GENERAL ITEMS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 11 February 1913, Page 5

GENERAL ITEMS

J. D. WILLIAMS CASE. (Pkbss Association.— Covs.bxqb*.l • SYDNEY, February 10.. ' The J. D. Williams case' way .ad- , jouvned until to-morrow. ~.': "SPANISH PRISONER" SWINDLE . MADRID, "February 10/ Fifteen members of a : gang'-working the "Spaniel prisoner" swindle have been arrested.-. , PORT SAvJO,- February 9.; The. cruiser Melbourne Jias arrived. H.M.S, Drake has sailed. \,, i EMPIRE TROPHY FOR BACON, (Received Feb. 11, 8.35 a.m.) v LONDON," Feb. ,10. The Dairy Farmers' Association offer the Britisli Empire a trophy for .exhibits. . of smoked and pale dried bacou at the Dairy Show in October. ; CAMBRIDGE EXAMINATIONS;- . LONDON,' Feb. 10. . ... A memorial is being prepared, ■urging; flio Senate of Cambridge University _to> abolish compulsory Greek, and revise and simplify the entrance examination.. BETROTHAL OF KAISER'S ONLY DAUGHTER, (Received Feb. 11, 9.35. a.m.) 1 - BERLIN, Feb. 10. ; The Kaiser's' daughter,.:. Princess Victoria . Louise, has-, been .•betrothed , t<? Prince Ernest of Cumberland, whose, father swears a .llegiattCf\to Ihe. ErnDirei; the family's 'Hanoveria«;,;claim being abandoned. Prince Ernesto will become Duke of Brunswick. • •.,'. , . RAINS IN AUSTRALIA. (Rec. 10.30 a.m.V , SYDNEY, This Day. . Light J» heavy rain -and thunderstorm* are general in N-S,. Wales, and also in the Northern Territory and Eastern Queensland. •■■ , FIRE AT BLENHEIM. BLENHEIM, This Day. Scott and C'o.'s bakery and confectionery factory, in Arthur-street, was totally destroyed by fixe last night. ■ Aiv explosion occurred in a'portion -of the building just as the%ands left work. The fire spread : rapidly, and nothing . wag ■saved except a- motor van and -a. feAv bags of flour. The insurancea areV-Builaj irig, £IOO in the Standard ' office,, and '£2oo in the Quensland office; stable, ;£IOO in the Queensland office ;Vstock and 'plant (valued at £2000), £IOO • m the office, and £6OO in the State "office. a \vestporF6utbreak:. WESTPORTj This Day. A fo'nr-roomed unoccupied and uninsured house, owned by S. Anderson*,.;iiear the Orawaiti bridge, ,on the outskirts vt the town, was burnt down last night. An hour previously an unidentified man was seen in the house with a lighted candle. Earlv yesterday morning a cowshed An the vicinity was mysteriously burnt. Previously some heaps of v light!,wtfod; whicli had been ignited were fotoS under a cottage in .the same locality. POLITICS AT~ WESTPORT. . WESTPORT, This Day. \ Branches of the Progressive Libera. League and of .tha Reform League have been established at Westport f