CABLE NEWS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9089, 7 March 1908, Page 5

CABLE NEWS.

Press Association—Copyright. Received March 6, 10.47 p.m. Brisbane, March 6. Exceptionally heavy rains have been experienced between Roma and Cunuamuila. The rivers are flooded and much of the country submerged. The railways are blocked. Sydney, March 6. Developments in Newcastle are anxiously awaited. There is a growing feeling that the miners will not persist in their attitude regarding in camera evidence and that a crisis can be averted. London, March 6. Sir Edward Grey has sent to the Powers the proposals relating to Macedonia, as foreshadowed in his recent speech. Received March 7, 8.36 a.m. Vienna, March 6. The Novabazar railwayed! spate has been virtually settled. Russia will withdraw her objections if Turkey also agrees, as it seems likely she will, to the Danube-Adriatic railway. London, March 6. Obituary : Lily Hanbury, actress, in childbirth. Sydney, March 6. Three men convicted of receiving the proceeds of the jewellery robbery at Anthonv Horden’s (cabled on January 6th) were sentenced—two to five years and the other to three years’ hard labour. Melbourne, March 6. Two members of the Senate and six members of the House declined to draw the extra £2OO salary, voted in August. London, March 6,"^ Dr. Kamerlingh Ohues, of Leyden, has informed Professor Dewar that he has converted helium into a solid. Adelaide, March 7. Heavy floods and railway washaways are reported in the Far North. The barque Inverosk has arrived from Delagoa Bay with fever aboard. One seaman died and six others were attacked, but are recovering. The voyage occupied 62 days and the barque has consequently missed her charter. Melbourne, March 7. Major Wardiil, Secretary of the Cricket Club, fell from a train and was severely injured.