CABLE NEWS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9714, 26 March 1910, Page 5

CABLE NEWS.

United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Ottawa, March 34. Professor Goldwin Smith is recovering and it is likely that he will soon be able to leave his room. London, March 24. Sir G. H. Reid had an informal meeting with the Agents-General and agreed in order to advance the interests of Australia to hold a series of meetings and to :;JulJy co-operate in all matters of general interest to Australia. Tangier, March 34. During the firing of a salute from the battery here, the magazine exploded killing 8 native 'artillerymen and wounding many others. Great damage was done by|the explosion. Berlin, March 24. The Norwegian steamer Dixi foundered in a gale at tbe mouth of the Elbe. Fifteen"were drowned. Received March 26, 9 a.m. Toklo, March 25. The murderer of Prince Ito was executed at Port Arthur to-day. London, March 25. A Cotton Trade Reform Association has been inaugurated at Manchester and many firms have joined. Adelaide, March 25. : At a circus show, the electric light short circuited and-; the lantern apparatus was destroyed. The audience of 800 became panic-stricken and rushed the exits. None were injured. Sydney, March 24. The Marine Court found that tbe recent fire aboard the barque,Peorhya Castle was probably caused by some unknown person who was trying to broach the cargo setting fire to the straw in orates stored near the seat of the outbreak. The annual conference has opened of the Australasian Commercial Travellers’ Association. Messrs F. King and O. S. Owen represent New Zealand. Paris, March 34. There are 500 pupils ingthe aviation school at Chalons. London, March 24.

The personalty of John Gory, K tt> e W ©ll known Welsh philanthropist, has been proved at £736,356;. Ha bequeathed over a hundred thousand to charities including £30,000 to the Salvationists and £40.000 to various missionary societies, also ten thousand to employees. The estate of Sir A, Hiokmaa, expresiacnt of the Iron Trade Association. has been sworn at a million. Daring the hearing of a side issue in the Court of Appeal it was shown that Mr Henniker Heaton’s action against Goldney and the publishers of the Kentish Gazette arose from Goldney’s letter accusing Mr Heaton of former attempts to obtain a large sum of money from fains as the price of his retirement from the representation of Canterbury. Received March 26, 9.10 a.m. Berlin, March 35. Mr Roosevelt will be the Kaiser’s guest at Berlin Castle for four days in May. Melbourne, March 26. Fierce hash fires are raging at the lower end of Yorke’s Peninsula. So far 6000 acres of timber have been destroyed. London, March 35. Arrived: Ruahine. London, March 25.

The Times’ Sydney correspondent cites instances of married emigrants being denied employment because encumbered with children, and concludes by saying: “Until New South Wales farmers and squatters mend their ways it is cruelty to send immigrants with young children to Australia or married couples not past childbearing. ” Melbourne, March 26. White, the motorist, has established a fresh record from Sydney to Melbourne, oovering_the distance in 19 hours 47 minutes. Adelaide, March 25. The second Hinton child is dead. Berlin, March 25. General Ying Ohang, the new War Minister for China, in the course of an interview here, stated that he oontemplates introducing universal military service in China.