VARIOUS GABLES

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 33, 8 February 1913, Page 5

VARIOUS GABLES

By Telegriph.— Pre«s Association,— Copjrigbt. SWIMMING. WASHINGTON, 7th February. Percy M'Gillivvay swam 500 yds in Chicago in 6min 19 4-ssec. This is a world s record. [This is scarcely a record, for Miller's Pamphlet credits the late B. Kiernan with swimming 500 yds at Southport, England," on sth September, 1905, in 6mm.] (Received February 8, 10.45 a.m.) , FOOTBALLERS RELEASED. LONDON, 7th February. The four Welsh footballers who were sentenced to imprisonment for assaulting the police in Paris,, have had their sentences remitted, as they were first offenders. SCOTTISH TEMPERANCE BILL. LONDON, 7th February. • The House of Commons, despite several Liberals favouring them, disagreed with the Lords' amendments to the Scottish Temperance Bill, which allowed the Gothenburg as an alternative system to the Harben one. (Received February 8, 9.45 a.m.) PURCHASE OF A THOROUGHBRED SYDNEY, This Day. The German, Government has purchased the thoroughbred horse Parsee for the Graditz Stud. The price paid was 1750 guineas. Received February 8, 9.45 a.m.J v ADVERTISING AUSTRALIA, LONDON^ ?.h February. The Visual Instruction Committee of the Colonial Office has issued a book of lantern lectures on Australasia. GOVERNOR'S EVICTION. SYDNEY, 7th February. The application of the Citizens' Committee for an injunction against the New 'South Wales Government in respect to the alleged eviction of Lord Denman, has been adjourned. BRITISH TERRITORIALS. LONDON, 7th February. Colonel Seely, Secretary of State fo» War, stated in the House of Commons that 67,000 men m had enlisted in the Territorials during the year, and that 63,600 had resigned. CHILD ACTORS. LONDON, 7th February. The House of Lords has carried the second reading of a Bill to prohibit the conveying of children abroad for employment in music-halls and other performances for profit. INNAMINCKA TOWED OFF. BRISBANE, 7th February. The steamer Innamincka, which went ashore on the northern coast during the recent storm, has been towed off. KILLED BY LIGHTNING. SYDNEY, 7th February, Mr. William Cosgrove, aged twenty, the son of the owner of the Waterview Estate, at Grafton, has been killed in> stantaneou&ly by lightning. MILITARY BOOTS. MELBOURNE, 7th February. Tenders are invited by the Commonwealth from manufacturers for 100,000 pairs of boots for the Defence Department. MR. WADE RETURNS. BRISBANE, 7th February, Mr. Wade, Leader of the New South Wales Opposition, has returned from a health trip to the East, and his health has greatly benefited. AUSTRALIAN TEAM FOR BISLEY. ADELAIDE, 7th February. W. Green and L. "White, jun., are the South Australian members of the Commonwealth team for Bisley. (Received February 8, 9.45 a.m.) HOBART, This Day. R. W. Humphreys is the Tasmanian member of the Commonwealth team for Bisley. (Received February 8, 1.30 p.m.) DIVORCE IN NEVADA. ( NEVADA, 7th February. The Legislature has altered ihe residence qualification for divorce purposes, thus eradicating the divorce colony com-' 1 pletely. '