GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 8 March 1912, Page 5

GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

THE AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON. (Puess Association. —Copyright.) "(Received .10.35 a.m.)MELBOURNE, This Day. The Federal Government has been informed that the cruisers Melbourne and Sydney will be received from the builders in August, and the battleship Aus-tra- 1 lia in September. All will arrive inAustralia early next year. RAILS ACROSS AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, This Day. Mr. King O'Malley informed a deputation that he would start to employ men in connection w,ith the trans-Conti-i hental railway in May. DEATH OF SIR F.' KITCHENER. (Received March 8, 12.40 p.m.) BERMUDA, March 7. Obituary—Lieut.-General Sir F. Kit- • chener, Governor of Bermuda, from appendicitis. AVIATION. (Received March 8, 12.40 p.m.) PARIS, March 7. Henri Salmet aeroplaned from Lonj don to Paris in 205 minutes, without a stop on the journey. ! COMMONWEALTH OFFICE. ' (Received 12.45 p.m.) LONDON, March 7. Messrs Streeton, Lambert, Leist and | Longstaff have elected to McKennald's Committee to advise in regard to the decoration of the Commonwealth of- ' fice. I ' OBJECTIONABLE HANDBILLS. (Rcc. March 8. 12.30 p.m.)' LONDON, MArch 7. Crowley, who distributed handbills at i Aldershot, urging the soldiers not to ! tire on strikers, has- be-c-n committed for trial. AN OLD GRIEVANCE. (Roc. March 8, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, March 7. The Agents-General have decided' to urge Mr Harcourt, Colonial Secretary, to inquire into- alleged sales, of colofiia-1 produce as British. / POLO PLAYERS INJURED. (R-c-c. March 8, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON. March 7. Morris Duval, an English polo pla-y-t. 1 er, while partaking in games at Coro-' riado. broke his collarbone, and Ro=s<,replaced him. Later in the gaYne> ■ R6as: 'cpHided with another player,, heavily, and Was thrown. He also broke his;: collarbone. England beat Canada finally', by 6 goals to 4. k " j ; WET WEATHER IN' SOUTH CANf : . . • /TERBURY. .; j TIMARU, March 7. \ <■ To-day was the wettest day of the., season, two inches of rain falling in 2p hours. This was disastrous to having grain in stock or in all-buiMjj stacks. The ground 'was so saturated, that the carting of threshed gram was;, put 'a stop to. There is a good deal ot grain in stock, and a- considerable Quantity yet uncut.