GENERAL CABLES.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 3778, 28 June 1899, Page 6

GENERAL CABLES.

NEWFOUNDLAND FISHEDY. ST. JOHN’S, Monday. The-British Naval Commodore has pro tected American fishermen who vcre taking bait from the French shore. Newfoundland. The commander ov a French warship employed obstruct! re measures. OLDHAM UNREPRESENTED. LONDON, Monday. The constituency of Oldham is at present unrepresented in the House of Commons. Air Robert Ascroft has died, and Air James Francis Oswald, Q.C., has resigned on account of ilihealth. Both of these members sat in tho Conservative interest, and were elected in 1895 by rather narrow majorii ies. BRITISH INTERESTS IN CUBA. NEW YORK, Monday. The Now York “Herald” declares that British capitalists already control the chief industries of Cuba. MISSIONARIES IN DANGERSHANGHAI, Monday. The fanaticism against missionaries which exists among the Chinese in the Kien-ning district, province of Fo-kien. is spreading. Placards have been posted offering rewards of a thousand dollars each for the heads of missionaries. DESERTING THE KHALIFA. CAIRO, MonT;v. Tho forces under the command of the Khalifa, who was recently defeated by friendlies while on a marauding expedition along tho reaches of the Upper Nile, continue to be reduced in numbers by desertions. LATEST AMERICAN TRUST. NEW YORK, Alonday. A Farmers’ Trust is being torn ed in the United States to attempt the regu lation of the price of fruit. DEATH OF A GEOLOGIST. HOBART, Tuesday. In consequence of the death of Air James Harcourt Smith, 8.A., Government Geologist, pressure is beingbrought to bear by the Government to induce Mr Alexander Alontgomery to return to tho colony from New Zealand to take charge of the Geologist’s Office, as he is fully conversant with the mining fields of this colony. GALE OFF SYDNEY. SYDNEY, Tuesday. A heavy south-easterly gale is blowing, accompanied by a rough sea, FLOODS IN VICTORIA. MELBOURNE, Tuesday. Heavy rain has fallen throughout the colony, causing many rivers to be flooded. A number of low-lying township!are partially submerged, and considerable damage has been done to property and crops. (Received June 27,.10 p.m.) DEATH OP DEAN SELWYN. SYDNEY, Tuesday. The death is announced of the Von Rev Dean Sehvyn, of Newcastle, at da age of 7G years. NEW SOUTH WALES MINISTRY. SYDNEY, Tuesday. In consequence of the resignation Iron the Attorney-Generalship of the Hon J. H. Want, M.L.C., the following rearrangement of portfolios in the Ministry has taken place:—Right Hon G. H. Reid, Premier and Attorney-General; Hon J. 11. Carruthcrs, Colonial Treasurer ; Hon C. A. Lao, Secretary for Public Works; Hon J. 11. Young, Secretary for Lands; Hon John Hughes, Aliimtu for Justice; and Dr W. P. Cullen, VicePresident of the Executive Council. (Received June 28, 0.35 a.m.) VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT. MELBOURNE, Tuesday. Tho Victorian Parliament was opened to-day. Tho Governor’s Speech was on tho lines of the forecast already published. AN UNLIKELY STORY. BRISBANE, Tuesday. > Jean Favre, a Frenchman. swam' ashore at Tnkerman, North Queensland. Ho staled that his vessel, a sailing craft named the Figaro, left Barcelona on March 4th for Tahiti, under command of Captain. Domingo. Five of the crew intended to go pearling, but tinvessel w-as wrecked last Alonday non' the Burdekin river. It is suspected that the man is a French escapee from New Caledonia. THE PERSIAN GULF. LONDON, Tuesday. Both, the Russian and the Pirsian authorities have again denied that negotiations are taking place for the session or lease of a port in the Persian Gulf to Russia. REVIEW AT ALDERSHOT. LONDON, Tuesday. Her Majesty the Queen reviewe 1 14,000 troops at Aldershot. Tho contingent of New South Wales Lancers now on a visit to England was nresent, and was- a’ttached to the First Cavalry Brigade. The colonials acquitted them • selves excellently, and they received an ovation from the spectators. AMERICA CUP YACHT. LONDON, Tuesday. Sir Thomas Lipton’s new yacht Shamrock, which is to compete on bshalf of Great Britain for the America Cup. has been launched. LONDON GOVERNMENT BILL. LONDON, Tuesday. The House of Lords, by a majority ol 114 votes, has reversed the provision in tne London Government Bill making women eligible to sit as eldermen and councillors. (Received June 28, 0.45 a.m.) A RUSSIAN PRINCESS. ST. PETERSBURG, Tuesday. The Czarina has given birth to a daughter. - A SPY PUNISHED. ROME, Tuesday. An Italian general, who was arrested at Nice on a charge of espionage, has been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.