CABLE NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume LVII, Issue 9871, 8 January 1898, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

[by electric telegraph— copyright.] (per press association.) (Received January 7, at 9 22 p m.) P ABIS, January 6. Ona of the officers belonging to Marchant's French expedition In Africa admits that despite the hanging and shooting of natives there were numerous desertions compelling, the expedlpedition to have recourse to violence to provide carriers. The object of the ex« padltlon U to unite Obok, a French colony and protectorate in East Africa, with ihe French Congo possessions. Tokio, January 6. The Government have purchased two English built Chilian cruisers of 9,000 tons each. Capetown, January 6. The Company which is constructing the railway from Biera, a seaport of Portu* goeae East Africa, to Rhodesia hay* pur* chased the town and port of Belt*. London, January 6. . During the fire at iDaptfbrd four 1 children were eqffocated. E HarforJ, exiQeneral Secretary of the Amalgamated Railway VVorkers Is dead. He was recently deposed from the, position and granted a pension byjrhe Sooiaty. ; ' ; -'-'y*- <•- '■■■ - v Albany, January 6. The wool sales open on , the 1 lth lost. The oitalogne will oompriss 32,000 bales, inoludlng 600 i torn' Australia. '. 'Prbtobia. Jaau»ry6. The ve'eloctlpa of Kruger^aa President of the Transvaal RepuJalio upon thr"expiry of the presant term in f Aprir next Is asaured... '.' ; ' ':". ' '?.'•*.. (Received January 7 at 10 40 pin.) London, January 7. Ia order , to enable workaaen to thoroughly understand the , nature of the comp jtitioa the: British engineering trades are meeting Bbroad, Yarrow and Company, marine mechanioal engineers and steamship bctlldera Poplar,, have offered tordespatobifour skilled UjalouisJSjtoy th,e , United States to; report upon the «rork« shops there. T,he New Sau^h, \'W»les Jpap y as favorably deceived. There have been ; many dealings in acrip at aboat 101. .Heavy tendering is anticipated. It i« exoected, the minimum will; be. about L9BJ6». .'„.■',:. .-:-. (Received January 8, at 0 40 a m.) : . BfitctsAna, January. 7.. Ex-King Milan has ''."been appointed oommander'of'tfie''§BrV|('att' ; umy. L ''^) ; '" ; '■■"-'■ Capetown^' Ja'ttuary 7i Sprigg, Premlar,. ; la fends t to t ask _the Cap a. Parliament to meet ihe ' cost of a bable from England to Cape Tbwni' The route is from Gibraltar to Sierra Leone, Ascension, St Helena, Capetown thence to Durban, MauritluV'an 1 Perthl J Tb!a offjr is not to affect the polony. '■ ;i "Beriin, JanuatyT. ; The banks have "determined to Exploit Shantung tor with, Special attention will be devoted to developing coalmining far nse In conneollon with the Ironworks at Kila-Ohou. A lease of mineral conntry '- will be obtained extending over a period of 99 years, : ,-•;::-•• Bombay, January 7. During the past: 4B hours 142. ojios of plague were reported and 105 deaths. London, January 7. The Miners' Conference at Bristol de* manrJed that the power of bontractlog out should be expunged from the Compensation "Act. ..