LATE CABLES.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10525, 11 December 1912, Page 5

LATE CABLES.

United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Received December 11, 9 a.m. Vienna, December 10.

General Offenheig, Minister of War, and Field Marshal Schemna, chief of the general staff, have resigned. Generals Keobatin and Moetezendorf succeed to the respective positions. London, December 10. The public subscribed 57 per cent, of the Westralian loan. The Imperial Universities rifle match resulted:—Cambridge 1461, Adelaide 1423, Sydney 1409, Oxford 1896, Melbourne 1342. The highest aggregate was Lilley of Sydney, with 191.

Parrott has been committed for trial. The evidence showed that he had charge of the fittings and armaments of the "Agamemnon at Dolmuir, and consequently was in possession of gun control plans. Mr Aclaud at Thornton Heath, apologised to Lord Roberts for his statement that the National Service League wanted to discourage men from joining the Territorials. He said it was an overstatement, Sydney, December 11. Fifteen thousand assisted immigrants came to New South Wales in 1912. Melbourne, December 11. The Admiralty have made a free gift of the third-class cruiser. Pioneer to the Commonwealth. Government ashed for the same conditions as those of the Encounter, but the Admiralty handed it over unconditionally. The interim report of the Railway Gauge Conference on the choice between the 4ft and sft Oin gauges decided that the relative advantages, the cost Tof conversion, were equal. The conference adjourned to secure information as to the cost of converting each. At the Peninsular and Oriental Company meeting Sir Thomas Sutherland, managing director, said there was |ahsolutely.no truth in the amalgamation reports and there had never been any negotiations. Brisbane, December 10. The Hon. Macartney has unexpectedly resigned the portfolio of Lands. Interviewed he declared that neither questions of health nor business hail entered into the matter, but he had good reasons for his action. Loudon, December 10. b Replying to Mr Guest, Mr Churchill said the Admiralty arv offering the Pioneer as a free gift, and she will serve as a gunnery tender to the naval depot at Y> Tilliamstown. The Chapters of St. Paul’s asks for support of the public to prevent the proposed tram subway cutting a few feet off the eastern end ox the cathedral in connection with St. Paul’s bridge scheme. Fremantle, December 11. D. F. Collins, the New Zealander who performed so creditably at Cambridge University, is a passenger to New Zealand by the Oroutss. Hobart, December 11. The North Lyell fire is extinct, and the management are preparing to pump the water out of the mine. The eighth body found at the 700 feet level is still nnifentified.