MISCELLANEOUS CABLES

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14359, 3 February 1911, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES

The battleship Thunderer has boon launched. There is a blizzard and a fuel famine on the Canadian prairies. The Commonwealth is paying old sfce and invalid pensions to 73,915 persons. Mr John Burns is applying to Parliament to fix legal standards for ?*,od and drink. Rioting has occurred at Nungpo in the Yunnan province, and the Rev. Father Meriot and a Chinese Ghristian wore murdered. Eleven houses belonging to Christians wer© set on fir©. It is proposed to hold a great public meeting in Sydney in celebration of the Bible tercentenary on March 27th. Roar-Admiral Sperry, who conducted an American fleet round the world recently, is dead. In connection with the recent escape of prisoners from Darlinghurst gaol, one warder has been dismissed and rinother fined.

Georgo Gray is playing E. Digglo a billiard match 8000 up level at Birmingham. Gray made 4002 (including a break of 1244) while Digglo scored 1287.

An Australian rabbiter suggests that Sir G. H. Reid be asked to dine on Australian rabbit, with tho object of popularising it in England.

While other States, have gained an average of £1,626,000 annually by. federation, Tasmania has lost £114,000 annually. . Another loss is caused by the development of larger factories on the mainland, under federation, compelling some of the smaller factories in Tasmania to close, and rendering others less profitable. The Federal Government banquetted tho Admiral and officers of the French cruiser Montcalm at Melbourne. Speoches congratulatory of the growing friendship between tho French aud the English were delivered by Mr Fisher and the Admiral. Tho West Australian Assembly passed a Bill making preferential voting compulsory, and read a second time a Loan Bill authorising tho borrowing of £2.100,000 for the construction of railways and public works.