CABLE NEWS. THE LATEST.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7733, 1 March 1909, Page 2

CABLE NEWS. THE LATEST.

I HOME AND FOREIGN. united Press Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. INTENSE COLD. Received March 1, 8.10 a.m. PARIS, February 28. Seven deaths have occurred in the streets' of Paris through the intensity cf the cold that prevails. "CONGO REFORiMS. (Received February 27, 8.25 a.m.) LONDON, February 26. Sir Edward Grey lias promised Parliament an opportunity to discuss Congo reforms, when Belgium's expected answer is received. Until then no further action is practicable. RULES OF WARFARE. LONDON, February 27. The Naval Conference in Loudon has signed an important declaration, consisting of seventy-one articles, embodying the recognised rules of warfare. MUSICAL EXAMINATIONS. (Received March 1, 9.10 a.m.) Mr Henry St George will conduct the Trinity College music examinations in New Zealand and Tasmania. A RIOTIOUS MOB. (Received March 1, 8.10 a.m.) LISBON, February. 28. Two hundred arrests were lViade and many were wounded during the carnival at Lisbon. Mobs joined the masqueraders and stoned the police for interfering. The revellers, impersonating the assassins of Kkig Carlos and the late Crown Prince and simulating the ' funeral obsequies with coffins and skele--1 tons, sang blasphemous songs. The ; military helped to quell the disturbance.