GENERAL CABLES.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 3261, 19 October 1897, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

By Tclegraph.—Press Association. — Copyright , London, October 16.

The divorced husband of Mrs Langtry, who was recently found wandering aimlessly on a railway line and placed in the Chester Lunatic Asylum, has died there. A 100yds swimming match has been arranged to take place on the 27th between Derbyshire and Hellings. Tyers was invited to take part in it, but declined.

The Canadian per cent, loan of .£2,000,000 for the extension of railways to the mining districts and the deepening of the canals along the river St. Lawrence has been successfully floated. The average price realised was .£9l 10s sd, or 10s 5d above the minimum fixed by the Government.

News from the Gold Coast states that the Government troops of the Congo Free State have defeated the mutineers of the expedition commanded by Baron Dhanis, State Inspector of the Congo Free State. There were 400 mutineers killed. Calcutta, October 16.

The bubonic plague is spreading in India. Several cases have been reported in Madras. New lobk, October 16. A shocking accident occurred in the Opera House in Cincinnati. During a performance a portion® of the ceiling fell. Pour persons were killed and 12 terribly injured. St. Petebbeueo, October 16. The Czar Las decided to take measures for the Russianising of the Germanic communities in the western and southern provinces of Russia. Perth, October 18. The woman, portion of whose remains were found in a night-soil tip, is the wife of a nightman named O’Brien, who has been arrested. Received October 19, 12.15 a.m. Athens, October 17. M. Zamies, the Greek Premier, is urging the Finance Commission appointed by the Powers to commence its work. Paris, October 17. M. Leon Bourgeois, speaking at Chalons, protested against the Va tican’s persistent interference with French internal affairs. (New-York, October 17. Mr Charles Anderson Dana, a wellknown journalist, cotat 88, is dead.