LAST NIGHT'S CABLES

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7399, 15 September 1902, Page 4

LAST NIGHT'S CABLES

•[By Electric Telegraph—Conyriglit.] [Per Press Association.] London, September 13. Twolvea inchct of charcoal were found in the steamer Niwaru's pumps from the insulation of tho rcfrigiratinfi chambers. Thin ia supposed to have caused the wator to aeeumulato in tho hold.

The Dublin Corporation bas condemned tho Government proclaiming that city under tho Crimoa Act, us it is tho most crimcless city in tho world.

The cablo steamer Colonia commenced tho task ot laying tho VancouverFanning Island section of the Pacific cable.

Paris, Scptnnbnr I'd,

Submarine vessels at Cherbourg tx hibited axlraordinary skill in outiim nccuvring tho battleships.

M. Itonvior. French llinistrr < I Vinance, has informed tho l'orlo that ho would abandon tht Ottoman dobt conversion unless his roquirement3 wero immediately authorised. Sydney, September 1-1. Sailed—H.M.B. l'tnguin, for New Zonland.

Pkkin1, .September 13.

China is urging Russia lo restore Munchuria, and cvacumo N'cucbang, in return for tho Manchurian section of the I'pldn-Nouchang railway, as 13rimin is rend> to surrender tlio Clii-!i section. Jhissift's licsiuv'jion to comply s\iih ihn request nrous:fi suspicion. Bhisi.in, Sip'ember 1:5.

In conducing the lriiinir-uvrci: 70,000 troops fought a briliunt uigagcm'-nt In tho open, tho K'U'-or coaiirmDil ng lh-.< coast body of cavalry, cleverly nu'flaoked and overwhelmed thfi iiivadcis, himself leading a furirmi charge. English cr'.tics cansidir llic infantry splendid, and superior to the cavalry and artillery. Svpsky, Soplomhtr 14.

At the Quirang enquiry, Ili!l, a fanner seaman on the vessel, stated tint she wps tho worst ahip to .seer he \v,t» over aboard of. Tho atcsiiriß chains gavu way rr.oro than once, and In- had to s'err with the wheel aft. Tlio tV ck houses wcra often lull of. wator, nnd the hatches were not in a Riitisfaetory condition.

Mr McCartney, consulting engineer, laid tho Quirang had hem in th i highest class at Lioyd's, but had been al'owo-J to drop out. Kvans, the stcvedoro who Imuro th snip for the lust trip, declared iliat the was absolutely dry throughout. Jl^ put more coal üboard in a previous trip thin on tho laut occasion. Brett, a sailmakor, dcpo3td that ho Rupplied new hatch tarpaulins in Mu-ch. Ho considered the hatches were ir, goo-3 condition. Tho enquiry ha? been adjourned until Friday. New Yor.K, September 11.

Tliocruisers WisnonFin and Lincmnntii havo been orderod to proceed lo Panama and Colon respectively, to pre erit tlicOolnmbian revoluuonisls iu'.ci-foniiK willi tne Jstlimian Irnilic ond bombai'Jin" PiJinniii

Londo.v, September 14. General Botha's relation* with Krngtr, Leyds, and Jlcitzhave become iuptturd. Jlq nttributc? the failure of llio ]soir franetals at tlio recent conference with Mr Clmubtrmiii to Hcitz's d i'uut languDgc. , JJotha declares tlmt tlio g nnnls Junhor pvesenco in .Europe vi.l- be exclusively Hovotcd to rdi.-ing liiinucial aid for tlio Doers. Mew York. September 1 L

The J!ev Henry Lowthor Clnrke, vicar of Iludderstield. succeeds Bishop Goc as Bishop of Melbourne. Ottawa. September 1:5.

A crowd fni'cwn.'lcri Sir K. Burton. replying to the Heard of Trado nd,7r fa. presented by the presiduut, Mr Coites, formerly an Australian, Sir Edmund Barton hnped that Cnnadaand Australia had icsolved to givo to the maintenance of the jiawcr and prestige of thfi Empire equal find competitive assistance, not Tor the snl;e of what tho ill-b'ooded would call toadyism, but for the saltc of what the clean-blooded would call patriotism (cliccrs). Bkisdane, Sobtember 14.

The danger to Lambborougl^ is averted, but a wide area between Karabour and Gympie is nfiro. The township of Durrundnr U enveloped. ____________