CABLE BREVITIES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XVIII, Issue 4362, 3 December 1897, Page 3

CABLE BREVITIES.

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London, Dec2inber 1 It is rumored that the third class battleship Swiftsure is to be stationed at Sydney as a drill guardship, and the third class battleships Invincible and Iron Duke are to be stationed at Eaqutmalt in British Columbia and Colombo respectively, December 2.

A sen ational onuey-lending cw was beard in the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. Lewis, a well-known West End moneySender, sued Second-Lieutenant H. H. Olsy, of the 2nd Life Guards, to recover the sum of £ 11,003, on two promissory notes alleged to have been •igofd by him jointly with Lord William Nevill, fourth son Of the Marquis of Abergavenny. Lieutenant Olay, who is the only son of the late Mr J. Spencer Clay, of Ford Manor, Surrey (who left his son a consider*, c fortune), pleaded in defence that he only signed the notes as a witness, not »s a principal. The jury believed his story and found a verdict in his favor. Lord William NeviU is at present residing in Spain, j Dr. Sydney A* Ccpeman, one of the | Medical Inspectors of the Local Government Board, has discovered that an Admixture of glycerine destroys microbes in calf lymph. Paris, December 1

Le Temps suggests that if the Anglo. French West African Delimitation Commissioners should disagree, it would be better to submit the questions «t issue to arbitration.

Bomb, December 1

Signor Crisp), ex-Premier, has demanded a Parliamentary enquiry into the charges of his alleged complicity in the Bank of Naples scandals. Melbourne, December 2 Th« heat is intense in the city, the thermometer registering 102 in the •hade.

A cheque for £89,500 was paid into the Treasury as probate duty in the estate of the late Mr T. B. Payne. This is the largest probate ever paid in Victoria.

In connection with frauds alleged to have been perpetrated by means of drawbacks, the Government decided to institute a charge of conspiracy against certain importers and Customs officials.