SECOND EDITION. LATE CABLE NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7397, 25 February 1902, Page 3

SECOND EDITION. LATE CABLE NEWS.

(per press association — by electric telegraph — copyright.) A FIGHT BETWEEN LEGISLATORS. Received February 25, 9.20 a.m. Washington, February 24. Senator John L. McLaurin, of South Carolina, during a debate called Senator Benjamin EUlnaan, a representative for the same State, a liar. A sharp bout of fisticuffs ensued, and the combatants were parted with difficulty, the sergeant-at-anns arresting both. Subsequently apologies were made, and they were released. FISTICUFFS IN GREEK PARLIAMENT. Athens, February 24. ' M. Tricoupis, a member of the Chamber, declaring that M. Doudouris, ex-President of the Chamber, had insulted the memory of M. Tricoupis, late Premier, struck Doudouris in the face in the lobby. Doudouris snatched an officer's sword and vainly tried to stab Tricoupis. HOUSING THE POOR. Received February 25, 9.30 a.m. London, February 24. The Right Hon. Arthur Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, welcomed Professor Smart's proposal to the Glasgow Corporation to appoint a commission of inquiry regarding the housing of the poor of Glasgow. INDIAN HILL TRIBES. The] Waziris paid a fine, and are now surrendering their rifles to the British authorities. AMERICA AND GERMANY. Berlin, February 24. The American Ambassador at Berlin, in the course of a speech, said Germany had observed strict neutrality, and had been neither cold nor grudging during the Hispano- American war. NO WONDER THERE. IS PLAGUE THERE. Received February 25, 9.50 a.m. Sydney, February 25. According to the Town Clerk, after a tour of inspection of Woolloomooloo, the dirt and overcrowding is worse than in Whitechapel, London, and he had seen some of the worst slums there. EXPLORATION. Brisbane, February 25. The Spencer-GiUen expedition, which left Adelaide on the last scientific trip across the Continent, has arrived at Normanton. The ethnological results are very satisfactory. Hundreds of cinematograph records of sacred rites and ceremonies of the natives of the interior were obtained. MISS STONE RELEASED. Received February 24, 9.56 a.m. Constantinople, February 24. Miss Stone and Madame Tsilka have been released by brigands at Strummaitza.