CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 170, 27 July 1907, Page 5

CABLE NEWS.

Press Association.—Copyright. Bebliu, July 25. The Raiser has again denounced rich living among officers of the army in sharp terms. London. July 20. RichaTd Brinklay has been sentenced to death for the murder of Mr and Mrs Beck at Croydon by the administration of cyanide of potassium. .' , Victor Bortfh, an Oamaru pianist, , obtained the Maofarren gold medal rand Westland prize of the Boyal Academv of, Music. The King sent a message to Parliament signed by his own hand recommending a grant of £50.000 to Lord Cromer in recognition of his eminent services in Egypt . Lavesdn and Oooli, of the firm of Messrs Starkey, Loveson and Cooke, sharebrokers, who recently failed, have been sentenced to five years eaoh for misappropriating clients m °The Standard a&serts that Government succeeded in obtaining a pat-1 tern of the short Lee-Enfield rifle, whioh experts declare to be the best in the world. ' Pekth, July 26. Thomas Fenton, of New Zealand, well-known in mining and racing oircles, was killed through a sulky colliding with a train ttt a level crossing. Received July 27, 0.16 a.m. Melbourne, July 26. After nearly three weeks work the Tariff Commission has concluded its labours, and the final reports have been handed to the Governor-General. Sydney, July 26. Arrived, 3 p.m., Miowera; Manurewa, from Mercury Bay. The latter experienced a heavy gale off the New Zealand coast, and jettisoned 5000 ft of deck cargo.