CABLE NEWS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 8954, 21 October 1907, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

i'ress Association—Copyn«ht. j Sydney, October 20. | No further creep lias been developed. Losdon, October 20. At billiards Weiss (7000) defeated Eoberts (6HSB) on one of the new oval tables at Liverpool. ' At lawn tenuis R. Doherty and Simoud defeated Brookes and Hillyard in £tlie final for the covered court championship at Groen's Club. The scorcsjwero (i—4, 6— i, 4—6, o—l. Biutssels, October 20. King Leopold declines J,to "accept the committee's decision that all loan bills with regard to the Congo State must bo tabled in tho Chamber of Representatives. London, October 19.

Sir Geo. Sydenham Clarke, G.C.M.G., F.U.S., has been created a Grand Commander of the Indian Empire. The King lias created the Edward medal for bravery in mines and quarries. Lord Loreburn will shortly bo married to Violet, eldest daughter of the Hon. Michael Hugh HicksBeach, M.P. for Tewkesbury division of Gloucester, and niece of Viscount St. Aldwyn.

■ Vienna, October 19. The Emperor's appetite is good and the catarrh diminishing There is now no fever. St. Petersburg, October 20. _ It is' reported that 8292 cases pi cholera have occurred ;in Russia, m , the last three months,, of which 3i)90 have proved fatal. Adelaide, October 21. In the match for tho billiard championship of Australia Memott (8000) dei'oatod Lindrum (7C88). • Sydney, October 21. Mr Watson statos that his contemplated retirement is duo to health roason.