CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3778, 23 November 1907, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

RAGGING THE KING OF SPAIN. London, November 20. A dozen undergraduates “ragged ” the King of Spain by pelting him with lumps of sugar on the xth, when his Majesty was vising Cambridge. One of the Students was fined. ST PAUL’S. London, November 20. r Mervyn Macartney the wefl;u architects, asserts that the supporting St Paul’s Cathe.dome have sunk; some by over i inches, others by less. While Mr Macartney does not .rider the situation serious, linent architects differ strongly m his opinion, and urge that • strictest precautions should be en.

/ THE DRUCE CASE, j Another Witness London, November 21. reward of has been ofi for the recovery of the diary m from Miss Robinson, the vitness in the Druce case, in a London street a fortnight ago. Deter ;iye Huckle has discovered n Ontario .a' woman who was formerly a housemaid in the em--ploy of a Dr Shaw, in England. She declares that Dr Shaw attended Druce in 1863 or 1864. MISCELLANEOUS. . Paris, November 21. The Minister for Marine, M. Thompson, has relinquished the idea of repairing the batttleship Jena, which was badly damaged by fire following on'an explosion n the vessel’s magazine on March 2th at Toulon, \ London, November 21. AJdmiral Lord Charles Berestord, speaking at the Salter’s dinner, insisted that the success of war now depended upon the strategy of the navy, which must be kept up in condition of efficiency of war to enable it to pulverise the enemy. Sydney, Yesterday. A world’s record for a continuous run of 24 hours over roads was put up by Messrs Stevens and James with a 40 horse-power Darracq. They covered 777 miles in the time, or 171 miles better than the American record. London, November 21. The Kaiser is enjoying a rest at Highcliffe. Mr Lloyd George has announced his intention to introduce a Bill for the incorporation of a Commission as the port authoritj 7 for Lpdnon.