HOME AND FOREIGN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9590, 24 July 1907, Page 1

HOME AND FOREIGN CABLES.

[Bt Electbio Teleqbaph—Coptbioht.]

(Per Press Association.) , Received July 23, at 9.58 p.m. London, July 23. .' «Sir G. Sydenham ■ Clarke s appointment . to the Governorship is popular in Bom-. 1 bay. [Sir George Sydenham Clarke was born ir> 1648. He served in (he Egyptian ex- . pedition of 1882, and the Sou-dan expedij' tion in 1865. Was a memuer of the Com- [ mittee on War Office Organisation in 19J0 f -1, and- Governor of Victoria (Australia) ; 1901-4. He is the author of several works t dealing'with, naval and military matters.] i When the tie for the King's Cup was . declared! Addison and Hope agreed' to pool , the prize.money, each receiving. £iss. i Addison stated' that he did not care for . the money, but he valued' the honar ol : winning. The victory was the most popuj lar ever gained at Bisley. Adiaison has been overwhelmed with, cable conjratula- . tions from> Australia. The &um of £I4OO • in prize money was won at the meeting by the Australian team. M;r J. Hennikor-Heatoii (Conservative member for Canterbury) has applied to Mf Sydney Buxton (Postmaster-General) to postpone his adihesion to the Radio-Tele-graphic Convent ion to be held- in Ber.in. I'ne Times suggests the convening of a subsidiary Imperial Conference to inquire into the convention, 6o that the Empire may-act as a corporate whole 1 as to whether to adhere or abstain. Received July 23, at 11.21 p.m. London, July 23. The General Post Office notifies that the pestage on parcels to Now Zealand' exceeding lour feet in length, and- girth combined will be increased fiom Thursday next owing to the large number of bulky parcels. Paris, July 23. 'M. Clcmenceau (Premier) and General Picquart (Minister of War) ascended in a La Patric balloon over Paris-. A pipe burst when aloft, slightly settling M. ' Clemeneeau. While repairs were icing effected the balloon remained stationary. M. Clcmenceau was imprcrsod with the cense of "security and stability of the" bal- ■ loon, and l considers the machine as mervellous.