GENERAL CABLES

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1747, 30 August 1905, Page 31

GENERAL CABLES

LONDON, August 26. Mr Lyttelton has informed the Age nt s- Gen era! that the Treasury is unable to reconsider its -decision of October, 1903, respecting double income tax, adding that it is useless to appoint a committee to consider the question, as the Agents-General suggested, till the Treasury’s arguments adduced in 1903 have been met and refuted. Le May’s estimate of the English hep crop states that it is one of the best ever marketed, and that, there is no need to import. The publication at Simla of Lord Kitchener’s memorandum, dated the 17th inst., impugning the accuracy of Loi-d Curzon’s summary of his proposals, coupled with Lord Curzon’s reply—which maintains the correctness of th 3 summary and the deductions he made—shows a crisis more acute than that which reached its he ght during the controversy in June. Mr Ooghlan, Agent-General for New South Wales, has handed the Colonial Office Burns, Philo and Co.’s amended claim in connection with the Marshall Islands, totalling-£17,500. The claim includes £7SQO for loss on trading this year until October Ist. The company urges as immediate the suggested reference to The Hague Tribunal of Arbitral tion in. the event of Germany not entertaining the claim as rendered. LONDON, August 27. Several ladies who visited the Canterbury Cathedral without head covering were excluded for disregarding the usual reverent custom. The movement is supported by the English Church Union. A long correspondence is being carried on in the newspapers. LONDON, August 28. Speaking at Llanelly, Lord Roberts, who has undertaken a campaign to endeavour to make the people realise the danger of weakness in the army, said he admitted that the regular army was as efficient as it could possibly be with the training it received, but what was wanted was not merely efficient regulars and auxiliaries, but that the whole manhood of the nation should constitute such a great potential reserve of force that a sane nation would seldom, if ever, assail. PARIS, August 27. The sum of £24,000 has been recovered from Gallay, the defaulting clerk of the Comptoir d’Estcompte, who was arrested at Bahia. ROME, August 26. The “Tribune” announces that the Pope is about to negotiate the institution of a Delegation at Tokio and a Nunciature at Pekin, instead of relying on French protection. BERLIN, August 25. Indignation meetings are spreading throughout Germany in connection with the meat famine. A demand is being made for the admission of foreign meat into the country. BERLIN, August 28. . A German fleet was ordered to Swinemunde, on the Baltic Sea, to greet Admiral Wilson, Commander-in-Chief of the British Channel fleet, prior to manoeuvring. The Kaiser’s squadron will reach Swinemunde to-day. Admiral Wilson and his vessels, however, arrived unexpectedly last evening. He exchanged salutes with the shore batteries. NEW YORK, August 26.

Mr Pierpont Morgan has secured the dismissal of Mr Elweil, Curator at the New York Art Museum, for consigning to a lumber-room a bronze statue of Cains Vibius Gallus (who held a high command -in the expedition of the Roman Emperor Decius '-against the Goths in 251, and after the defeat and' death of the latter was elected Emperor by the Senate and the soldiers, with Hostilianus. Deem s’s son, as his colleague), on the ground-that it was worthless, though it cost Air Morgan £IO,OOO. The newspapers condemn Mr Morgan

for using his influence to enforce the acceptance by the museum of an article of questionable value. : NEW YORK, August 26. Yellow lever is spreading in New Orleans. The medical authorities believe there are a thousand cases in Louisiana. It is unlikely that the epidemic will be stamped out till the weather is colder. NEW YORK, August 26. It is estimated that four millions sterling has been lost at Saratoga this season, whereof three millions was gambled away on the racecourse. NEW YORK, August 27. The four-masted barque Marlboro ugh Hill, which was loading oil at New York for Sydney, was struck by lightning yesterday, and set on fire. It is hoped tfiat the hull of the vessel will be saved. Washington, August 27. President Roosevelt was three and ahalf hours in the submarine Plunger resting at the bottom of Long Island Sound (the navigable channel between Long Island and New York and Connecticut, 110 miles in length), at a depth of 40ft. A storm was raging above, but was unnoticed by those in the submarine. HONGKONG, August 28. The bakers at Hongkong and Canton have refused to handle American Sour. American trade in is paralysed. SYDNEY., August 26. The City Council has approved the scheme relating to slum resumption. A bill giving effect to the recommendation will be submitted to Parliament. An epidemic of strangles has broken out in the Adaminaly district. A number of deaths are reported. BRISBANE, August 26. Two nuggets of gold, weighing 940* and 70oz, have been found in the Deo river. A rush has set in. HGBART, August 26. The Assembly read a second time the % Local Option Bill, which has been re-' ferred to a Select Committee. PERTH, August 26. Mr Daglish, ex-Premier, claims £SOOO from the “Kalgoorlie Sun” for alleged libel. SYDNEY, August 26. The Dunlop road racing championship of New South Wales was won by V. MoLean, of the Western Suburbs Club. SYDNEY, August 28. While the Austrian warship Panther was quitting Farm Cove she narrowly missed ramming the British cruiser Challenger. Both anchors of the Panther were let go, and the vessel was hauled up within a few feet of the Challenger. Two further charges of forgery and uttering have been sworn by the police against W. N Willis.