CABLE NEWS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9087, 4 March 1908, Page 5

CABLE NEWS.

Press Association—Copyright. Ottawa, March 3. Two masked robbers entered the Canadian Bank of Commerce at Winnipeg and tried to loot the contents. The teller, though seriously wounded himself, used his revolver, putting both robbers to flight. Loudon, March 8." R. L. Robinson, of Adelaide, won “putting the weight” at Oxford University Sports with a distance of 36ft. sin, Paris, March 3.U Antonie Thomas has been sentenced to six years’ penal servitude. Three others, Francois Thomas, Fauro and Dufay to two years’ for ohurch robberies. Mr Heymaun, representative of an Amsterdam firm, was passing the General Post Office, London, when thieves jostled him and stole a case containing £IO,OOO worth of diamonds. Berlin, March 8. Captain Von Goeben, who shot a brother officer with whose wife he had an intrigue, committed suicide in his cell in Allenstein prison. Friends secured him an opportunity to escape the gallows. Received March 4, 9.48 a.m. Sydney, March 4. • The City Council’s income last year was £1,G77 in excess of expenditure. Brewers propose to advance the price of ale and stout. An old couple named Turner were burned to death at Lockart. The majority of the Miners’ Lodges voted against in camera evidence in the Special Mining Court. Only two were in favour. There are a few still to vote. It is feared that the final result will [mean serious complications. The Heddon Greta Mike is now idle, owing to the management refusing to reinstate four miners. Fogwell says that Tresidder was not at his best when he met Webb, and that he showed no dash. He always felt too sure, and appraised Webb too cheaply. Fogwell speaks highly of the Wanganui cource, Perth, March 4. Aboriginals have been discovered at Signet Bay, in an advanced state of leprosy. Received March 4, 11.47 a.m. Melbourne, March 4. The Senate adopted a message of sympathy with Lady Linlithgow, who cabled thanks for previous messages from the Federal Government and people of Australia.