GENERAL CABLES.
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 11. Turkish recruits at Salonica stoned the wife of tho German Consul. LONDON, April 11. A serious native outbreak has occurred at French Congo. Many factories have been looted, and a number of Europeans killed. Mr Yereks, an American capitalist, has secured capital to the extent of fifteen millions sterling to convert the present underground railway in London into an electric railway, and also to construct four other electric lines in London. MELBOURNE, April 12. The ship StruthgrySo, which is ashore .at Fish Creek, is now high and dry. Fears are entertained as to the possibility of getting her re-floated. (Received April 14, 1.14 a.m.l LONDON, April 13. M. Lessar, Russian Minister at Pekin, has notified China that Niuohwang will bo restored when tho foreign contingents leave the town, and Tientsin is evacuated. The troubles iu French Congo are attributed partly to the collection of a head tax in the shape of rubber, and chieflv to the existence of companies
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 4635, 14 April 1902, Page 5
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