CABLE NEWS. THE LATEST.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXI, Issue 8203, 31 October 1910, Page 2

CABLE NEWS. THE LATEST.

— ♦ HOME AND FOREIGN. United Press Association— Per Electric Telegraph — Copyright. CAPE TO CAIRO RAILWAY. Uoceived October 31, 8.15 a.m. LONDON, October 30. The Wady Medani to Sennnr section of the Capo-to-Cairo railway will bo opened on November 1. GERMAN DREADNOUGHTS. VIENNA, October 30. The pnr>or Ncu Preio Presso statos tliat if tlic building of three German Dreadnoughts is postponed Germany will, nevertheless, m 1913, possess eighteen, not thirteen. Dreadnoughts, compared with Britain s twenty-five. VICTIMISING BANKS. Received October 31, 8.45 a.m. LONDON, October 30. Forgers victimised two London banks — Drummond's and Charing Cross — to the oxtont of £300, and Barclay's m Victoria street for £G4O. The operators were different individuals m each case. The cheque used m Barclay's was stolen from the letter-box of a wellknown firm of engineers. Received October 31, 10.0 a.m. LABOUR EXCHANGES. The Government intends to establish. 150 new Labour Exchanges during the next few months. THE. PLAGUE AND RATS. Ten thousand rats wero destroyed within forty acres at Ipswich docks. Many cats and rabbits .also were destroyed. COTTON AND TARIFF REFORM. The Earl of Derby has been elected president of the new Cotton Trade Tariff Reform Association of Lancashire, which includes Sir W. H. Houldsworth, Messrs W. Marriage, E. Chegg, W. P. Dixon, C. Middleton, Platt Higgins, Albert Simpson, John Whittaker, arid other manufacturers. GENERAL POST OFFICE. The business of the- General Post Office has been removed from St. Martin's le Grand to the new King Edward's Buildings. COLLAPSE AT A PRIZE FIGHT. NEW YORK, October 30. A large section of the temporary seats m the old city hall at Pittsburg collapsed during a prize fight, and many persons were injured. THE LOS ANGELES OUTRAGE. Two suspects have been arrested at Acapulco, Mexico, for landing a gasoline launch, it is alleged, m connection with the Los Angeles outrage. STRUCK OIL. SARAWAK, October 30. The Anglo-Saxon Company, of London, has struck oil" m their bore at a depth of 450 feet. A PROSPECTIVE CANAL. OTTAWA, October 30. The Government surveyors report that there are no insuperable obstacles to the construction of the projected canal from Winnipeg Lake to the Rocky Mountains, via the Saskatchewan river. FIRE AT BRUSSELS EXHIBITION. BRUSSELS, October 30. The Cafe Koshmos at the Exhibition has been burned. The English firemen, by working energetically, isolated the cafe from the Avenue des Nations, which was not harmed. CHOLERA AT NAPLES. ROME, October 30. ! It is officially announced that tho , Port of Naples will shortly be declar- . Ed immune from cholera. ' MEDICAL LIBRARY DESTROYED. PARIS, October 30. By a fire m the medical section of the Toulouse University, eighty thousand volumes were destroyed: damage. £30,000, * A CHINESE LOAN. Received October 31, 11 a.m. PEKIN, October 30. An edict has been published authorising a loan of ten millions sterling at 5 per cent., issuable at 95. Of this, two millions are intended for the benefit of ' Manchuria, and the rest for currency 1 reform-