CABLE NEWS.
I.FHB PBESS ASSOCIATION.—COPXBiaHT.] London, Jane 7. Lord Baroarrea has been elsoted to the vaoant saat for Chorley in tha Home of Commons, caused by the death of Lieutenant General JB'eildon. The following is the result of the Manchester Cup:—Flonzel 1, Grcenlacon 2, ThoDooker 2. Juno 8 The Daily Telegraph haa opened a shilling testimonial to Dr. G. Grace, heading the same with a 2000 shilling subscription. Many large public subscriptions have been received, and the paper urges the Australian colonists to subscribe. A marriage has been arranged between the Duke of Argyll and Miss M'Neill, one of the maids of honor.
The Financial Times, commenting on the South Anstralun Budget, declares that oolony to be one of the most lightly burdened and most solvent of the colonies. The writer attributes its financial recovery chiefly to the faot that it is dominated by Scotoh and Germans, who ' are noted for oaution.
The Manchester Guardian states that the Canadian Pacific Company will start the first fast mail ssrriee between Liverpool and Montreal next summer, for whioh the British Government has granted a subsidy of £50,000. The steamers will be similar to the best Cunard liners, and will be ordered immediately. Juno 9. It is believed that a Chinese i per cent loan of 400,000,000 francs with a Russian guarantee will shortly be issued in Paris. Bebmn, June 9. News has been received that the German foroes stormed a stronghold of rebellions natives in the Camerooms, hilling 200. '1 he tier man casualties were 69 killed and wounded. B - da Pesih, June 8.
Terrible floods have been experienced m Northern Hungary, and many persons have "baen drowned
Calcutta, June 9.
The Pathans killed Lieutenant Home, of ' the Engineers, and seven Sepoys in a lonely oamp in the Zhob valley. St. PetebsbtjbG, June 8. A watetsrout destroyed Kobersdorf, killing 100 people
Constaninople, June 9,
The Bultan has dismissed the Grand Vizier and appointed Turkhan Pasha President of the Armenian Commission and Foreign Minister
Vienna, June 9
ThePesther LloyduTgea the Triple Alliance to defend the intregity of Turkey against the coercion of the Powers who are protesting in connection with the Armenian reforms
Sidney, June 9,
A tragedy is reported from Camperdown, a western suburb of Sydney. Ezra Abrahams, a Jewish lolly vendor and a married man with a family, became infatuated with Miss Goodaore. He pestered her with his attentions, but she refused all advances. The couple mot in the street this afternoon, and she endeavored to avoid Abrahams, who drew a revolver and fired three shots at her, the bullet* lodging in her arms and back. The ruffian then fired two shots into hid own abdomen. Abrahams is in a critical oondition, but the girl, though seriously wounded, is likely to recover. Three moro of the aboriginals at Mountfern who drank the deoootion supplied to them by a man named Kelly iv mistake for rum have succumbed, making five victims in all. At the inquest Kelly gave evidenoe that he obtained the bottle from a certain shop. Ho was intoxicated at the time, and believing tho contents to be rum drank some himself and gava the blacks a drink. He himself suffered severely from what he had drunk.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 7387, 10 June 1895, Page 3
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