GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1626, 29 April 1903, Page 53

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

LONDON, April 22. Sir William Wasteneys, barrister, formerly of isew Zealand, ha.s been declared bankrupt on his wife’s petition. The liabilities amount to five thousand pounds and tho assets are nil. In the course of his examination, the bankrupt attributed his bankruptcy to tho litigation against him bv his wife. [Sir William Wasteneys practised in Napier some years ago as a barrister. There was a great deal of litigation concerning divorce”between Lady Wasteneys and her husband while they were in this country.J Scottish feeling is incensed because neither King Edward nor the High Commissioner of the Church of Scotland will occupy Ho'lyrcod Palace, the ancient residence of the Kings of Scotland, during their approaching official visits. Tho Prime Minister (Mr Balfoair) explained tliat. tho palace was in an insanitary condition. As Me!ilia, the Spanish port on tho north coast of Morocco, is dependent on the tribesmen for supplies, Spain has ordered tho withdrawal of the Sultan’s Customs officials from the town. The Pretender will organise the Customs outside. LONDON, April 23. Muley and Amrani, tho S'ultan’s Customs officials at Meliiia, have arrived at Tangier. Advices from Fes state that the Zomnur and Media tribes attacked and pi’laged Mequinez. Thirty-seven of tho inhabitants, and thirteen of the tribesmen, were killed. An edict has been issued ordering the establishment of a uniform coinage in China. The Countess of Dudley is appeal : ug for subscriptions to establish njurses in tl.o poorest Irish country districts. The Glasgow Chamber cf Commerce lias formed a committee consisting of a hundred merchants to promote a p rnanent arbitration treaty between Gre.it Britain and France. Mr C. T. Ilitcliie, Chancellor of the . Exchequer, lias submitted to the Horn 6 of Commons a return showing that, after allowing for local expenditure, the beianco of England’s revenue available /or Imperial expenditure was £37.619,000, Scotland’s £10,996,000 and Ireland’s £2,570,000. LONDON, April 24. Tli© “Daily Mail” says that subsequent speeches in Australia have amply justified the financial criticisms Tecent ly published in that journal. Tho “Mail” admits that the consolidation cf State debts wo-ulcl render their loans more marketable and would enable tlio Commonwealth to borrow on better Terms —that is, if the scheme cf consolidation were accompanied by economical administration and the prevention cf local squandering. AT a meeting of the Great i* ingal Consolidated Mining Company, or West Australia, Mr C. A. Moreing stated that he had paid £32,060 to recoup the direct losses caused by the delinquencies by forgery and misappropriation of A. S. Howe, so tliat the shareholders should not be sufferers. An acrimonious debate took place, Mr W. A. Horn, representing 125.000 shares, said that Mr Moreing ought to resign, the chairmanship of the company. It was intolerable that he should act both as engineer and director. Tho report was ultimately adopted. Mr W. T. Jones, a shareholder’s nominee, was elected to tiie Board, vice Mr T. 13. Bewick, who was a partner of Mr Moreing, and of Howe. A poll was demanded on the re-elec-tion of auditors. The Emir of Kano, with twelve hundred horse and two thousand foot, attacked a mounted patrol of forty-four men of the West African horse, under •Lieut. Wright, at Kotokorost. Lieutenant Wright formed a square zareba of dense thorns, and rpulsecl ten charges of the enemy, killing three hundred of them, including eleven chiefs. One British soldier w T as hit. Only fifty rounds of ammunition were left when the enemy fled. LONDON, April 25. Tenders will shortly bo invited for Government freights to South Africa. Mr Chamberlain hopes that this will sufficiently protect the interests of the Government and the general public. Queen Alexandra has returned to London from Copenhagen. PARIS. April 23. Captain Alfred Dreyfus has.addressed a letter to General Andre, Minister of War, asking tliat an inquiry be hold in connection with the letter attributed to the German Emperor, and other documents. . Captain Dreyfus emphasises the fact that the "revelations recently made by Lieutenant Helnmth prove that the evidence given at the Rennes trial by Czernuski constituted perjury. ROME, April 21. Signor IVlarconi has made a free gift of wireless telegraph apparatus to the Italian Government. The receipts from messages from twelve stations are to go to the Government; those from ships to the Marconi Company. The State will impose a fixed tax on each message beyond the ordinary cost.

ROME, April 23. The Italian Ministry lias been arranged. Admiral Morin succeeds Signor Prinetti as minister tor Foreign Aff urs, and Admiral Bettolo replaces Admiral Mcrin as Minister of Marino. CAPETOWN, April 23. Recruiting agents are offering to bring natives from various parts of Africa to work on tho Rand for a bonus of 30s per head. Mr J- B. Robinson ha.s subscribed £50,000 and others £IOO,OOO for tho purpose. 'Five private soldiers have been sentenced to death for murdering Private Carey, of the Second*Leicesters, during a riot at Pretoria last month. NEW YORK, April 24. Tho “New York Sun,” Mr Pierpont Morgan’s organ, bitterly attacks President Roosevelt for having “absorbed the Bryanito platform” and for becoming “tiro leader of trade unionism.”