MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 65, 9 November 1912, Page 5

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

The Liverpool Autumn Cup resulted : Lorenzo 1, Aprillc 2, Wolfland 3. Useful rains, as the result of monsoonal disturbances, are falling in New South Wales.

There are nearly 100 known cases of leprosy in the Commonwealth, mostly among coloured people. The Sydney meat famine has broken. The position was acute, rabbits and poultry selling at record prices. The official vintage of France, Corsica, and Algeria was 63,831,000, compared to 53,879,150 in 1911.

Disturbances in the Western part of Dutch Borneo resulted in Chinese killing two tax collectors. At Shanghai 3000 Tibetans hold the country westward of Bitang. Two Ch'nese officers were killed in a recent conflict.

The new Australian Coat of Anns has received the sanction of the Herald’s College. Besdes minor alterations, the words “Advance Australia” are replaced by the word “Australia.”

The Hon. Mr Carmichael (X.S.W. Minister without portfolio) announced that no action of the Gas Company in dismissing the men or statements calculated to intrude the affairs of the Gasmen’s Union will be allowed to affect the Bill now before Parliament. The experiment so far in the North Mount Lyell mine has been unsuccessful. It was discovered that the fire is still smouldering, and it is now considered that the only remedy is the resealing of the flooded portion. The water is now -10 feet above the 1000 feet level.