CABLE BREVITIES.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13331, 21 March 1911, Page 2

CABLE BREVITIES.

The Federal Government is lending nine tons of Victorian products for exhibition at the agricultural shows in Britain. The Melbourne University Council ha-re-solved to admit ladies to University 'governing bodies. Five battleships, 15 destroyers, ,50 tor-pedo-boats, seven obsolete .submarines, and sixteen other - vessels, aggregating 180,000 tons, and costing twelve millions sterling, have been within 15 months for £400,000. , -McMillan, late Town Clerk of Fremantle, has been arrested on a charge of stealing nine debentures, to the value of £4500, the property of the Municipality. The Warnc benefit, cricket match has been abandoned. Owing to rain, there was no play to-day. Herr Hederary, speaking in the Reichsrath, declared that it was unnecessary to propose that Italy should restrict armaments. Each was fully convinced of the other's peaceful intentions. One of the few six-masters afloat—the schooner Everett Griggs—-arrived at Sydney yesterday from London, having been partially dismasted in heavy gales. The Court of Inquiry regarding the beaching of the steamer Palatum did not credit the supposition that she struck the Warn tah. Sir E. Shacklctou paid a generous tribute to Dr. Douglas Mawson, iu connection with Antarctic exploration. He added that Australasia gave the first official help to the 1907 expedition, and he hoped tlie Home country would not be behind j u showing sympathy with the Australian expedition.