CABLES.

North Otago Times, 29 May 1908, Page 1

CABLES.

110)113 AS)'FOREIGN, (By. Electrio Telegiaph.-Copyiigbt.) Per Press Association. Received May 28, at 7.30 a.m. St. -l'etersburjj, May 27. A bomb, delivered in n jug of milk for n prisoner, in a Tiflis jail, ..was : afunv«nis thrown attho guard room causing a panic. Simultaneously two sentinels wero shot dead and 18 prisoners escaped, New York, May 27, Robert Caldwell's condition lias become worse, and proceedings for his extradition from America in connoe-' lion with perjury during (ho hearing of the Druco cane, have been postponed. Pari?, May 27, The French newspapers of all fhades warmly acclaim the solidity. 0 f the en. lento. L Eclair alone advises caution, lest Germany | )0 provoked, adding that' tho Uritish Admiralty i„ | i( , nt mn destroying Germany's- squadron. London, May 27. Two hundred and thirty French off"Ws and sailors were, to-dav shown the London sights and fotcd. Lord TMcdinonth is suffer ng from irsomnin and nervous breakdown, requiring prolonged r c st. Received Jf nv o S) flt mft m _

London, May 27 Lord Mount-Stephen has given the K '"?s Hospital fund nnolWu £7ooo a Vonr, making his total contribution oyer..tJo J ooo« yf nr l or an a wo-atc oi oveq a million sterling. Ifc odvka Ike Finance C om mittee that if (lie Vc l c , «dc on changing the securities " j n which his contributions arc now invested, he will not, reinstate them in trustee, /securities,

Mr J. o'Grndy (Labor), speaking in the House of Commons, suggested ih o suspend n of the King's visit to Russia, owing to the imprisonment o! many members oi the first and second Dumas and the continuance of official murders. Mr As.jtiith severely relinked such a reflection on a foreign nation. The Speaker slopped Mr O'Grndy from further intervention. The Labor parjy have resolved, to write Sir Edward Grey urging the abandonment of (be Kiiig't visit, Calcutta, May 27. All the tril.-cs adjacent to tliu Indian administrative border are rendv to submit. If necessary to punish the Rhoda Kliclf) and ltai tribesmen, the operation .will be entrusted to General Barrett, who holds n strategic base nt Mahalkj, Received May 28. at 9.7 a.m, London, May 2], President Ealliercs and the Prince of Wales were guests at a luncheon nt tl:e Guildhall, and met with tremendous enthusiasm, The Railway Rifle Club at Brisbane at present stands' second for the Daily Mail Empire Cup competition, with a score of 507. Durban, May 23, Fifty rifles, two thousand cartridges, and Djnizulu's despatch box hnvo h-on unearthed in some, envos in Zululnnd. rnris,ilny 07. Four thousand sterling worth oi valuable enamels have been stolen from Limoges Cathedral. Rome, May 2f, A priest and a sacristan near Riggioile, Calabria, drank from a chalice of wine which had jo n pois ntdand both succumbed. Received May 2S, at 10.13 a.m. London, May 27. In (he cricket'match, Middkstx v, Hampshire, P. F. Warner made 110 and Tan-ant 157, scoring 203 for the first wicket. ;

AUSTRALIAN NEWS,

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Received May 'US, at 10 a.m. Sydney, May 2'i

M a result of the Hospital .Saturday appeal i'li-WO has been distriijutea among the hospitals. This is .fclOOe ni.ovo the amount distribut-d lss. year.

A soUheily gale wth heavy sea i n,lining on tho const. Shipping \- shellering, A coaling station for British warships has, hecn cslobli>hcd nt the New Hebrides.

A serious diitb.reako f!*ri j beri fever amongst the native laborers isr eported from Ocean Lland. Three or ioui deaths are reported daily. Adelaide, May 2i. During a tribal fight nt Oodnnatlti two a'ijorigincs were slain.

Melbourne, May 28. The Federal Labor .caucus decided to support the Government in passing the Surplus Revenue Hill with mi Old Age Pensions'Bill attachment. Tho lender of tho parly is annoyed that no opposition will be offered to the vote, of a Quarter of o> millio" Muck out of the.Estimates lnsti week, which is to 'be bought up as a separate measure to "mark tho commencement of the ,policy o! naval defence. The House ha« conclude;! consideration of the Senate's -tariff rcpicst. In the Senate Mr Best said tie Go vcrnment wero aware of the-arrange-ment between Capo Colony and New Zealand for the introduction of Cape wncs at specially reduced rales, adding that in the draft of the reciprocity treaty oi 1906, between the Federal Government, and Mr Seddon, prdcronce' was promise;! to Australian wines. New Zealand btatisl'os did not show that trade with New Zealond was suffering hy South Afiicnn competition, Hobnrt, May 27. A new morning paper, tho Daily l'ost.h asb ecn started, ll.supports DonMnism.