CABLE NEWS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1683, 1 June 1904, Page 57

CABLE NEWS.

LONDON, May 26. The “Standard” publishes with reserve, but at t-lie same time is confident of the excellence of its Russian correspondent’s sources of information, reports that upwards of six hundred have been hanged at Warsaw by administrative order without any form of civil trial. The paper also states that several executions have taken place at Kronstadt and eighty at Moscow in one night, all under military law. Sir Horace Tozer. Agent-General for Queensland, responding at the Canadian dinner on behalf of sister colonies, eulogised Canada for her unselfish promotion of tlie Pacific cable and co-operation with Australia in getting a fast mail service. The Premier of the Commonwealth had said ho wished to imitate Canada. If he did he would be on the sure road to progress. Huntley’s restaurant —described, structurally, as a death-trap— at Wes-ton-super-Mare, lias been burned. Huntley, his wife, a son, a baby and two female assistants perished. The sen saved a sister, but perished in a desperate effort to rescue his parents. , King Edward has thanked the League of the Empire and other bodies for their loyal congratulations on Empire Day. Three thousand children observed the day at the Jews’ schools in Spitalfields. The “ Morning Post ” says: The King’s tribute to the work of the Discovery, contained in his message to Cape Scott at' Lyttelton, was richly deserved. The conspicuous successes <. f the expedition are warmly recognised by other nations, some of whom are represented by ships in the Antarctic. The Viceroy of Canton sent four gunboats and two torpedo-destroyers to the Portuguese settlement of Macao, at the mouth of the Canton river, to enforce' the extradition of a fugitive from justice. The Portuguese are preparing to resist the Chinese landing. George Marshall, a solicitor of Retford, Nottinghamshire, has been arrested in connection with tlie theft of £12,000 in notes, the property of the Duke of Newcastle. _ Marshall, in his recent bankruptcy examination, stated that he went to London to settle a purchase for the Duke, and the money was stolen from his room while he was staying at the Hotel Metropole. It is understood that the whole of the Fortieth Regiment of Pathans and the First Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers will proceed to Thibet. The condition of internal unrest is

causing Russian administrators great uneasiness. It is a significant fact that the regiments in European Russia retained in the country, only reservists being sent to the front. All parts of the Empire are feeling the effects of the war. Business is at a standstill, and there are. many bankrupticies. Everywhere banks are reducing credits, andmanufacturers are widely dismissing hands. LONDON May 27. The New Zealand Trust and Loan Company declares a dividend of 5 per cent, distributes. 5s per share out of its reserve 'and carries forward £11,030. The melting of the snows is causing many fatalities among tourists in the Alps. Lord Rothschild suggests that the Jewish community would be willing to guarantee that Jewish, aliens would not come on the rates for two years after their arrival in Britain, provided they are exempted from the provisions of the Aliens Act. The Hon Charles Hardinge, who has arrived at St. Petersburg to assume the duties of British Ambassador in succession to Sir Charles Scott, retired, was the bearer of a private letter from King Edward to Nicholas 11. „ Mr Hardinge presented the letter with his credentials, and personally conveyed to the Czar a message of King Edward’s desire for the maintenance of the best possible relations between Russia and Britain. LONDON, May 28. The report lias been published oE the Duke of Norfolk’s Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the militia and volunteer system. The Commission recommends that, as far as possible, the whole of the ablebodied male population should be trained in the use of arms. It is believed by the Commission that the necessary training could be given in a year, with two subsequent yearly trainings of a few weeks each. The report states that the provision of an army for home defence, capable of protecting Great Britain from invasion, requires the training of every citizen. .

LONDON, May 29. _ Tjie Australian Mercantile Organisation entertained Mr W. H. Irvine, late Premier of Victoria, at a banquet. Replying to the toast of his health, Mr Irvine said investors had no reason to be apprehensive ns to the financial stability of the colonies. In connection with “ White Australia,” he said there was much misapprehension respecting the attitude of the Australian Government in regard to immigration. He was not an apologist for the law applying to the introduction of the six hatters. It was unnecessarily drastic, and might have been administered with a good deal more tact, but it was an absolute mistake) to suppose it was passed to keep out British artisans. Australian operatives did not desire to exclude ordinary legitimate workers, though they wished to prevent being swamped with contract immigrants when a strike was in progress. ROME, May 27. Tlie Republican Mayor and the Corporation of Bologna will entertain King Victor Emmanuel shortly. The Pope has consented to the Archbishop of Bologna participating in the reception, this being the first time since 1859 that the Bishop of a former Papal State pays respects to tlie King. [Bologna, one of the most ancient cities of Italy, lias given eight Ropes and more than two hundred Cardinals to the Church.] BERNE, May 26. The Cotton Congress sitting at Zurich for tlie purpose of devising measures to counteract gambling in cotton and to develop new sources of supply has appointed an International Committee to realise its objects. PARIS, May 28. During a debate in ■ the Chamber of Deputies, the Premier, M. Combes, said that owing to the recent protest of Pope Pius X. against President Loubet visiting King Victor Emmanuel without first calling upon his Holiness, M. Nisard, French Minister at the Vatican, had been recalled for the purpose of ending the superannuated claim to temporal power. Regarding the Concordat, and considering the Church’s method of observing it, M. Combes stated the Government was unable'any longer to accept the situation. He urged the postponement till January of any motion foi the separation of Church and State. By 487 votes to 95 tlie first clause of a resolution approving M. Nisard’s recall was adopted. The second clause—to exclude amendments — ; W£is adopted by 883 votes to 160, and the whole resolution was then carried on a show of hands. NEiW YORK, May 26. Fifty miners have been entombed by an explosion in a mine at Williamstnwn, Pennsylvania. Seven bodies have been recovered. NEW YORK, May 26. Tlie Presbyterian Assembly of Buffalo, by a majority of two to one, adopted a resolution prohibiting its ministers from marrying divorced persons. OTTAWA, May 26. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of The Dominion, has promised the introduction of a Bill to prohibit the employment of aliens in the construction or working of railways in receipt of Government subsidies*

CALCUTTA, May 26. There has been no news from Gyangtse for three days owing to attacks on the postal carriers. MELBOURNE, May 27. William McLelland has been arrested at Kerrisdaie on a charge of murdering Iris wife and child. He informed the police that ho found them dead on returning home after a couple of days’ absence. but the evidence at the inquest disclosed that they had been poisoned. The first General Conference of r the United Methodist Free Church of Australasia has been opened here. Dr Fitchett lias been elected president. Messrs Ft. S. Anderson and Co., solicitors, have filed their schedule in bankruptcy. The liabilities amount co £67,000, and there is an estimated deficiency of £60,000. _ SYDNEY r May 27. The steamer Workfield, which yesterday came from Newcastle to take bunk, er coal, while leaving harbour with a cargo of six thousand tons of phosphates shipped at Ocean Island, grounded on a sand-bank at North Head. A pilot steamer towed her off, apparently undamaged, and she was taken to. an anchorage. The mishap is attributed to no jiilot being aboard. It was alleged that the vessel was over-loaded, and the Department of Navigation had refused to allow a pilot to take the vessel to sea. The captain then 'decided to navigate her himself. There is some doubt as to the Workfield’s destination. On leaving Newcastle, it was given as Europe, via New Zealand, but it is now stated to be Stettin. Proceedings are to be taken against tlie captain. On the arrival of the Zealandia. members of the Ministry met and welcomed Sir John See and Mr Crick. Sir John stated that he had greatly benefited by his holiday in New Zealand. He spoke enthusiastically of Rotorua and its springs, and of tlie handsome treatment lie had received at the hands of Mr Secldon and the New. Zealand Government. Everything xiossible was done to make his stay enjoyable. Several more plague-infected rats have been caught. A man living at Pyrmont lias been attacked by plague. Tie State Treasurer has announced that though the Government was steadily accumulating a large credit balance it would not forget its policy of prudence and economy. The Amateur Athletic Association haa decided to co-operate with the New Zealand Association in. bringing out a team of American athletes. The Victorian Association has decided in a similar direction. SYDNEY, May 28. Sir John See, the State Premier, who has just returned from a visit to New Zealand, replying in the course of an interview to criticism as to over-borrow-ing, said in New Zealand the Government was blamed for not borrowing more money for railway construction, yet New Zealand was prosperous in every respect. Tlie captain of the steamer Workfield, which grounded on a sand bank at North Head last Thursday, and was towed off apparently uninjured, has been served with a summons for overloading. PERTH, May 26. A catastrophe has occurred at tlie Great Boulder Proprietary Mine at Kaigoorlie. Samuel Jones, Thomas Bates, Thomas Morley, James Harper and John Risebury were fixing skids at the 400 ft level, when the winding gear of the skeleton cage they were using went wrong, and the cage crashed down with fearful velocity. The first named four were killed outright. Risebury was terribly injured, and died in the hospital. The Collector of Customs at Broom® reports that the lugger Elizabeth has been lost at sea. She was last seen on 27tli March, previous to a heavy blow. The crew numbered six.