CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7068, 30 July 1901, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

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/THE BATOUM EXPLOSION. ' Constantinople, July 28. Theßatoum disaster was caused by (he ignition of explosiyes in a magazine. A number of soldiers were killed. EEVIVAL OF AN OLD NATAL - RANK. 1 London, July 28. Admiral Sir Michael Culnie-Seymour, G.C.8., lias. been appointed VioeAdmiral of the United -Kingdom, and Admiral Frernantle Bear-Admiral of the' United Kingdom. These appointments are interesting, as being a revival of old- titles. TUBERCULOSIS. London, uly 29. At the Tuberculosis Conference, Professors Yirchow and Heubner, the German scientists, agree that tuberculosis is not hereditary;' but they dissent from the theory that bovine tuberculosis is not transmissible to human beings! " ALPINE FATALITY. Mr Arthur Davies, a Croydon ship owner, has been killed on the. Diberg Alps by falling 300 ft. FIGHTING IN EAST AFRICA, The Mad Mullah's forces" were defeated on the 17th inst. losing seventy m.?. n- The British loss was thirteen lulled and twenty-one wounded ' TITLES OF THE KING. Canada Natal, Cape Colony and Newfoundland supported the extension of the King s titles. Mr Chamberlain has suggested' that me new title should not specify any particular colony. PUEE BEER. In the House of Commons Sir W. C. Quilter's Pure Beer Bill has been withdrawn, having been blocked in ' committee. ■':'. ■- THE EOYAL AETHUR. . Pebth, July 29 The Royal Arthur has returned, after escorting the Ophir 200 miles to sea, where the Juno pioked her up. - CRUELTY TO NATIVES. Perth, July 29. An ex-policeman, who was formerly stationed in the- Kirflberley district, has given to the press details of gross cruelties perpetrated by whites on aboriginals, many of whom were flogged on the slightest pretest, and otherwise shockingly treated. An inquiry is called for. PEESBYTEEIANISM. : Sydney, July 29. The Presbyterian Assembly sustained an overture from the New South Wales Assembly expressing sympathy with the idea of a United Evangelical Christian Church of Australia. A committee was appointed to consider the principles on which the Presbyterian Church was prepared to participate in the larger union. The report will be delivered at next assembly. THE YANKEE NAVAL SCANDAL. New Yobk, July 29. Admiral Cervera, who commanded the Spanish fleet at the battle of Santiago, has been interviewed by a representative of the New York Journal with regard to that engagenaent, in connection with which Admiral Sampson had called Admiral Schley a liar and a catiff. Admiral Cervera testified to Admiral Schley's valour and the excellence of his tactics.

Admiral Schley has asked the Naval Department to request the Spanish Admiral to give evidence before the Court of Inquiry that is to be held into Admiral Sampson's allegations CHILI AND THE UNITED STATES. ■ . ■ ■■ ' Washington, July 29. The Hon John Hay, Secretary of State, is irritated at Chili not sending a representative to the Pan-Anglican Conference unless discussion of her retention of the Peruvian provinces is barred. There are indications that Chili objects' to the tutelage of Monroeism. THE GEEMAN TAEIFF. - __ . Beelis, July 29. The Agrarian Party is surprised at the concessions offered by.the new tariff, but it is considered unlikely that it will pass into law in its present shape. The tariff proposes that wool shall be admitted free; frozen meat and butter "under a duty of thirty marks per double hundredweight; packed apples, six marks; oranges and lemons, twelve marks; hard timber, one hundred and eighty pfennigs per cubic metre; soft timber, no charge. .