CABLE NEWS

Grey River Argus, Volume LVII, Issue 10265, 22 April 1899, Page 2

CABLE NEWS

[per PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

[by eleotric telegraph— copyright. l

(Received April 21, at 930 a m.) London, April 20. ; . There is no prospect of the British ; taking action ... to secure the removal oL-, Kang-Yi, vice-President of the Chinese State Council from the directorship of the ; I Ninchwang railway. '" : ""' „ Britain is apparently acting with Russia in the matter since Russia withdrew the protest against the Nuichwang loan. Tho. Admiralty- Court awarded the owners of fche British steamer Northumbria, belonging to the . International line, trading to Mediterranean ports, salvage in connection with the salving of the French steamer Elise. The latter caught fire and the crew deserted her. Tho Northumbria picked her up, and towed her to Gibraltar, where she also took the crew, refusing to allow, them again to go aboard the Elise. The owners; of the French vessel contended that the captain of the Northumbria was guilty olf piracy. The marriage of Lady Margaret Primrose, second daughter of the Earl of and Earl Crewe was celebrated ' at Westminster Abbey. It was a most " brilliant and picturesque ceremony. The Prince of Wales was amongst those present. There were ten bridesmaids, and - 500 wedding fayors, consisting of prhn- < I roses and marguerities. Six hundred j.were present at the luncheon.' All the 7 thoroughfares iv the vicinity of the Abbey were crowded. ' - ; -"'■ • '-"-' /In January, 1898, five Englishmen, members of the Globe Exploring Syndicate, were arrested by the Moorish authorities for attempting to land arms and stores from their steamer Tourmaline, and sentenced to various terms oi ! imprisonment on charges of smuggling. Major Spilsbury, the leader of the expedition, was subsequently sent to Gibraltar tp be dealt with by the military authori-' ties there. He has now beon acquitted. .(Received April 21, at 10 45 pm.) _ • London, April 21. The stamp duties wiir affect shares in colonial registers. Only shares registered m London will remain undiaturbecL <r : } t Lord Salisbury hai returned from his viiifc to Riviera,

Baroness Hirsch, whose decease was recently announced, left L 24,800,000. Her* relatives inherit L 4,000,000, 'the balance being devoted to charities chiefly on the Continent. (Received April 22, at 12 40 a m.) London, April 21. The Standard, commenting on the new duties, says that it is impossible to remain indifferent to Australian murmurs. The increase of the wine duties is an un- . gracious return for colonial loyalty. James Lowther, MP for Thanet, and, Mendalev for •.-.■-.Plymouth,, urged Hicks Beach; to L exelude colonial -wirios from the operational the duty.. Hicksi Beach.ex plained that the Companies CapitalDuty would; come: into operation immediately, while other stamp duties will be enforced on-August Is&i'-s ■ '. ' j Harcourt denounced the diminution, of a fixed debit charge. ..'.. f , ..,.:;/., Paris, -April 21. Captain Le Brun Renand testified before the Court of Cassation to have repeated Dreyf us's confession at an officer's mess, and Gouse and Mercier after the degradation of Dreyfus admitted destroy- , ing a sheet, from a notebook containing a confession after showing it to Cavaignac. In the House of Commons Hicks-Beach said ho was prepared _to consider the Agents-General arguments against the new imposts, but at jpresent he was unable to see grounds for remission. Ottawa,. April 2l.. Mudock, Postmaster-General, has given

notice in the Dominion Parliament of a resolution authorising Canada to agree with Britain and Australia to construct fche Pacific Cable, Canada guaranteeing five-eighths of the cost, the line to be vested in a Board of Commissioners created by the British Parliament for the joint benefit of the contributors, the board to have powor to issue debentures on the security of the cable.