VARIOUS CABLES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 91, 19 April 1911, Page 7

VARIOUS CABLES.

By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received April 19, 9 a.m.) PLAGUE IN JAVA. BATAVIA, 18th April. There" have been ten" deaths from plague in Java during the past three days. (Received April 19,« 1 p.m.) AMERICAN PRECAUTIONS. NEW YORK, 18th April. At Portland, Oregon, strict precautions are being taken against the entry •of plague. NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT FURTHER PROROGUED. SYDNEY, 18th April. Parliament has been further prorogued till 9th May. AVIATION IN SYDNEY. SYDNEY, 18th April. Mr. Hammond, the aeronaut, flew seven miles in ten minutes in a trial flight. Ho was unable to make a public flight owing to the wind. DEATH OF A JUMPER. SYDNEY, 18th April. Skylark, the holder of the long-distance jumping record, won the water jump at the show, and immediately dropped dead. [Skylark, an "old identity," put up some "rattling performances. At the Royal Agricultural Show at Sydney in 1901 he dead-heated with The Angel in the best distance jump^ the pair covering 29ft 3in— a record.] BOWLING IN SYDNEY. SYDNEY, 18th April. At the bowling tournament Mosrnan defeated Taranaki by 75 points to 61, and Victoria beat Queensland by 105 to 82. TENNIS. PARIS, 18th April. In the final of the covered court tennis championship (open) of France, [ W. Laurent*:, a youth, of sixteen, defeated Anthony Wilding, of New Zealand, 4—6, 4— 6 2 G— l, 13—11, B— G. (Received April 19, 10 a.m.) HOBART, This Day. The State lawn tennis singles championship was won by Parker, » who defeated Hunt. The doubles was won by Parker and Hunt. PICTURE BY A NEW ZEALAND ARTIST. PARIS, ISth April. Mrs. Rolls Fisher, a New Zealander, has had a picture hung in the Old Salon. POTATO DISEASE. SYDNEY, 18th April. The Potato Growers' Conference passed a resolution requesting tha Government to offer a reward for the discovery of a remedy for Irish blight, in view of its alarming sp^ad. CHOLERA IN HONOLULU. VANCOUVER, 18th April. Advices from Honolulu stave that there has been a recurrence of cholera. Four cases have been reported. ANOTHER AVIATOR KILLED. PARIS, 18th April. Captain Carron was killed while aeroplaning at Versailles. SHIP-BUILDING FACILITIES. MELBOURNE, This Day. The State Government has decided to improve shipping facilities, and a start will be made to establish chip-building yards.