CABLE BREVITIES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 172, 23 July 1898, Page 3

CABLE BREVITIES.

The trial of Voldtheims for the murder of Mr Joel is -proceeding at Johannesburg The Duke of Manchester has sailed in the Oratava on a visit to New Zealand. Professor Nasini, of Padua wl.lo has heen analysing the eases emitted fiom Vesuvius, has detected eoronitum and other new elements. , In the House of Lords the lush .Local Government Bill was read a second time Monson and others have heen.comrnitte for trial in London on a charge of alleged fraud'on an insurance company. ■ A Customs war is imminent between Germany and Russia. , At Bisley, in the second stage of the contest for the Queen's Prize Sloans, \ ICtorif , scored 209, and Fargher 204 In shooting off the tie for he "Daily Tee graph" Cup, Sergeant Boss, ot the vie toria Artillery, won. r In the action brought by. Hugh \\ ati against Horatio Bottemley in connect on with the Northern Territory dispute, the plaintS has consented to judgment being entered up in his favour for £70,000. Mr George Doughty, who has repre rented Great Grimby in the Houm o Commons since 1895 as a Libera^Honie SlSS^K^olEtentioHof again standing for the seat, this time as a Unionist.