GENERAL CABLES.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXV, Issue 5029, 29 July 1903, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

JEWS AT KTSHINEFF. ST PETERSBURG, Jnlv 27. By order of the Holy Synod, the‘Bishop of Kishincff has directed hia clergy to endeavour to diminish the feeling of religious hatred against the Jews.

PEASANT GIRLS BURNED. ST PETERSBURG, July 27. Thirty-three peasant girls who were sleeping in a barn at Shalltoka lost their lives through the building taking are.

AN ARCHDUKE'S MARRIAGE. BERNE, July 27. Herr Wolfing, formerly Archduke Lear pold of Austria, was married to the actress Annette Adaraorio at Veyrier, near Geneva. Herr Wolfing intends to become a naturalised Swiss.

SEIZURE OF A FISHING BOAT. . HOBART. July 28. iho Tasmanian authorities have seized the Victorian fishing ketch Doris for alleged breaches of the fishing regulations. The vessel was seized in the Kent Group, in Bass Strait, the arresting party covering the crew with their revolvers.

THE NEW MISSION YACHT. PERTH, July 28. The new Melanesian mission yacht Southern Cross arrived at Albany on Saturday, and after coaling left for Adelaide on Sunday. While the vessel wan in the Red Sea the chief steward, Lambert, committed suicide by taking prussic acid.

TROUBLE ON A STEAMER. PERTH, July 28. The chief, second and third engineers of the steamer A. J. Hooken have been arrested for dsobedience of orders. They alleged that the vessel was nnseaworthy The firemen of the ship also struck. Two fires among cotton-waste saturated with oil were discovered on board, but were extinguished without damage.

CATTLE FOE SOUTH AFRICA. H ' SYDNEY, July 23. The State Government Agent in South Africa advises that South African farmers consider the size of cattle of considerable importance. In dairy cattle Ayrshires and Durhams of good size sell well.l bnt unless showy animals are sent the traffic will not pay.

SHIPMENT OF SPECIE. • SYDNEY, July 28. The Sierra, which sailed yesterday for San Francisco via Auckland, took half a million in specie.