CABLE BREVITIES.
The sale of alcohol baa been prohibited in Egypb, south of the 20th degree.
Rodriquez has been declared dictator of Costa Rica, Central American Republic.
The first-class cruiser Hawke is being gob ready to replace the Warspite on the Pacific station.
The ship Golden Horn, from Newcastle to San Pedro, has been wrecked. .The craw were saved. . .'" :
Mrs. Harrison, wife of President Harrison, is suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis and pleurisy.
lb is officially announced that De Witte succeeds Vishnegradsky as Russian Minister of Finance.
The Privy Council of Ireland has repealed the remainder of the edicts under the Coercion Act.
A commission is being appointed to decide upon British claims for compensation during the Chilian civil war. Russians are reported to be threatening to seize more sealers. Lord Rosebery is awaiting details before, taking further action.
Mr. Gladstone went on an expedition to Snowdon, and had climbed half-way up the mountain, when it was enveloped in mist, and he had to descend. ~
The first two volumes of Lord Augustas Loftus' reminiscences have been published. The press pronounce them a veritable mine of secret history and of valuable anecdote.
The St James's Gazette welcomes the prospect of a visit from an Australian team next year. If it represents the real strength of the colonies, the Gazette thinks it will make things hum in the cricket world. . - ," >. j*~ ' - v
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8986, 17 September 1892, Page 5
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