CABLE BREVITIES.
During the trial ot the torpedo-destroyer, the Charger, with the Prince ot Wales and bhe Duke of York on board, bhe crown of tho fire-box crucked. The tires were instantly drawn to prevent the boiler bursting. A speed of 27 knobs was reached.
The Chief of the Ghineee Mint ha? been dismissed owing to his connection with the Russo-Ciiinese loan and the Frauco-Chineee Convention.
Several cases of cholera have appeared in France.
Senator Mngnier. editor of L'Evonement:, has baen summoned before bha Chamber on an indictment charging? hisn with accepting 100,000 francs in connection with the South of France railway scandal.
The Prince of Wales' Britannia, ■with a. handicap of two minutes, won t<bo big cutter race at Cowes, beating the Ailsa by aeren minutes,
The Macedonian rebels killed 150 Turkish Soldiers at Tarrsscb.
At the meeting of Edinburgh creditors of the Australian Deposit) snd Mortgage Bank there was considerable opposition to the adoption of the scheme, and the show of hands waa againsb its adoption, On voting by value, however, id was carried by a large majority.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 189, 9 August 1895, Page 3
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