VARIOUS CABLES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 87, 13 April 1911, Page 7

VARIOUS CABLES.

By Telegraph.— Press Association Copjrijht, (Received April 13, 9 a.m.) loi\^distance aeroplane RACE. LONDON, 12th April. Subscriptions towards the prize fund for the proposed aeroplane race i'lom Paris to Berlin, Brussels, and London have now reached a total of £170,000. NAVAL ADVISER TO THE GREEK GOVERNMENT. LONDON, 12th April. Rear-Admiral Tufnell has been gazetted Naval Adviser to the Greek Government and instructor of the Greek fleet. [Rear-Admiral Lionel Grant Tufnell, C.M.G., was until recently a commodore of the second-class. Ho was gazetted ! captain in 1901.] ".ALL-BRTTISH" PROPAGANDA.. LONDON, 12th April. The Manufacturers' Association of Great Britain has taken over the British" Propaganda, and 'is establishing sub-committees in connection with various industries. VICTORIA'S NEW GOVERNOR. LONDON, 12th April. King George received in audience today Sir. John Fuller, the new Governor of Victoria, who, with Lady Fuller and their children." will sail for Melbourne jon Friday. Mr. W. J. H. Curwen, a member of the Marylebone Cricket team that toured New Zealand, will go with Sir John as extra aide-de-camp, and Mi. A. R. Wilberforce, recently on the Gold Coast, as private- secretary. (Received April 13, 9.20 a.m.) PEOPLE FOR CANADA. [ OTTAWA, 12th April. Seven thousand five hundred immigrants landed at Eastern Canadian ports during the past three days. , WIRELESS AT SAIGON. PARIS, 12th April. A wireless station is being established at Saigon, French Cochin-China-, with a radius of 4000 kilometres (2484 miles). SWIMMING RECORD. NEW YORK, 12th April. C. M. Daniels put up a record for a 200 metres swim, his time being 2min 28s3c. [C. Healy, in 1906, at Ckarenton, France, did the distance in 2min 31sec] THE BLACK SEA FLEET. ST. PETERSBURG, 12th April. The Budget Committee of the- Duma has approved of the grant of fifteen million pounds sterling for new ships for the Black Sea fleet. NORTHERN TERRITORY. | MELBOURNE, 12th April. The Federal Government is despatching a scientific expedition to the Northern Territory, probably under the leadership of Professor Baldwin Spencer, M.A., F.R.S., to examine tho fanning, mineral, and other resources of the country thoroughly and to collect scientific data. ALL-ROUND ATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIP. SYDNEY, 12th April. " Snowy " Baker, the well-known boxer, announces his willingness to accept Clarence Weber's challenge for the all-round athletic championship of the British Enrobe. •SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKET TOUR. MELBOURNE, 12th April. The receipts from the matches played in Melbourne by iha South African cricket team totalled £4855, yielding a profit of £863. The receipts from similar matches played by the last English team amounted to £7516. INTER-STATE BOWLING. SIDNEY, 12th April. At the inter-State bowling tourney, ■in the third match Queensland again defeated Tasmania, this tinio winning, by 93 points to 82. 'THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT'S ILLNESS. LONDON, 12th April. The JDuke of Oonnaught is recovering from his recent indisposition, but as he will not be permitted to travel, Prince Arthur of Conna tight will instead represent .the King at the Italian jubilee celebrations. QUEENSLAND FLOODS. BRISBANE, 12th April. A ton of delayed mails has been despatched on pack-horses to the flooded ! districts. RECORD CARGO OF WHEAT. MELBOURNE, This Day. The steamer Monarch took away a I record cargo of wheat — 387,413 bushels. (Received April 13, 9.35 a.m.) LABOUR IN SYDNEY. SYDNEY, This Day. Tho Director of Labour reports that there is no shortage of labour amongst the skilled tiades. SUNDAY TRADING. SYDNEY, This, Day. Mr. Beuby (Minister for Labour) promised a deputation that Sunday trading would be suppressed. •SOUTH WALES MINING DISPUTE. LONDON, 12th April. A general stoppage of work in the South Wales coalfields is imminent. SHORTAGE OF TRUCKS. MELBOURNE, This Day. A shortage of railway trucks is causing serious losses. The Railway Commissioners are contracting for the construction cf 2000 new trucks. I MONOPLANING FROM LONDON ! TO PARIS. PARIS, 12th April. M. Pierre Prier monoplaned from London to Paris without a halt. (Received April 13, 10.35 a.m.) THE STEAMER BRISBANE. SYDNEY, This Day. The steamer Brisbane, which grounded on a ree-f when leaving Port Kembla with a cargo of coal, and which eventually came -off again under her own steam, is found to be uninjured. PURCHASE OF A BULL. SYDNEY, This Day. At the stock sales in connection with the Sydney Show, Mi 1 . Marriner, of New Zealand, bought a Jersey bull for twenty guineas. STRIKE EXPECTED. VANCOUVER, 12th April. At Winnipeg the street car men are \ exacted, to strike on Ist May nest.