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LATE CABLE. (By Electric Telegraph. -Copyright.) (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Received September 11, at 6 p. m Bkklix, September 10. In Hamburg yesterday 246 deaths were recorder! from cholera. It is feared that the proposed reforms in th«3 'irmy, which will increase the cost by 150,000,000 marks (about L7,5OO,O00) will depress the Berlin bourse. Paris, September 10. The cholera epidemie continues in the city, and 62 deaths wore reported. The admission of Russian, Turkish, or Roumanian Jews into Franca has been prohibited. M. Hoftmul, assistant of M. Pasteur, declares that the inoculation of the lat ter's anti-choleric raccine can be practised on human beiqgs with perfect security, *nd immunity within a week of taking the disease. St. Petersbuo, September 10. The btavery of the Cz^r and Czarina in vuiting cholera patients has provoked an outburst ot enthusiasm and patriotic eulogy. Tangier I*,1 *, September 10. The Sultan has pardoned fifteen Aughoritea Shieks, in order to secure their

tisistanoe against Human, the rebel liMiler. New York, September 10. At rhn quarantine station there are 45 ea-es >f oh >lit», and up to date there h iva been 14 df ith<s. The sro-unor Sc-indu his arrived here from Ehmbuig, an'l reported that 42 leaths from cholera occurred on the voyage. President Harrison his intimated that if shipping companies persist in bringing immigrants from infected places it wil< result in vessels beiug denied entrance t<> -ill American ports. Brüssels, September 10. The representation of Juliet, in Romeo snd Juliet, by Miss Frances Seville, a daughter of Madame Simonson, was an enormous success, and the prima donnn receired a greac oVfition. Madame Melba }jnt cordial congratulations. Ottawa, September 10. Sir J. J. C. Abbott, Premier of Canada, will shortly pay a visit to England for the benefit of his health. London, September 10. The Economist asserts that the elasticity has gone out of Victorian tariff, and that ifc is extremly doubtful if the colony can squeeze more taxation out of tin* peoplo. A Piivate Assets Society has offered to buy out depositors in the new Oriental Corporation Bank for 10a cash. The Trades Union Congress, sitting in Glasgow, has resolved in favor of the Eight Hours Bill, but permitting trades to withdraw from its provisions where the local union demands it. Another resolution which wa§ carried favored a separate Bill being i.itroduc«d to give eight hours to miners. The Congre«s expilled, amid hissea, the delegates from the Glasgow Harbor Laborers Union, who, it was alleged, had been systematic "sc^bbers." Mr C. Femivrick, M.P., his been reelected ParlUmentary secretary of the Congress ; and it was resolved that the next meeting be held at Belfast. The House, Lwd, and Investment Trust which has suspended payment, is connected with the London and General Bank (also suipended), of whicn Mr Jabez Spencer Balfour is chairman. The Daily Telegraph states that the House and Lands Trusts Lability is 2\ million pounds, and that the total' liabilities of suspended companies, including the Liberator Permanent Building and Investment Society, and the London am Genenl Buik, amount to seven million pounds. These futures are severely felt throughout the United Kingdom. Importers in the city warmly approve of the proposed appointment of an expert to examme aid class New Zealand pro duce. The crew and officers, except the cap tain of a ship bound to Hamburg refused to sail in her owing to the prevalence of cholera, and the Falmonth Bench upheld the refusal. The owners will appeal against the decision. Received September 12, at 0.50 a.m. Sydney, September 11. Nine police constables and two non unionists were injured in a riot at Broken Hill, The amiteur bicycle championship was won by Hodgkinson, with Kerr second. Time, 29mins 12spcs, which is the record in New South Wales. The mile championship was won by M'Kinney, in 3mins 56secs. Last night there was a little wagering over the Metropolitan Handicap, to be decided on Tuesday, Bungebah, consequenfc on his victoiy in the Spring Stakes, was installed a firm favorite. The latest quotations are: 100 to 5 against Bungobah, 100 to 14 each Selkirk and Daredevil, 100 to 12 Arquebus, 100 to 10 Autonomy. 100 to 8 Marvel, 100 to 7 each Re4m and Vespasia. CamooU, on the strength of his meritorious win in the Derby, has been backed for L 15,000 to win the Melbourne Cup. The best price obtainable about hirn at the finish was 100 to 5. Perth (W.A.), September 11. With regard to the London cablegram that the crew of the barque Windermere, bound from Glasgow to Froemantle, had broken out in mutiny, and murdered the captain, the vessel his now arrived at Freemantle. It appears that the captain died on the voyage, and the fact was signalled to a passing Italian vessel, which, it is supposed, misread the signal.

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North Otago Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7464, 12 September 1892, Page 2

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LATE CABLE. (By Electric Telegraph. -Copyright.) (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) North Otago Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7464, 12 September 1892, Page 2

LATE CABLE. (By Electric Telegraph. -Copyright.) (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) North Otago Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7464, 12 September 1892, Page 2