CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Evening Star, Issue 9772, 31 July 1895, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

At the Geographical Congress Herr Neumeyer proposed an international expedition to the Antarctic, as terrestrial magnetism, a most important matter, required solution there. Dr Murray, formerly of H.M.S. Challenger, said the South Polo possibly contained one of the secrets of oceanic circulation. Sir (1. S. Baden-Powell said he was convinced Hie Imperial Parliament would support an Antarctic expedition. A committee was appointed to frame resolutions on the matter.

The Natives of Cahagan, a town in the northern extremity of the island of Luzon, one of the Philippines, enticed a party of Spaniards into ambush and killed several. Spanish troops- who were sent to punish the Natives killed 116 of them and burned Cabagan. In connection with the Victorian Customs drawback frauds, Roseafeldt was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment and fined £SOO, Davis and Benjamin to six months and fined £3OO each, Stanway to six months and fined £SO.

The Premier of New South Wales proposes to take up the work where it was left off before the dissolution. He intends to immediately make appointments to the Legislative Council. The session, which is expected to be short, will be chiefly devoted to financial questions.

The Tahiti Government have voted a sum of £5,600 as a subsidy to a steam service between San Francisco, Tahiti, Noumea, and Sydney by the Messageries line of steamers. The matter, however, requires to be ratified by the Home authorities. The Government bacteriologist of Queensland has discovered that a number of fowls in Brisbane are dying of chicken cholera. The Government are having a report made on the discovery with the view of the possible employment of the disease to prevent the spread of rabbits.