CABLE BRIEFS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3767, 1 June 1907, Page 4

CABLE BRIEFS.

London, May 29,

The widow of Mr Richaid Cadbury, chocolate manufacturer, was killed by falling downstairs on the Canadian Pacific Railway Company’s liner Empress of India, on the voyage from Yokohama to Vancouver. The Eccelesiastical Commissioners are devoting a quarter of a million sterling for pensions for poor clergymen. The Conciliation Board, presided over by Viscount St. Aldwyn (formerly Sir Michael HicksBeach), has granted the Welsh miners’ demand for an advance of 11 % per cent, in wages. Lord Elgin, Secretary of State for the Colonies, presiding at a dinner given by South Africans in London, stated that the constitution of the Orange River Colony was practically settled, and would soon be announced officially. Melbourne, May 30. The steamer Atlantic has arrived with 400 Australians who were stranded in South Africa. Madrid, May 29. Five Judges, without a iury, are about to try men and women who are alleged to have conspired to assassinate King Alfonso on his wedding day. The accused are— Ferrer, Cuesta, Wakens, Majaral, Martinez, Mata, and the latter’s wife. Adelaide, May 30. A severe earth tremor was felt this morning at Narracoorte (240 miles south-east of Adelaide), accompanied by loud rumblings. The vibration was short, but the noise continued for several seconds.