MISCELLANEOUS CABLEGRAMS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7018, 5 January 1910, Page 6

MISCELLANEOUS CABLEGRAMS

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. BRITAIN BUTS AEROPLANES. PARIS, January 3. It ds reported in Paris that M. Bleriob, who was the first aviator to cross the English Channel, has sold several aeroplanes to tho British Government. GREBE MINISTER RESIGNS. ATHENS, January 3. A fresh conflict has occurred between tho Military League and the Greek Government. The Minister of the Interior has resigned under pressure from the League. CYCLE RACE AT BERLIN. . BERLIN, January 3. Ru'att, of Germany, and Clark, of Australia, won a six-days’ team cycle contest in Berlin, and divided the prize, amounting to £250. The winners covered 2327 mile®. Ruatt was a defaulter in the German military service. His‘ punishment by the "War Office has been deferred at the intercession of the German Crown Prince, who was frantic with joy over Ruatt’e win. THE NASHC CONSPIRACY. CALCUTTA, January 3. ' Thirty arrests have been made at Nasik and Bombay in connection with the murder of Mr A. Jackson, Collector of Nasik. The accused arc mostly Brahmins. Several revolvers were found in the houses of the accused. TYPHOID AT MONTREAL. (Received January 4, 10.40 p.m.) OTTAWA, January 4. There are a thousand more typhoid fever patients in Montreal, making over 3000 reported. A few cases have ended fatally. FIRE AT ALEXANDRIA. CAIRO, January 3. A fire broke out in the Customshouse at Alexandria. The German cruiser Preyas landed a number of sailors, who saved hundreds of bales of tobacco. The loss is estimated at £300,000. NEW MARTIAN CANALS. NEW YORK, January 3. Professor Lowell states that the new Martian canals are strikingly evident eastward of Ysrtis, and denote tho presence of an animate will. BANE ROBBERY FRUSTRATED. NEW YORK, January 3. Two men were shot and killed while .attempting to rob a bank at Harran, in Oklahoma, and a third man was wounded. Two others escaped. SYDNEY, January 4. A severe earth tremor was recorded in Sydney at 10 o’clock on Saturday night. A calculation placed the centre of the disturbance in the Caribbean Sea. In connection with the murder of Mrs Power by her husband at Tamworth, it is stated that the pair had lived unhappily for some time. The deed was committed after the wife's refusal to allow Power to take their two children.