VARIOUS GABLES

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 32, 7 February 1913, Page 7

VARIOUS GABLES

Bj Telegraph .—Frew Aasoolat'ton.— Copyright. (Received February 7, 9 a.m.) UNBULY FOOTBALLERS. PARIS, 6th February. Four Welsh footballers have been sentenced to a fortnight and a month's imprisonment at Bordeaux and fined fifty francs for assaulting the police after being banquetted by the opposing victorious team. (Received February 7, 9.20 a.m.) MILITARY POLICE. MELBOURNE, This Day. The duty of the new military police entitled the Provost Staff, is to trace shirkers and to generally supervise those liable for compulsory service. (Received February 7, 8 a.m.) ' BESTAUBANT KEEPER'S SUICIDE*". VIENNA, 6th February. A restaurant j keeper at Holleschowitz in despair at- his bankruptcy committed suicide by inhaling gas. His wife and five children also perished. (Eeceived February 7, 10.55 a,m.) SHIPOWNEBS AND GUILD. SYDNEY, This Day. The costal Bteamship owners have declined the Merchant Service Guild's request for a conference. FEABS BEGARDING A SCHOONEB. BRISBANE, This Day. It is feared the schooner Dancing Wave has foundered. THE OBUISEB PSYCHE. HOBABT, This Day. Beferring to the alleged springing of a leak by the third-class cruiser Psyche, the Admiral commanding the station explains th&t a slight defect in the Psyche was rectified by the ship's staff. The reason the Psyche and the Cambrian are proceeding to Sydney is in order to hay« sdflkuent ships there to form a courtrdartial which it is necessary to hold. The Psyche is sailing on the 12th inst. [A previously published message stated:—"The Psyche, which was recently docked and overhauled, has been recalled from Hobart. It is stated that she sprang a leak and needs docking. The Cambrian is convoying her."] N.S.W. MUTTON FOB GERMANY. .SYDNEY, 6th February. Germany has ordered 20,000 carcases of mutton from New South Wales. < CO-OPEBATIVE CEMENT WOKKS. i SYDNEY, 6th February. The unionists at the Portland cement works are considering a project for the establishment of a co-operative cement works. The proposal is to raise a capital of £200,000 by a levy of threepence a week on unionists in New South Wales and other States. DOMINIONS COMMISSION. SYDNEY, 6th February. The Dominions Commission will commence its New South Wnles investigations on 11th April, and will spend a> fortnight in the State. Seven Commissioners are coming, but the names have not been divulged. * BIPLANES FOB CHINA. PARIS, 6th February. China has ordered twelve biplanes from France, and will have its aerial fleet trained by French officers and instructors. COOL CHANGE IN SYDNEY SYDNEY, 6th February. A cool change is now prevailing after the dry spell, and brief but beneficial rains are fairly general. THE TEBBA NOVA. SYDNEY, 6th February. Professor v David states that he expect* the Terra Nova to return from the Antarctic to New Zealand ih March. MABVELLOUS SURGERY. NEW YORK, 6th February. A dog's brain has been inserted to re. place a portion removed from the brain of Mr. W. Smith, of Kalamazoo, who waß dying from an abscess. He is now expected to recover. SYDNEY'S FISH MARKET. SYDNEY, 6th February, Mr. Grane, Supervising Inspector of Fisheries, in a report, condemns the municipal fish market system as inefficient and wasteful. AUSTRALIAN TEAM FOB BISLEY, SYDNEY, 6th February. New South Wales has three members in the Commonwealth rifle team for the Bisley meeting, as follow : —Arthur Cutler (Bathurst), Lieut BlackloW (29th Infantry), and F. G. Harrison (Bahdwick). BILLIARD BREAK BECORD. LONDON, 6th February. Inman, in playing Diggle, made a break of 787, which is a record with j ivory balls under the present conditions. BLACK AND WHITE: BOXING MATCHES PBOHIBITED, NEW YOBK, 6th February. The State Commission has prohibited boxing matches between whites and negroes.