CABLES.

North Otago Times, 1 December 1904, Page 2

CABLES.

HOME AND FOREIGN, (By Electric Teljgraph.—Copyright.) (Per Press Association.) Received Nov. 30, at 7.22 u.iiij London, Nov, 29, Tho New York correspondent ol the Times says Hint Americans commenting on the Convention assume the exigence o[ ut secret nrticte providing lor tlw punishment of tho olllcers responsible, Received Nov. 3D, at 8.39 a.m. London, Nov. 21). Mr Balfour, ftt the Primrose Leuguo banquet at the Hotel Cecil, delivered a \igorous speech. The future, he ; said, belonged to the Unionists. Contrast ng the Unionist, achievements with the professions oi the "' ploughcrs of the soil," he said tlw latter had not found time to construct a policy and never made a suggestion, calculated to cement the empire or to advance social reform whereof they had been discussing for half ft century, Obituary-Viscount Ridley. St, Petersburg, Nov. 29. The Czar has rejected tho. Zemstovs' demand for a constitution mid an assembly of Zciiislovs. Received Nov, 30, at 8.50 a.m. London, Nov. 29. •The Hoard of Triulo admits that the return showing tho confectionery exported for tlw ten months of I'M was one hundred llicusand hundredweight too much,

Washington, Nov. 29. Russia lias accepted the principle of nn arbitration treaty with Hie United States.

Constantinople, Nov. 29. The Sultaii has yielded on the sale oi Bibles question. Berlin', Nov. 20. Coma Von liulow, interviewed, expressed nduiiration for, and friendship villi. Britain. He repudiated tliu idea of 'u navul.war with llrilain, which would lie ii .monstrous ciiuic.

A. Hill before the Reichstag provides (or the gradual increase oi Hie army on a peace footing to 505,830. Tin. preamble mentions that the French army exexceeds Germany's, through Franco's pollution is I vent,' millions less, Hurglars stunned and gagged Colonel Stockell, jeweller-, of Clcrkcmvell road, and stole £SOOO worth oi jewellery. Stockell was found 40 hours after, tied to a pillar in the shop.

Obituary-Karl Hardvicke. Calcutta, Nov. 20. A flro broke out aboard Iho steamer Aimriuia. Belgrade, Xov. 20.

Ex-Queen Natalie has presented Servia with King Milan's and King Alexander's library collections, valued at £IO,OOO uml JKJO.OBO respectively. Itcceived Nov. HO, at 10.10 p.m. London, Nov, 30. The Portsmouth disaster was due to a premature explosion. Admiral Dewey declines to act en the commission to inquire into the North Sea outrage, because as a ranking officer, he us president would be compelled to give his deciding vote. Admiral Fourier is the French commissioner. New York. Nov. 30. Jnhuini .Most, while addressing an anarchist meeting at «!■ '' uuis ' WilS '"'" rested. licceived Dec, I, at 0.50 a.m. Now York, Nov. 30. The miners on strike at ZeigU'r, Illinois, liied into the town all night from an ambush. Catling- gulls Oil lilt' top of toiler's ollice and the coal tip answered their lire till Uic militia nrrivod.

London, Nov. 30. The Daily Mail praises Mr Bruce. Smith's resolution.

David Shcppcrd, an accountant at Cui-dlir. has been sentenced to live- years for embezzling £IO,OOO. AUSTRALIAN NEWS, (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Pci' Press Association.)

Received -Nov, 30. it M" - n,m < Fremantle, Nov. 30,

Tim Orizaba litis arrived. The accident occurred at seven on Friday morning. There was a terrible rush o( steam which enveloped the vessel, which gradually -slackened speed and slopped. The .second engineer had Just come on deck to make a report, ami the chief, having guess-d what had happened, rushed iorivnVd to the stokehold, whence volumes of s-leain were issuing.' Alter about ten minutes, ami before the steam had pro, prly cleared, the engineer ami the white grousers descended to the stokehold, and were met by ut terrible sight* A branch of the steampipe, eight inches in diameter, leading from the main pipe to the port 'forward boiler, had burst and, of the eight Indians employed in Hie vicinity not one hud escaped uninjured. Tho greasers prccfdcd to draw tho lives, and the engineers removed the men to the deck. Four were dead, and two who were badly wounded, died, the same day. One man who was serhusly injured will lie landed at Colombo, and tho eighth was only slightly hurt. The men killed were literally cooked, the hair on their heads King 'blown oh, as the steam pressure was" 100'bs. "t llu ' limi ' °* " ie pxpl °" sinn. The second engineer had a narrow escape «s l>« examined the pipe two minutes bekiu the explosion, and went „„ deck to repjrt that steam was escapingi

lieceived Nov. MO, at 10.9 a.m. Sydney, Xov. 30. The Council, considering a clause in the Stamo Duty Hill ambiguous, struck, it out. The Premier says the alteration involves £OO,OOO per annum, The lendi)lK members in the Council insist on their right to amend money blls. Melbourne, Nov. SO.-

1„ tho Federal House .Mr Bruce Smith ~,ivc notice of motion to remove the .i„punese from the operations of the mnarration ltestrictions Act as applied o Asiatics, and to place .Japanese on the S ame footing as subjects of European Towers? • , The n«w calusc prohibiting opium and intoxicants was inserted in tho Papua Bill, which was read a third time.

Sir Tjivcrner, before the Butter Commission, admitted that he asked Mr Sinclair to use his influence to secure Ills appointment ns representative of the Manchester Ship Sana". Company in Australia, and also admitted that ho applied ' for a silo for freezing works, hut suppressed the name of the person to use (lie sitei

'iti'tvivwl Nov. 30. at 11,1.8 p.m. Sydney, Nov. 30. Arrlved-Oswestry Grunge, from Tiumni. Hailed (2 p.m.)— Victoria. Melbourne, Nov. 30. S.iiled-iloeraki.

Brisbane, Nov. 30. jlf Poulliiey l)i|?efow, l'rofcssor of Jurisprudence at Host on University, is louilne the world, and investigating tho different methods oi colonisation. He hus returned from the German colonies, New Guinea, and New Ilritain, and says in the German colonies thcro was n gwi,l deal of colonisation, but no colonists. The German officials and missionaries boycott the English missionaries, nnd oppose English intrusion of every kind.