CABLE NEWS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9150, 20 May 1908, Page 5

CABLE NEWS.

Per Press Association.—-Copyright. Paris, May 19,

The Pourquoi, a three-masted ship with auxiliary steam power, has been launched at St. Malo. She starts in a few months with Dr, Charcot’s Antarctic expedition. Sydney, May 19.

The Government is calling for tenders for a regular steam service between Sydney and Shanghai. Received May 20, S.S a.m. London, May 19.

The Standard's Hong Kong correspondent reports that rebels in Yunnan have captured the railway, defeating the Government troops. A hundred members of the House of Commons have joined the Navy League. Received May 20, 9.46 a.m. Loudon, May 19. Mr Reynolds, of the Pacific Cable Company, who is attending the Lisbon Conference is very seriously ill. New York, May 19.

Mr Taft reports that the Panama Canal is proceeding satisfactorily. The excavation will be completed within 4 years. Melbourne, May 30. It is understood that the report of the Post Office Commission recommends the separation of the telephone services of each State from the general postal work. Telephone officers to be responsible to the Deputy Postmasters alone. The question of removing the whole department from political control is receiving attention. Sydney ,M ay 20. M. Nouffard,'' the first French political resident in the New Hebrides, has arrived. He states that the Court will consist of three judges, one Frenchman, one Englishmanjjand the third as arbitrator, will ba a Spaniard; as Spain has no interests in the New Hebrides.

The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Ltd., London, as assignees of the authors, have issued a writ against Mr 'Williamson, claiming all profits made in Victoria from the performance of Mother Goose, as an alternative forty shillings for each performance, and an injunction to restrain him from further performances.