CABLE NEWS

Grey River Argus, Volume LVII, Issue 10520, 28 January 1903, Page 2

CABLE NEWS

( ELEOTRIO TELEGRA PH — COPTRISHT) [per press association] London, Jan 26, At the wool sales there was keen competition. Crossbreds are hardening and merinos are occasionally in the buyer's favor. Harrington was elected by 43 to 28 Lord Mayor ef Dublin. The inquiry into the Municipal election at Shrewsbury showed that out of 661 voting two-thirds had been bribed. There is a strong feeling in favor of retrying Gardiner at the Old Bailey ab the earliest possible date. On dropping the prosecution regret was expressed at the absence of the Scottish non-proven system. A great strike at the Clyde is threatened owing to the notice to reduce ship wo- kers' wages by five per cent, and engineers a shilling a week. Vienna, Jan 26. Drs lazzoni, Bolocna and Marmorek oi Vienna each claim to have discovered tuberculosis serum. Marmorek used it successfully in k a number of cases. Capetown, Jan 26. The South African News admits thafc nothing can be said on behalf ofr Colonel Lynch. Ottawa, Jan 26* The Irish Canadians do not sympathise with Lynch. Athens, January 26. Kohler was sentenced to death for murdering a shipmate aboard the German cruiser Lbrely, in the Piraeus harbor in November. St Petersburg, Jan. 26. The Czar and Czarina visit Rome early in April. Constantinople, January 26. The Porte agreed to the" Khedive's ctaiua for the right to change the route ; of the Egyptian pilgrims to Mecca. Rome, January 2d. Sfcromboli is again active. Loud detonations were followed by an eruption.