MISCELLANEOUS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1715, 11 January 1905, Page 18

MISCELLANEOUS.

SYDNEY CONSUL’S ADVICES. SYDNEY, January 3. Cable messages received by the Japanese Consul regarding the .surrender of Port Arthur state that the Mikado, appreciating the self-sacrifice and devotion that General Stoessel had displayed for the cause of his F a the inland,, desired that-the due honours of a soldier should he accorded him. General Nogi, the Japanese Commander, reports as follows: — The Tungkiwanshan and G Forts were blown up on Monday by the enemy, who then evacuated the Q forts. We occupied the forts and places southward of the places mentioned. All the Russian ships in the harbour, or at the harbour entrance, were blown up by the enemy. Our operations have been suspended since the same morning, pending the conclusion of the negotiations for surrender. SYDNEY, January 4.

The Japanese Consul has received a cable message stating that Admiral Togo declared on the Ist inst., under command of the Imperial Government, that tho blockade of the Liaotung Peninsula should only be maintained hereafter on the coast lying westward of a straight lino drawn Jrotu South Entry Point to Wedge Head. The Imperial Government has decided not to allow for the present any ships, except those in its service, to enter Talienwan without tho special permission of the naval and military authorities concerned.