CABLE NEWS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9375, 18 February 1909, Page 5

CABLE NEWS.

United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright, 'Sydney, February 17. Henride Josellin, accountant of the Bank of New Zealand, has been arrested for embezzlement. The defalcations extend from 1906, and the amount involved is about £6OO. New York .‘'February 17. Owing to the cost of paper, many American newspapers arejmoreasing their price. Brussels, February 17. Seiliger, a Russian anarchist, was arrested at his lodgings at Ghent. He shot and killed a police commissioner and a policeman. London, February 17. The National Tuberculosis Conference, for dealing largely with preventive measures, was opened at Oaxton Hall. Received February 18, 9.30 a ra. Sydney, February 18.

The population of Sydney and suburbs at the end of last year was 592,100. The Navigation Department propose the installation of Morse apparatus in the principal lighthouses to enable vessels to signal at night. An attempt was made to wreck the house of the accountant of Block Ten mine.’ A bomb was exploded outside and shattered the windows and did other slight damage. Melbourne, February 18.

The deportation of Kanakas from Queensland cost the Government over £13,000.

London, February 17. Cambridge Univfeisty bestowed the doctorship of science upon Mr Stirling, professor of physiology at Adelaide University. The destroyer Swift in trials on the Clyde attained a speed of 38 knots. Several processions of nnempolyed have taken place in the V7est Bud, including 30,000 unemployed women and 1000 children. Brussels, February 17. Seiliger had manufactured a bomb which he intended to explode at the residence of the Belgian Minister for the Colonies.