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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9416, 10 April 1909, Page 5

CABLE NEWS.

United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. London, April 9. Obituary: Helena Modjeska, the famous actress. Sydney, April 9. The weather is fine for the holidays. The attendance at the Show was 71,000, the takings being £3471, against £3Oll last year. At Newcastle a train of ten car-« riages backed into a shed filled with carriages, doing great damage to the rolling stock.' No one was injured. .Constantinople, April 8. The Committee has reduced thefSultan’s civil list to 25,000 Turkish pounds per month. Ottawa, April 8. Emigration from Pacific States into Canada during the past three months is 30 per cent, above that for the same period in|l9oß. Hobart, April 9. A young girl, in a fit of despair over opposition to her marriage, committed suicide by taking ttrychnine. Her lover (named Attwell), on learning of his fiancee’s death, poisoned himself. His life is despaired of. Rome, April 8.

A violent shook of earthquake was experienced at Messina on Wednesday night. Vienna, April 8.

The newspaper Geit, 'published at Vienna, states that Austria is to build four dreadnoughts, which will be coplmeted by 1912. Melbourne, April 9.

The barque Blenheim has arrived, after being 14 days out from Devonport, Tasmania. She experienced terrible weather, all the sails being carried away. She thrice narrowly escaped being wrecked on a lee shore. The crew were unable to take their clothes off the whole time. Calcutta, April 9. The newspaper Statesman suggests that Lord Kitchener should be Earl Minto’s successor, owing to his practical knowledge of India andjhis keen insight into the administration problems. London, April 9., The West India, Committee states that quantities of plain spirits mixed with a small proportion of rum are being exported to the Colonies as rum, and asks the Australian Customs to assist in stopping a practice which seriously injuries the West Indies industry.

Shipbuilding returns show that the ships under construction in Britain at the end of March represented 65,000 more tonnage compared with the- same date in 1908. A dock fire at Millwall resulted in damage estimated at £70,000. It was started by a boy jokingly putting a lighted cigarette into a package of jute.

The steamer Hero, from Bristol, collided with and sank the destroyer Blaokwater, off Dungeness, during the night. The crew was saved.

* Referring to the Greenwich case, Mr Taverner, Victorian AgentGeneral, explains that the Imperial Government holds that the use of such terms as “Burgundy ’ and “Bordeaux” with the word “Australian” is legitimate, and does not conflict with the Madrid Convention of 1891. The French Ambassador has been informed accordingly. The 'Home Office has arranged a scheme of physical drill and gymnastics daily for prisoners between 16 and 21 years of age. Special instruction in useful industries is also to be afforded.