CABLE FLASHES.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVIX, Issue 3006, 18 December 1896, Page 2

CABLE FLASHES.

Tho Oruha is to replace the Orotava in the Australian running. Mr Justice Hodges, while cycling in Melbourne, was run into by another rider, and hod bis leg broken and his ankle dislocated.' Baron De Conrcel, French Ambassador to London, is retiring. His reason for doing so is unknown. , Encouraging reports have been received from the Queensland interior os to the decrease of tho tick. The insect is disappearing from tho old infected dibtriefs, audits • spread has also been arrested by tbo dipping operations, which are proving very effective. In the Victorian Legislative Assembly the second reading of the Bill reducing the number of members of Parliament was carried by 40 to 21, or two less than the statutory majority required. : The Bill was therefore’ dropped. The President of the Legislative Council baa ruled tho Constitution Reform Bill to bo out of order, as it was not introduced in the manner prescribed by the Constitution Apt. -■ ’ , . , T A Cuban League has been, formed m Hew York. It includes Mr Theodore Roosevelt, tho well-known author, Mr Chauncey Depew, the celebrated Republican orator, and Mr A stor, the millionaire. A number of Tammany Hall followers advocate autonomy for the island. An attempt of the Jingo membora to prevent Congress from adjourning failed. The insurgents have refused offers of American volunteers, but ask for supplies.