GENERAL CABLES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 7820, 20 October 1903, Page 2

GENERAL CABLES.

CHINESE AFFAIRS.

THE LEGATION OUTRAGE.

Received 19, 10.31 p.m. LONDON, October 19. Router's Pelin correspondent asserts that the Legation outrage was only a rob lyary of ordinance stores by Chinese servants. The detonating apparatus was letc outside the magazine because it was unportable. Sir H. Satow denies that there was an attempt io explode the magazine, and states that only the storeroom was robbed. BATTLESHIPS IN COLLISION. Received 19, .0.22 p.m. • * LONDON, October 19. The battleships Prince George and Han nibal, while manoeuvring off Finisterrfl w —i lights out, collided, tne former being badly and the latter slightly damaged Both vessels, assisted by the rest of t.he squadron, reached Ferrol. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Recaived 20, 0.59 a.m. SYDNEY, October 19. In connection with the capital site, a movement is afoot locally to ask the Go vernment to ofler <he Commonwealth the choice of two sites. PERTH, October 19. A number of rats 'suffering from plague have been found in the city. A LONDON MYSTERY. Received 20, 8.44 a.m. LONDON, October 19. The body of Miss Hickman has been found by boys in a plantation in Richmond Park. The body was headless, and iv.>parently had been gnawed by rats. A 1 though in an advanced state of decomposition, the body was identified by medals and an ambulance cross bearing Miss Hickman's name. She had been deal for upwards of a month. A silver watjh chain was found on the body. [The disappearance of Miss Hickman Jias been a Londoi sensation since the end of August. Deceased, who was a doctor in one of the London hospitals, went out for a walk, and was never seen again.] HELPING GERMAN UNIONISTS. Received 20, 8.44 a.m. i LONDON, October 19. ] The Clyde crgineers are making a levy | in aid of the German Metal Worker? Union, who are struggling to secure a va duction ! in hours, ana thus reciprocate th«* German contribution of £14,500 r;ade in 1897. IATAL FIRE. LONDON, October 19. A fire destioyed the house of Xatha.n Zausmer, bootmaker, in Hackney Roai Zausmer, with his wife and daughter, were suffocated. Fire other children were injured, but escaped through the flames by a first storey window. ! - ORDERS FOR COAL. Received 20, 8.57 a.m. - LONDON, October 19. The latest Russian and Japanese orders for steam coal at Cardiff aggregate 50,000 i tons. MISCELLANEOUS. Received 19, 10.30^>.m. ROME, October 19. At most of the Italian cities enthusiastic demonstrations are being made in favoin of France. Some 5000 persons surrounded and cheered thp French Embassy at Rome. Received 19, 10.42 p.m. The Daily Telegraph contradicts its statement with reference to Harland an.t Wolf's steel contract.