GENERAL CABLES.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 3605, 3 December 1898, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

. PRESS ASSOCIATION. London, December 1. St. George's Club, which was established in London in 1874 for the promotion of social, colonial and cosmopolitan intercourse and interests, is in course of liquidation. Received December 3, 11.33 p.m. Paris, December 2. The Senate has passed a Constans Bill piohibiting a secret investigation at preliminary examinations at court-martials. Capetown, December 2. In the Legislative Assembly Sir Gordon Sprigg declared that Germany was trying to obtain a fresh port in South Africa. Candia, December 2. The Cretan Mahommedans are afraid to return to the interior, though guaranteed ■protection. They also demand help to rebuild their houses. Received December 8, 1 a.m. Sydney. December 2. A census of the aboriginals shows that full-blooded natives have decreased by half, in 16 years. They now number 3230, the half-castes totalling 3061. In the case of full-bloods the deaths exceeded the births last year by 67. Paris, December 2. The Foreign Office officials imply that Bahr-el-Ghazal will be evacuated on condition that compensation is mode in the Niger territories and in Siam. The Court of Cassation is still examining Lieutenant-Colonel Picquart, but it is unlikely that it will postpone the courtmartial. London, Decern car 2. A Margate life - boat was lost while assisting a steamer, but the crew was saved.