MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14975, 23 May 1914, Page 11

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

(By Cable. —Prose Association.—Copyright.) Four cases of smallpox were reported in Sydney yesterday. Thirteen persons perished in a forest fire, covering 360 square miles, in the district of Kitami, Japan. Liv Kuan-Hsiung's negotiations with the Bethlehem Steel Trust for a loan aro officially denied in Peking. The death is announced of Sir Francis Lakiug, ono of tho leading doctors in England. Professor Benjamin Moore replaces Professor Martin as a member ot tho physiological section of the British Association to visit Australia. Mr Asquith, in reply to a question in the Houso of Commons, said tho Imperial Defence Committee would shortly complete its report on the proposed Channel tunnel. The Education Committee of the English Hygiene Gonferenco decided that sex hygiene should not bo a class subject, but that pamphlets should bo distributed to girls leaving echool. The Hon. T. Mackenzie. High Commissioner, on behalf of the Government, welcomed the Maori "King" and chiefs, who arrived in London on Thursday to lay tlioir claims under the Treaty of "Waitangi beforo King George. Dr. T. J. Macnamara, Parliamentary Secretary to tho Admiralty, stated in the Houso of Commons that various systems of vrireles3 telephony were being examined on behalf of tho Admiralty. • Tho Cape Town Chambor of Commerce is urging the Government to increase its contribution to tho Imperial Navy, becauso tho present amount is disproportionate to the volume of South African trade. A message from Paris says that Baroness Vaughan invoked the heip of tho polico to recover possession of King Leopold's youngest son from her divorced husband, Dtirrsux. The polico forced their way into his residence at Neuilly. At the Health Conference in London, Lord Chelmsford deprecated elementary schools being turned into nurseries for children whoso parents could not attend to their feeding and upbringing. The ed.uca.tion authority was not; tho right body to handle this matter. It is reported that tho Japanese steamer Komagata Maru is lying off tho coast of British Columbia with four hundred Hindoos aboard, who aro attempting to enter, despite tho immigration prohibition. Immigration officials are watching tho coastline. It is reported from London that tho Roy. Mr Lewis, of Kingsway Houso Church, is sacrificing his salary of £600 to seok personal poverty in Italy. In a letter to his congregation, :ho says he feels tho incongruity of being a man of God and accepting a high, salary. A London message says ■ that the Health Conference has concluded. A. number of papers were read by Australian delegates. Lord Robert CocU, who presided, said he was of the opinion that tho Motherland's problem m regard to child, wage-earners was being reproduced in tho Dominions.