CABLE SEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8189, 15 May 1906, Page 6

CABLE SEWS.

(By Electric Teicgraph-—Copyright). Per Press Association. LONDON, May 14.

Mr Cogblan. in a letter to the Time*. denton that criuio i** on tho iocrt'iwe in Australia »inco tho abolition of State aid to denominational school. Tho statistics of the cftios show that luting thfl tout thirty year* arrest# in Jscw South WuJok find Victoria had dealined considerably, more than ono-third. It wits the greatest improvement »mco 1890 as regards t crious crime. Improve* merit was equally fatiidactory tho actual confineet» of the Australian prisons, who were considerably loss now than twenty yearn ago, The Australian native bom woro far less given to crime than those who wcro educated elseoilieial report at Berlin admits that trespass occurred on British territory in pursuit of Morenga, hut slates it was because he hud not disarmed, and might return at another point into German territory. It is (iermnny assured Sir lufaturd (rrc}, Foreign" Secretary, that the trespass was disapproved and that the commander had again been instructed to refrain. , Following King Edward s example m i 1876, tho rrtr.ee of Wales desired a thanksgiving service in the Abbey for his safe return. King li*dward, tho J?nnco and Princess of Wales, and all tho royalties in Loudon, two hundred and fifty blue jackets from the Renown and Terrible, a draft of tho Marino Infantry, Lord Twecdiuouth, First Lord of tho Admiralty, and many others wore present. "The Dean's sermon dwelt on India's appreciation of her great Emperor's rule and personal caic of her welfare. ,» , SYDNEY, May 14. The manager of tho Atlas Assurance Company has received official information sn London as to iu'o losses oi various companies in. San Francisco. Tho At.'as Company loses a quarter of a million, the Liverpool, London and Globe a million, tho London and a million and seventy-eight thousand, tne Royal a million and a quarter. A shippiug clerk identified liev. James' photo as that, of Lee, who had booked passages in the Maheno for himself and wife to Winnipeg. The Cricket Association has confirmed the action of the Executive in issuing an ultimatum to players to come to a decision by Wednesday whether they will remain loyal to the Association. ' "MELBOU tiN E. May 14. Splendid rain is falling over the greater part of the country, which removes the fear ot a bad grain season. BRISBANE, May 14, The Cingalese Johannes, for the murder of a policeman at Mackay ; and Twadega, a South Sea Islander, for tho murder of a boy near Mackay, were executed. Death in Doth cased was instantaneous.