CABLE BREVITIES.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13353, 15 April 1911, Page 2

CABLE BREVITIES.

As a train was drawing in to Brighton (Victoria), the passengers opened the doors, and four ladies who.were crowded on the platform were struck and seriously injured. There is brilliant weather for the Easter holidays at Home, and a record exodus of Londoners has taken place. Earl Spencer, who underwent a serious operation, is progressing favourably. The Trust Agency of Australia has declared a dividend of one shilling and added £500(1 to the reserve. > Turner’s picture, “Die Calais Packet Boat,” lias been sold to America for £40.000. Ihe King will entertain at Buckingham Palace on May 22 the delegates to the Imperial Conference. There is much indignation in the Worsley district, Lancashire, owing to the local Coronation committee buying in Germany 11,750 souvenir mugs at 3s Gd pier dozen, compared with an English quotation of 5s lid. The arrest of the Sclnvcidnitz spies was due to Russia informing the authorities that they had offered to dispose of plans. At bowls New South Wales defeated \ictoria by 5)9 to 81. Queensland defeated New South Wales by 95 to 92. A nitro-glyeerinc bomb which was exploded in Chicago by a member of the ’’Black Hand” broke hundreds ot windows and started a panic. Fortunately there were no fatalities. A 12lb nugget found at Ebagoolah, North Queensland, yielded 162200. It is estimated that when the issue of Federal bank-notes ceases on July ] there will be sufficient paper money to meet demands to the extent of eleven millions. Whitty, the South Australia cricketer, was operated ou for appendicitis, but is recovering.

The Sydney police have arrested William Hall, who escaped from custody nine years ago, while serving a sentence for burglary. He has been taking refuge in New Zealand, and part of the time has been in gaol. Jack Johnson will be released from gaol at New York.on Easier Monday morning. He served ten days out of the tjventy-live to which he was sentenced for motoring at an excessive pace. There are persistent reports in Pekin that gold valued at six millions sterling, part of the Dowager Empress’s hoard, lias been secretly shipped to England. A serious attempt to derail a train was made at Broken Hill, a heavy log being placed on the line. Beyond a severe jolting, however, no damage was done. A meeting of representatives of the dairying centres of New South Walc.i formed a union, the primary object of which is to combat the claims for higher wages and better working horn's of the Rural Workers’ Union when the caw conies before the Arbitration Court. It is estimated that two-thirds of the Malania grapes suitable for shipping and seedless raisins in the San Francisco district have been killed by the frost.'Damage has been done in other districts.

As a reward for his services during the revolution, Enver Bey has married the Sultan’s niece, the daughter of Prince Suleiman.

The report that the Hon. E. Sifton is to be Canadian High Commissioner is denied.

The Hon. A. Fisher, addressing a farewell gathering at Perth, -said the Federal Government had decided that the transcontinental railway should be, one of the first measures taken next session.

Britain and Portugal arc negotiating a commercial treaty. The New South Wales postal authorities arc preparing for increased business owing to the inauguration of penny postage on May 1.

"WAI-RONGOA” NATURAL MINERAL WATER. Stimulates disgestion, cures constipation, banishes gout and rheumatism, and clears the system generally if partaken of regularly. It is a naturally-carbonated water—the only one in Australasia—and the latest medical dictum avers that naturally-carbonated water plays a wonderful part in keeping the human system free from disease.