CABLE BREVITIES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 285, 1 December 1902, Page 5

CABLE BREVITIES.

LONDON, November 29. The Cruiser Good Hope, with Mr Chamberlain on board, for South Africa, on passing Gibraltar signalled "All well." Mr John Dillon, M.P., who is lying in the hospital at- Chicago, is worse, and his wife has been summoned. In the House of Commons the Education Bill has passed its report stage. THE HAGUE, November 30. The Hague Tribunal has awarded America 100,000 dollars against Russia in regard to the Behring Sea fisheries dispute. LONDON, November 29.' The King has appointed a Commission, headed by Lord Downe, to proceed to Terehan and invest the Shah with the Order of the Garter. The Duke of Connaught has started for Egypt, where he will open the Assouan Dam. He then proceeds to India to be present at the Delhi durbar. Mr Schalk Burger has sailed for South Africa. NEW YORK, November 29. Mount Pelee, in Martinique, is again in violent eruption. President Roosevelt has published a, letter wherein he states that he refused to ciose the door of federal office to any good citizen on the ground of race or colour. . PEKIN, November 29. The British troops will withdraw from Shanghai on December 20. LONDON, November 28. The arbitrators in the coal dispute in Scotland, in which 70,000 miners demanded an'increase of wages, have awarded the miners of "Western Scotland 6£ per cent, advance, and those of the eastern districts 3$ per cent., with a view to equalising the districts. : BERLIN, November 29. The German Commodore, Admiral Scheder, has now six war vessels under his command in Venezuelan waters.