CABLE BREVITIES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 29, 4 February 1899, Page 5

CABLE BREVITIES.

The Czar has given 1,000,000 roubles to aid the famishing peasants. The 'Daily News' says the Czar will shortly announce the intention of Kussia to abstain from increasing her armaments. The 'ifovoet-Vremya' proposes that Britain and Russia should be represented at Cabiil with the object of subduing.. Afghan exclusiveness and of developing trade. A Eeuter message states that General Gomez, the Cuban Leader, has acepted 3,000,000 dollars, not as pay, but for relief purposes. The men are now disbanded and are resuming their occupations. . A man named-Elliott, employed m the Consolidated Goldfields Company, of" Johannesburg,- has been murdered. The murder is believed to be the work of an underhand gold buying gang, the motive being revenge.. The British South African Company's issue of £625,000 worth of bonds was placed on the London markets and subscribed threefold. This is a portion of the proposed issue of a million and a half.

The Khedive hr,s pardoned Toulba Pasha, one o- the officers who took part with Arabi. Pasha in the 18S2 revolt, and who Avas exiled to Ceylon. He has been allowed to return to Egypt

A prohibition by the London County Council against empty cabs standing in the principal thoroughfares of London has created dismay amongst cabbies. Two thousand have refused to ply, alleging that it is useless to do so in face of the prohibition. New South Wales revenue shows an increase of £20,000 compared with the previous corresponding quarters. The woman Kelly, who was dangerously injured at Paddington, is improving.