CABLE NEWS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13393, 29 May 1914, Page 9

CABLE NEWS.

(Sydney Sun Service.)

LONDON. May 21. lying George will review the Fleet at Spithead on July 18. An aerial ferry across San Francisco Bay has been started. The- King and Queen attended the cavalry manoeuvres anid gun practice at Aldershot.

The Royal Horticultural Society's Show opened at Chelsea) when exhibits worth £70,000 were brought together. Miss Una Bourne, the Melbourne pianist, has been commanded to play

before tlie Queen at Buckingham PaJaee,

Mine. Melba celebrated hei* birthday on Tuesday by giving a dinner and dance at tlie Savoy, to which, she invited a number of friends.

Trouble continues m Peru, where Leguia's supporters * are protesting against the election of Colonel Benavides as provisional President.

Replying to a question m the House of Commons. Mr Asquith s*aid that the Committee on Imperial Defence would shortly complete its report upon the proposed tunnel under the English Channel.

A student named Westropp, at the Royal College of Science, has discovered a tiny brown insect, hitherto unknown, which destroys the delicate grass on golf greens. He has also invented a powder which kills them.

The London 'busmen are demanding to be paid a daily wage instead of a mileage rate. A conference is to be held between the masters and the men, but there' are little hopes of a settlement being reached. Madame Melba has booked her passage to -Melbourne by the R-.M.-S. Orsova, which will sail on Julie 11. She intends to stay five months m Australia, but it will be purely a holiday trip.

According to an announcement made m the Hous© of Commons hy the President of the Board of Trade,* the exports lc'st year to Australia were valued M £34,000,000, and -those to New Zealand at £10,000,000. Drs. Spohr and Baehem, two antivaccinationists at Frankfurt, m Germany, have been fined £97 and £7 respectively for carelessness m treating smallpox. Spohr himself was ill, and it is believed that he carried the contagion to others. Dr. Robert Hutchinson, speaking at a, conference of domestic teachers, said that meat that was not fresh became even more dangerous when cooked. He instanced the meat pie, and remarked that the unventilated pie-crust absorbed the volatile poisons. The King and Queen of Denmark, who are at present m Paris, attended the Longchamps races, but their afternoon's outing was spoiled by a thunderstorm, followed hy a heavy downpour. In the evening their Majesties were the guests of the French Premier at dinner. Tlie hospital nurses m Paris threaten to oome out on strike because the authorities ar4 insisting that they shall be vaccinated with anti-typhic " serum. Tlie nurses, however strongly object to being vaccinated with this serum, which they regard as dangerous, one of their number having already died from its effects.

A conference that was held m Olymprn, Washington State, to consider the establishment of a minimum wage for women, spent a. whole day m reaching an understanding with regard to the cost of living. The discussion revealed a great divergence of opinion v on the question, the employers' estimate being 16s below that of the employees. Father Bernard Vaugnan is going to give society another . castigation. The famous preacher declares that he intends to undertake a campaign against night clubs, with a view to exposing the sins of the smart set. At the same time he will, denounce the wickedness of the unjust discrimination against the poorer classes.

A new type of army aeroplane was tried at Aldershot, when Colonel Wigrani, one of the King's equerries, was taken for a flight m the presence of their Majesties. Tile trial proved thoroughly successful. During the flight the controls of the elevator and rudder were never touched, and the machine made its own bank when turning. Following upon Sir George Reid's reference to the loneliness of Australians m. London, more than 100 .Australians met at the Hotel Cecil for luncheon. They included Mr R. M. MC. Anderson, Mr. David Fell, Mr Borchenough, of •Manly, and Mr Pharez Phillips. It is }>roposed to hold similar i*e-umons -\veeky, with the ultimate object of forming an Australian Club m London.

Miss ElsaGoessling and Miss Fiances Mann, of Hoquiam, Washington, are two of the happiest girls m the United States to-day. Yesterday they succeeded m staking out claims on the Rainier forest reserve. At 5 o'clock m the. morning the young women waited with the men for the rush at daylight, and when the time came they sprinted across the border and got first pick, beating the men to the spot.

As a. result of the demonstrations made against him m connection with the Colorado strike, Mr John I). Rockefeller is taking extraordinary precaution to ensure his safety. In addition to doubling the guards on duty „ at his Poncantico Hills estate, the Oil King has installed an elaborate system of electric lighting round about his house, by means of., which at night he can flood the grounds with light by pressing a button at/ the head of his bed.