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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1267, 11 June 1896, Page 28

LATEST CABLES.

London, June 8. While James St,anbury, tho Australian sculler (who arrived in England recently to go into training for his match with Harding for tho championship of the world) was out practising on the Thames to-day, his boat capsized; and it was reported that as a result of tho accident Stanbury was drowned. Fortunately this report provos to he untrue, the sculler having reached the shore safely. London, June 9. It appears that Stanlmry lost a scull while out practising, and in trying to recover it, upset his shell. He dived into the river, and his empty boat was found by a passing skiff. This at. first led to tho belief that lie had been drowned. i 1 e has since resumed training. The Irish Laud Law Reform Bill lias been read a second time. Mr Balfour said if members would cooperate with the Government thero was reasonable hope of getting the measure through all its stages. C* )NSTAN'TLNOIT. E, JIUIO 8. The Kurds have massacred the English, French and < Jerman engineers and many of the Armenians employed on tho .Smyrna and Kasaba Railway. Constantinople, June 9. Two hundred of tho men at work on the Smyrna Railway were massacred by the Kurds. Madrid, June !). Several Spanish cities will voluntarily contribute vessels to the navy in imitation ot the ex unple set by Barcelona. Cairo, June 8. Tho Mixed Tribunal has ordered the Government to replace the advance made l*y the Caisso de la Dotto towards the expenses of the Soudan expedition, with interest and costs. The French and Russian members of the Caisso have been directed to execute the judgment. Capetown, Juno 8. Four hundred of tho Matubolo wore killed in tho light on tho Gwelo road on ( Sunday, 1

Sydney, June 9. The ballot of tho Newcastle miners has resulted in tho rejection of the recommendation of the delegates to accept the owners’proposals, and tho adoption of an amendment demanding that a higher price should bo charged for coal, and the hewing rate increased. The Government is appointing a Commission of coalmining and shipping experts to enquire into the causo of the fires which have been so frequent in coal ships recently. Mr Russell, the Government Astronomer, has announced the discovery—or rather rediscovery, as he alleges that which was known and acted upon by the ancient Jews and Egyptians—of a weather cycle system. In an interesting paper which ho read before the Royal Society, ho undertook to demonstrate the periodicity of good and bad seasons, dating his calculations back to me. 1705, the time of Pharaoh’s famine. Scientists will be specially interested in tho statement that as Mr Russell’s investigations proceeded, the weight of evidence gradually converged upon the moon as the exciting cause. He never had any sympathy with the theory of lunar influence on the weather, and received tho evidence against his will. But the logic of facts left no alternative than to accept tho moon as prime motor. There is said to he little chanco of tho masters agreeing to the proposals of the Delegate Board, as tho coal trade of the district is lost, and a period of depression is expected. The Singapore market, they say, is entirely lost, while the Manilla market has received a disastrous cheek. Other proprietors say tho trade can only ho regained by a reduction in wages. Tho Marine Board lias found that tho Karoola was lost by a wrongful act or default, and Captain Richards has been called upon to show cause, on Monday, why his certificate should not be suspended.