CABLE NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue 7629, 16 December 1902, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

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MR. CHAMBERLAIN. < _ Received 16, 8.36 a.m. £ LONDON, December 15. < The Right Hon. J. Chamberlain has , arrived at Mombassa. , HORRIBLE MURDER BY GIRLS. [ Ethel Rollinson and Eva Eastwood, ( domestics, aged -17 and 20 respectively, have been sentenced to death for smothering by pillows their aged mistress at Bootle out of revenge for alleged unkindness. A third servant turned Queen's evidence. THE MARSEILLES STRIKERSARRESTS. PARIS, December 15. The Government has arrested the leaders of the Marseilles strike for-in-citing murders and tampering with the troops. Tho strikers protest that the Government is betraying the workers. WERE THEY ASSASSINS OR POACHERS ? BRUSSELS, December 16. When King Leopold was driving at Laoken on Saturday night two shots were fired by two men who fled and escaped. No one was hurt. The newspapers declare that it was an attempt at assassination, while tho police irtfply that it was poachers. ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. Received 16, 1.20 a.m. LONDON, December 15. The Archbishop's condition is painless. The bulletin issued last nigfht states that he had a quiet day and lost no ground. COUNTESS OF DUDLEY. Received 16, 1.20 a.m. LONDON, December 13. The. Countess of Dudley (wife of the. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland) who recently underwent an operation, shows steady progress. SOUTH AFRICA. The Loyalists 'fund has reached £10,000. RUSSIA AND MACEDONIAN REFORMS. Official messages from St. Peters- [ burg states that Russia insists on executing efficient reforms, but the Macedonian Committee's abandonment of agitation is the first condition of success. Russia is firmly resolved to maintain the settlement of 1597 and guard agfainst complications in the Balkans. She commands tho Powers' complete sympathy. GERMAN TARIFF BILL. BERLIN, December JJ. The Reichstag, after 18£ hours' sitting* by 202 votes to 100 adopted tho third residing o f the Tariff Bill. The Kaiser, has decorated Comit Yon Bulow, Imperial , Chancellor, in recognition of his success. CANADA AND ALIENS. OTTAWA, December 15. Sir Wilfrid Laurier has disallowed British Columbia's acts in relation to the immigration, and employment! of Japanese.THE SOMALILAND TROUBLE. Received 16, 9 a.m. LONDON, December 15. Lieut. -Colonel Manning has applied for another 700 Indian troops for the Somali campaign. DECLINED A PRINCESHIP. BERLIN, December 15. Count yon Bulow, German Chancellor declined the offer of a Princeship. A DISMAL PROPHECY. Professor Mommsen, the eminent German jurist has issued a manifesto declaring that the overthrow of the constitution is progressing, that the nation is on the eve of a coup d'etat whereby the Kaisev and the Reichstag will be subjected to the absolution of an alliance between Junkers aud priests. MISCELLANEOUS. Received 16, 1.30 a.m. SYDNEY, December 15. . llain is falling in the eastern division extending towards the vest. Half an inch has been recorded at Wilcannia. PARIS, Ds^ember 15. The additional concessions granted by Siaui to France comprise the employment of French teachers, and sanitary engineers, and a subsidy for a bi-monthly service to Saigou LONDON, December 15. Queen Alexandra desires, in this! Coronation year, to express her heartfelt sympathy with those bereaved by the war, and to wish happiness and comfcat with God's blessing to them and theirs for 1903. Her Majesty gives a Xmas dinner on the ,27th to the widows ami orphans, Hying in London and the suburbs, of Imperial and Colonial sailors and soldiers killed, or who rJie.l fiom the effects of injuries. Mr - H. B. Lefroy, Agent-General 'for Wcstraha, has received a deputation, and promised to forward a petition representing- 58 mining companies, with a capital of eleven millions, asking for a reduction pi the railway rates on machinery and stores, a better title, greater facilities for working the consolidated holdings, dropping the Companies Duties Act, or levying* a percentage on dividends distributed in any one year. BERLIN, December 15. The Times says it is inconceivable that builders with anything to lose would accept the conditions connected with the construction of the new Cunardcrs. Independently of the usjual tests, tho boats are to be returnable to the builders if after twelve months running they do not achieve an average of 25 knots. The Treasury ought to see that builders undertaking the work are able to bear the risk.