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CABLE NEWS.
United Pm* Aesoci-tion—By Electrio Telegr*ph—Copyright. THE PACIFIC CABLE. LONDON, August 29. Mr Lambert, Civil Lord of the Admiralty, informed Mr Cox that no strategic value was attached to landing the Pacific cable at Fanning Island. STEAMER LAUNCHED. Tho Tyser Line's new steamer Merchant* has been launched at Belfast. CRICKET. Tarrant, the ex-Australian, hoaded the Middlesex bowling averages, taking 115 wickets, with an average of 15. He scored 1034 runs, with an average of 33. LAWN TENNIS. BERLIN, August. 29. Otto Fortzhcim defeated Wilding in the final for the Hamburg Cup by 8-4, 6-2, 6-3. German tennis players have improved immensely. A WEALTHY PACKER. NEW YORK, August 29. Tho death is announced of Mr Nelson Morriss, the Chicago packer, who leaves between £15,000,000 and £25,000,000. TAXATION IN CAPE COLONY. (Received August 30th, 9.27 p.m.) CAPETOWN, August 30. The Assembly agreed to a Bill introduced by the Treasurer for levying a profit tax of ten per cent, on diamond and copper mining companies, earning over £50,000, also inoome tax proposals, with a proviso that companies with headquarters at the Capo should be treated on the 1906 scale.
CANADIAN IMMIGRATION. OTTAWA, August 30. Seventy thousand immigrant* havo settled in the province of Ontario during 1907, whereof 80 per cent, aro British. DISASTER IN MADRID. MADRID, August 30. While many people wero assembled at the offices of the newspaper "Noticias" for the annual prize-drawing, th© floor collapsed, and ten wore killed and eleven injured. CRIME IN GERMANY. BERLIN, Auguelt 30. Official statistics show that within a quarter of a century criminals in Germany have increased from 104 per thousand of population to 124. UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN THE TRANSVAAL. PRETORIA, August 30. The Earl of Selborne laid the foundation stone of the Transvaal University Oollege at Johannesburg. THE HAKODATE FIRE. TOKIO,. August 30." The losses from the Hakodate fire amount to £3,000,000, and 60,000 people have been rendered homeless. PLAQUE IN SAN FRANCISCO. NEW YORK, August 30. Nine oases of bubonic plague and seven deaths have occurred at San Francisco since 18th June. Coasting vessels aro rigidly inspected. The health officers declare that there is no cause for alarm.
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