Telegraphic News

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LIV, Issue 2838, 12 January 1904, Page 2

Telegraphic News

FROM OITR SPECIAL CO-RUB*. ON HUNTS

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COCKSFOOT. Wellington, Jan. 11. The Agent-General cables :—" No alteration in the cocksfoot seed market since last week." Auckland, Jan. 11. The weather is perfect for the Auck-land-Canterbury match. At 11.30 a.m., Auckland had scored 140 for three wickets (D. Hay 39, Mason 22 not out, Kallender 29 not out), London, Jan 10. Renter's Agency reports ihat diplomatic information from Pekin points to the fact that the Russian reply was conciliatory in tone, but unsatisfactory in substance. Japan, desiring delay to complete her preparations, will continue

negotiations. The message adds [that the prospects of war before the spring are very strong

i B f» nefc Sleigh, war correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," says that there are, one hundred thousand Russians in Mahchiiria; Thß foreigti Oohsiiis , iii Manchuria haye _. protested against, the Russian renaming the streets in Russian: Japan has invited, in Manila, tenders for enormous quantities of subsistence stores. At King Edward's instance, Great Britain and France are striving their utmost to secure peace. Both are in perfect accord. Cardiff, in a week, shipped 46,000 tons of coal to Japan; 30,000 tons to Hong Kong, and 40,000 to Port Arthur. Paris, Jan 10. The newspaper "Patrie" announces that Japan has purchased the Argentine ai,moui_d cruisers Garibaldi, Pueyrrdom, Sah Matin, and General Belgrano, of a similar type to those previously purchased. New York, Jan. 10. The mail steamer Clallam from Seattle foundered in a fierce gale four miles off Victoria, British Colombia. Fiftythree persons were drowned. The seas extinguished the fires and the steamer became unmanageable. The women passengers and children were placed in thi;63 lifeboats, which capsized, all being drowned. Tugs rescued fiftythree who had remained on board. Brussels, Jan. 10. A n association is being formed in Belgium with a capital of a million francs, with the object of growing cotton in the Congo State. Rome, Jan 10. The Pope has directod that no lady considering herself a good Catholic shall appear in a decollete gown at gatherings attended by Cardinals or Prelates, and has also ordered the removal of images and ornaments of little religious or artistic value from churches.