fares following on the recent advance of railway and tram rates. NO NEWS OF MISSING VESSEL

There is no .further news of the missing vessel Alfred Fenning. The worst is feared.

OFFER OF AN ALL RED CABLE. Received June 27, 8.40 a.m. LONDON, June 26. Mr. Goddard, representative of the Western Union Telegraph Company, informed the Dominions Commission that his company was willing to lease one of their lines for an all-red route on terms mutually satisfactory. TRAGEDY ON A BATTLESHIP. Three sailors were killed and three injured on the battleship Monarch, at Newquay. When hoisting the launch the shackle broke. PATIENT RUNS AMOK. Received June 27, 8.25 a.m. __. PARIS, June 26. While " doctor was examining a patient in a village near Toulon, the man stabbed him with a dagger, rushed outeido and wounded three others who attempted to arrest him. Eventually a gendarme shot the patient. ALBANIA. DURAZZO. June 26. The truce with the insurgents has been prolonged until to-day. Doubts are thrown on tho capture of Prenkbibdoda by the insurgents. The Austrian steamer Herzgovina bombarded the rebel positions at Rashbul. Large supplies were despatched to Prenkbibooba, who is operating against Presija and Shiak. DURAZZO, June 26. At the instigation of the Dutch officers the truoo has definitely boon broken off. The insurgents have hoisted the Turkish flag over the captured towns. CHINESE REBELS. PEKING, June 26. Four hundred loyalists prevented the mutineers crossing from the old city into Eastern Kalgan. The Europeans are safe. | A hundred Chinese were slain. EMPRESS OF IRELAND. QUEBEC, June 25. The Empress of Ireland enquiry has finished the hearing of evidence. Counsel for the National Sailors' and Firemen's Union addressed the Commission, and the enquiry was then adjourned to allow counsel for tho Storetad and the Empress to prepare addresses. NEW WHALING GROUNDS. SYDNEY, June 26. Captain Anderson, representative of the Norwegian syndicate, has arrived to investigate the new whaling grounds in the vicinity of New Guinea. Celebes and Java. PREFERENCE TO UNIONISTS. A meeting of the Council of the Employers' Federation discussed the question as to whether the preference to unionist a claim was legitimate, and decided emphatically in the negative. SWIMMING. LONDON. June 25. Cambridge defeated Oxford at. swimming, winning three event* to nil. Resleure won the quarter-mile in 5 min 52 2-ssecs, a University record.