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North Otago Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8433, 19 March 1896, Page 3

LATE CABLE.

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(per press association.) Received March 19, at 1.40 a.m. London, March 18. H. "Whitley, M.P. for Ashton, moved m the House of Commons that an endeavor should be mado to secure an international agreement upon the fixed ratio between gold and silver. Mr Goschen said England would not abandon the gold standard. The prospect of a general agreement was not brilliant. Mr Balfour considered it impossible to force into favor a currency which the banks distrusted. The motion was adopted. It is reported that 10,000 dervishes havo advanced to Dongola, and 200 picked warriors are within 100 miles of tho Egyptian frontier. Another force is at Marad Wells.

Three battalion of reserves will be stationed between Wady-Halfa and Akshes.

It is reported that owing to the heat and the lowness of the Nile Lord Wolseley advises that no advance should be made beyond Akasheb until September. Mr Curzon said that no pledge had beon given to Italy regarding Kassala.

The New Zealand Mortgage Company has declared a dividend af 2k per cent, and carried forward L 2370.

St. Petersburg, March 18. One hundred and thirty persons perished hi a snowstorm at Orel. Washington, March 18. Tlie American Naval Committee recommend the construction of four battleships. Rome, March 18. Signor Rudini said it was intended to secure a desirable position m Africa, and restore the prestige of Ita'y. The Go- ) vernment would adhere to the Triple Alliance. Sydney, March 18. Sailed — Hawkes Bay, for Auckland ; Tasmania and Tarawera, for New Zealand ; Mount Kemble, for Lyttelton. Melbourne, March 18. Sailed — Mararoa. Geake, the well-known Daylesford solicitor, has been arrested on charges of converting trust moneys of his clients to his own use. A large number were victimised, and tho amount involved is many thousands, m sums ranging from a few pounds to nearly four thousand. Geake till recently was a lay reader m the Church of England and President of the Christian Endeavor Society.

A murder occurred at Canadian, near Ballarat. Mrs M'Carthy was alone m her house, and when her son returned he found her dead iv a cowshed with two deep wounds m her head and her leg broken. During the day the woman was visited by two neighbors — Bridget Sherman and Alice Trait. They had been drinking together. Both were arrested on a charge of murder. An axe was discovered hidden m Trait's house, which had recently been cleansed of stains, supposed to be blood.