CABLEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 August 1915, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS

[ULEOTUIc XKLEGKAI'H—COPYUIOHT. | [i'Elt IHIESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received This Day 10.30 a.m.) London August 1. The Appeal Court decided that legacy of £10,000 to the Secular ►Society was valid holding that the oljects of the society were lawful. The blasphemy laws had greatly changed during the last century and dis>i....-s----iun oi such subjects as '"the denial tot religion of any divine right to goveru the world," ought not m these days to be treated as contrary to policy. Sir Herbert Saiuiel uas annoi.iiicf.'d 'lie conditions under which the Post Office and cable companies will reimburse the charges on cables censored since the fifteenth of June The Hon. T. Mackenzie visited the ■Xe.t , Zealand wounded iu tlu iivspit'i's in .he south of London. Al« aio progressing favourably. John iSaiusbury, a provision merchant owning 120 shops was fined £10 for exposing for sale New Zealand .anib labelled "Scotch" at his Kiugsland branch. •Sydney, This Day. In spite of stirring appeals at the opening of the recruiting campaign, the numbers offered at the week-end were disappointing. In the course of a recruiting speech the Hon. AV. Holinan said that tlio.se who hesitate today to don the uniform of the King may be compelled to wear the uniform of the Kaiser. Sir Joseph Carnitines said the position again was more serious than ever ■since they had contemplated pictures of the Australian in Constantinople helping to pull down the hand of oppression, and unfurling the standard of the Cross. The meeting resolved that the- time had arrived when every man fit for military training and uiioiUciHiiberenl by family ties, and not directly engaged in the production of warlike supplies should enlist. Recruiting sermons were preached in the churches. THE CAREER Ol' SMITH, (Received Saturday 3.30 p.m.) London, July 60. Tiie livening News publishes u remarkable life story ol George Smith (hanged for the murder of several women). He was born m 1871', and wa. j bad from boyhood. His mother often said he would die in his buoEs. tie was sent to the reformatory for stealing when .sixteen years of age. was sentenced to .six months' hard labor in 1891, and. later, he posed as a music hall songster. He preyed upon women for twenty years, first living with •• series of women whom he employed to help him in stealing. He usually , got them into domestic service by means of his own false recommendation as their late employer. He and the women then usually absconded with the plunder. He constantly changed his name and address, and the police found clues to hi.s crimes in forty towns. Once or twice the women werj caught and imprisoned, but Smith usually escaped. Once lie was imprisoned for two veal's for robbery at Hastings. Mis arrest then was due to Beatrice Thronhill. whom he married under the name of Love at Leicester; she avenging her desertion by giving him into custody as he was wanted by the police and it was then found that •Smith lrul prompted a bogus servant to rob a clergyman's house at Hastings. Smith married seven women, four of whom had known him less than a month, and murdered five. Each of them had money. (Received This Day 2.15 p.m.) Sydney, This Day. The Australia Day collections .in all states totalled £701,000. An intense earthqiiaKe, lasting for three hours,' was recorded at the Riverview Observatory. The centre ot disturbance was 5300 miles distant —possibly at Assam. The Amateur Athletic Association lias abandoned all Australasian championships. The Hon. Mr Hotmail, in reluctantly referring to his reception at the Stadium, said he was particularly inclined , to condone the affair. It was deplorable enough without turther magnifying. The papers deplore the stigma attaching to the incident and pointed out that it proceeded from pugilistic degenerates. One writer recommends legislative restraint oi money-making by face-punching displays. July revenue had decreased by £50,[)00 on July 14th. Melbourne, This Day. A regrettable incident proceeded the departure of the troopship owing to the refusal of leave. Several soldiers left the ship and endeavoured to oreak through the pier guard, and in the. struggle three were injured. The following day the demand* for leave was more insistent. Senator Pearca addressed the men and stated that if they did not return to duty they would not bo allowed to proceed. Every man had mustered on the ship before ehe departed. The Imperial authorities have requested the Commonwealth to supply a new second division complete. 'llie Munitions Committee has decided to provide the men at the Dardanelles "with 10.000 improved and iocal-ly-mado respirators, invented fiy Professor Maseon. '