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SECOND EDITIO^. LATE CABLE NEWS. r~ « Pbr Press Association.— BvElkotbic Telegraph — Copyright. THE LIVERPOOL BANK FBAUDS. Reoeived February 22, 9.42 a.m. London, February 21. It is expected that the Liverpool bank wUI recover £90,000 of the missing funds. FIRE. Received February 22, 9.58 a.m. Sydney, February 22. A fire at Bourke destroyed an hotel and two shops. The insurances include dES4O in the New Zealand Insurance Company. CENSURING AN M.P. A meeting of constituents of Mr A. Griffith, a member, of the Assembly, carried a resolution censuring h'm, and asking him to resign as a result of an anti-British utteranoein connection with the anti-war league. In reply, Mr Griffith says it is neither agreeable nor profitable to him to face the storm of popular indignation, but unfortunately he has strong ideas of right and wrong, whioh he cannot subordinate to any newspaper organised spasm, popular ignorance, or racial antipathy. LABOR TROUBLES IN SPAIN. Madrid, February 21. A general strike has taken place at Zaragozo. Great excitement prevails throughout the valley of the river Ter, in the provinces of Barcelona and Gerona. Martial law has been proclaimed in Zaragozo and Tarragona. The warship Pelays has been orderet to Barcelona. Artillery is being used in the streets. The strikers attacked the gaol. The postal service has been suspended. The riots have extended to twelve towns, and fighting has occurred at Rene, Malaxa, Taprasa, and Zaragozo. THE LIBERAL LEADERS. Received February 22, 9.52 a.m. London, February 21. Lord Rosebery, in a letter to The Times, says: "Sir Henry CampbellBannerman, at Leicester, anathematised my declarations regarding a clean Bheet and Home Rule. Our views on the war methods are not less discordant. I remain, therefore, outside his political tabernaole, but not, I think, in solitude." At this moment of definite separation, Lord Rosebery says he recognises Sir H. Oampbell-Bannermau's honest, wellintentioned devotion to , the Liberal party. , x The Times Bays the rupture between Lord Rosebery and Sir Henry Camp-bell-Bannerman is complete. Lord Rosebery must untiringly pursue the policy of reconstruction of his party* GERMAN CALUMNIES ON BRITISH TROOPS. As a result of a recent suggestion by, the New South Wales Agent-General, the Standard is forwarding soldiers at the front an instalment of twenty-five thousand copies of the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain's and Count Yon Bulow's, (German Chancellor) speeches. JACK THE RIPPER" MURDERS Reoeived February 22, 10 a.m. New York, February 21. Eight " Jack the Ripper " murders of girls have been committed in San Francisco. MURDER AT THE ISLANDS. Received February 22, 10.11 a.m. Sydney, February 22. Island news states that McUabe, recruiting officer of a labour vessel, was Bhot dead by natives at the island of Maloyta, and that the murderers escaped. QUEENSLAND ELECTIONS. Brisbane, February 22. Tho election campaign is in full swing and a Labour member and a Ministeralist have been returned unopposed. PLAGUE. Another boy residing in George Btreet is plagued. DIED OF THIRST. Perth, February 22. Two prospectors named McKenzie and Coltman died of thirst in the vicinity of * Lake Way. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN POLITICS. - Adelaide, February 22. Members of both Houses will vacate 1 the seats on March 31st, and the elec tiona will take place on May 3rd. MEDICAL CONGRESS. ' _— . . J, Hobart, February 22. The Medical Congress has adopted j resolutions favouring the establishment of the National Society for the purpose p of collecting and imparting information on all matters connected with the publio health. * COUNTERFEIT BANK NOTES. Received February 22, 10.45 a.m. London, February 21. Three hundred oounterfeit five pound notes, a perfect imitation, were reoeived at the Bank of England, and many are circulating. THE RECENT EARTHQUAKE. St. Pbtbrsburo, February 21. Five thousand perished in the Shemakah earthquake. POLITICAL UNREST IN RUSSIA. Owing to eight hundred students claiming larger reforms than Vau- — novsky , the Minister, had instruction to offer, the St. Petersburg University is olosed. THE BISLEY RIFLE MEETING. Melbourne, February 22. The Right Hon. E. Barton, Federal Premier, has intimated that Parliament will be aaked to vote funds to send a Federal team to Bisley to consist of eight members of the defence forces.,. late~waiTnews. •- Received February 22, 10.40 a.m. London, February 21. Hans Grobelaar, with 150 men, made repeated unsuccessful attempts to traverse Colonel Garrett's lines, and then fled southwards towards the Frankfort and Vrede blockhouse line. Major- General Knox and Colonel Barker have reoccupied Senekal. MORE BOERS CAPTURED. Received February 22, 10.45 a.m. London, February 21. Fifteen Boers were captured at Carolina. Wellington, February 22. Sergt.-Major Hardham, V.C., of the Tilth Contingent, has been appointed a lieutenant in the Ninth, and will join the North Island Battalion at Auckland. Bannatyne and Co. have been advised that the Cornwall arrived at Albany yesterday, and she and the Surrey will sail to-night. They wilt follow the same oourse, and arrive at Durban together. A narrow escape, from accident occurred \ this morning. A horse bolted with a vebiole, and a local business man only got out «f the way just in time. Shareholders in United fuller in Hawera will take interest, perhaps of a monrnful eharaoter, that the Supreme Court yester.iaj ordered the company and its offshoot, the Ohifeaiti, to be wound up. WVreßretto ohroniole the death of Mr David' Home, a very well-known old resi- '* dent of' Nonnanby. He had reached the ase of CO* and had been feeing, but was recently i>*ta<*e d by specific illnesß, am was token .*> *h e hospital, where he passei ftwav this (tftfwdatf morning. Deceased in 1845 was M the police in Dublin under Mr A fI.V" fatber > bat cml " grated'a good s>any years ago, though he was not irt New Zealand long enough to qualify W the Old Age Pension. However, a. number of Normanby people, including also some who were former residents of Normanby, did all they coul< tor him, and several Nonnwby ladies, and Mr J. "W. Wileon, were at the hospitalto -we the last of him this morning. The funeral will take place to-morrow at halfpast 1 o'olook. ]