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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 94, 10 June 1911, Page 6

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CABLE NEWS By Electric Telegraph—Copyright United Press Association.

SHILLING CABLE RATI®. (Received 10, 10.25 a.m.) a-cimon, ,1 ui.o 9. Mr FRhcr is inquiring into me feasibility of Mi Tlioinas’s suggestion oi a snilliug cable rate bean ecu Australia aua iwoiureal, tlichco mantag messages 10 Lnr.ua. AN AUSTRALIAN TOUR. , London, June 9. Julia Cai ila, a Sumo;, ire, has boon engaged by Mr Quinlan lor an Australian tour. A GREAT MEETING. London, Juno 9. There wore 20.000 applicants tor tickets for Mr Lloyd-Gcorge’s Birmingham meeting in connection with the National limitancc Bill. DECREES DECLINED. ' , / London, Juno 9. Mr Fisher has declined iionoiaiy doctoi ships from Oxford, Caranridgo, Glasgow, and Birmingham Lnivoisities. THE VICTORIA LEAGUE. London, June 9. At the Victoiia League's nuptial mooting at the Mansion House Lords c-eiborne and Haldane paid tubule:, to the work of tbo League. Among those present were Wersev and Crewe, and Ladies NOl i-u----co\o, Dcmnanti''and T albot. A GARDEN PARTY. London, June 9. The Countess of Jersey gave a garden party to the overseas Ministers and \ ictoria League delegates at Ostorley Park. I TENNIS. (Received 10, 10.25 a.m.) Loudon, June 9. At Croydon in the third round R. S. Barnes defeated Pockley, o—2', o—2. WRECK OF THE IROQUOIS. Ottawa, Juno 9. Sears, -master, of the Iroquois, has been acquitted of tile charge of manslaughter in connection with the vessel’s foundering 011 April 10th. MOROCCO. SPANISH TROOPS AT LARACH. i\ (Received 10, 10.45 a.m.) Madrid, Juno 9. Spanish troops hitherto on shipboard at Larach have occupied tlic town, owing to a harmless Moorish raid on Alcasar. Every Spanish advance is under the impulsion of the military party in Spain. i here is increasing anxiety in France, as bite position is tending to complicate the international situation and to enable Germany to interpose her demands. PILGRIMS PERISH. COLLAPSE OF A ROOF. (Received 10. 10.-15 a.m.) Jerusalem, Juno 9. mg a bonfire from tlic flat roof of a largo building, the roof collapsed, precipitating 2uu upon the rest of the spectators. Horrible scones followed, ten being hilled and thirty dangerously injured. M. ROUVIER. REFUSED CATHOLIC BURIAL. (Received 10, 10.45 a.m.) Paris, June 9. The Archbishop of Paris has refused M. Romicr Catholic burial, owing to his action in separating the Church and State. AVIATION RISKS. MARRA’S SMASH. (Received 10, 10.45 a.m.) Rome, Juno 9. Mirra, disregarding the warnings of his wife and friends, insisted on undertaking a flight. He had seemingly conquered ilie strong wind and covered two miles when the aeroplane overturned. The petrol tank exploded and tbo aeroplane caught fire. Maria was burnt and crushed by the wreckage. IRISH PRESBYTER I AMS. A CATHOLIC DECREE OBJECTED TO. (Received 10, 10.45 a.m.) London, Juno 0. The General Assembly of tlic Irish Presbyterian Assembly at Belfast resolved that tlie “Note Mere” decree was an unwarrantable interference, and calculated to lead to the repudiation of the most sacred obligations, •and asked that the Government should interpose. t'J'be decree referred to is that recently promulgated by His Holiness tlie Dope, with regard to mixed marriages.]