CABLES.

North Otago Times, 23 September 1908, Page 2

CABLES.

♦ HOME AND EOREIGN

ißy Electric Teli'gruph.-Copyi%Li Per Press Association, Received September 22, at 3.Wp.91L Heme, SeptenM U. Wilbur ■ Wright's ncfoplano nit Jflfc< Lemnn flew CC kilometres f O<J 'f(K metres in 91 minutes 25 second*, M cords for both distances. Cairo, September 22, Tiio Somali Mullah attacked th tribes' friendly to tlio British, Uillnif many women and children. A Bri tish forco subse-|ucntly defeated tli< Mullah with heavy loss. i London, Soptcmber 2i

A telegram from Windhoek, Ca"> Colon}', states that the re';el intivi chief Simon Copper is again on th war path in Soutlr-wes't Africa, tin eastern portion of which is closed to whites,

The socialists nro rcoroanianj a demonstration of from ten totwont; thousand unemployed in Trafalgar Square for October 10th.

Tlio North-east coast enoiiicori' lat est ballot accepts the provisioinl tonus of settlement after sever, month struggle, during • which the loss o waircx amounted to half a million The strike pav distributed amountc' to '£240,(100. Recked September 22, at• 10.20 p.m. London, September 22.

While the trade unionists ofT.«nci> shiro would welcome tho interventior of the Board of Trade in conn?c lion with the strike, most of the i-ig spinning concerns would le via'' •if t.l-o .opportunity of (-losing lV< nv'lls for a time in order to rc.lur pfe'ls. Tho relations of tho spinnm? and card-room, amalgamation are strained owing to the readiness of the spinners to yield, .if the general fc'.ler at'on of trade unions, which nronlrmdy furnishing five-eighths of the car.l and blowing rooms strike pay. avrre to help the spinners. The prospects of a pro'lraclctl strike are nlarming.Berne, September 22, Wilbur Wright's motor worked without ni hitch. Tha aeroplane rose over a hundred foot, and when it descended ■ tlio crowd cheered frantically. Tho| American Ambassador to France,. \ii, congratulating thoso in the aeroplane, remarked, "America may well he. proud of you."

Ottawa, ■SeptambeH 02. Ti'c Canadian Government has discovered an estensivo system of fraud practised Chinese immigrants who obtained exemption' from .the hcadtax, ly means) of fraudulent certificates. Tile Government have ten defrauded of £30,000. " ' '

Received September.'22, at 10.20 p.m. ' , Paris, September 22..

The . destruction, of the Paris telephone exchange has occasioned, enormous inconvenience to tho city- subscribers and all France. The '-latest American central Ibattety, had just been installed at great cost. It is felievod that owing' to defective insulation, a phort circuit. occurred,. causing.' • the inflammable covering! oMVsurrbuncTwires to ignite.: Fortonatelv onty-200 womm operators- were on ;o"uty. on Sunday, instead of «00, All escaped though' ■■ 'h fire ißpread witK exttaor-

dinary rapidity.' ' , ( London, September 22. t 'The Pal| Mall GazotUi nays -it js expected that a special squadron oi modem Butlsh ships -wll visit Aus--11 alia nevt year. / "