CABLE NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXI, Issue 4751, 16 March 1899, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph —Copyright

London, March 14 The City is unfavourable to the projected Melbourne Board of Works loan of a million, at 3 per cent., unless a loan minimum is fixed. A retail dealer, at Cardiff, is being prosecuted for selling a parcel of Victorian butter containing 1 2 per cent! of boracic acid. Mr Sinclair, the Government agent, has arranged to defend the case. The Thames Machinery Company offers to erect and work a battery and cyanide plant at the Greater Britain Exhibition, if the Victorian and Queensland Governments will supply 200 tons of quartz each, the Company to charge £1 per ton and return the balance of the proceeds. The House of Lords has decided that the bookmakers' enclosure at Kempton Park is not a " place " within the meaning of the Act. Countess Russell, who gained notoriety some time ago m connection with divorce HtigatioD, has made a successful appearance at Plymouth m the musical play " A Runaway Girl," March 15, The plague has broken out at Mecca and Hong Kong. Paris, March 15 The jury acquitted M. Gohier, who was prosecuted for the publication of a book entitled " The Army against the Nation." The verdict elicited enthusiastic cheers for the Republic and liberty. Sydney, March 15 Briggs will be executed on April 5. Mr M. B. Curtis, agent for Dante, has.sought an injunction to restrain the latter from dealing with the paraphernalia, pending a suit for breach of contract. The Court sanctioned a mutual arrangement whereby the performances could be carried on under the supervision of the receiver of court, Dante to deposit £1000 before removing the apparatus from the jurisdiction of the Court.