GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7017, 4 January 1910, Page 5

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyric PORT ARTHUR A FREE PORT. (Received January 3, 10.55 p.m.) LONDON. January 3.

Renter's correspondent at Tolrio announces that Port Arthur will a* an early date be opened as a free commercial port of entry. fßy the treaty of Portsmouth, signed on September sth, 1905, Russria transferred to Japan, with tho consent of China, the lease, -which expires in 1523, of tho Kwantung Province, including Port Arthur, Talien. and Dalny, and all rights, privileges, and concessions forming part_of the lease, and all public works and properties In the territory. Japan undertook that the proprietary rights of Eussian subjects should be respected. 3 AFGHAN GUN-RUNNERS SURPRTSTCD- ■ LONDOiHV January 3. A fore© from tho British cruiser Perseus landed on the Beluchistau ooast and marched inland till it came on a body of Afghans guarding 850 rifles and 100,000 . cartridges. Tho Afghans were driven off and -the arms and ammunition wore destroyed. A TYPHOID EPIDEMIC. OTTAWA. January 3. A serious epidemic of typhoid fever prevails at Montreal, and there are 2000 cases in the hospitals, which are overcrowded. COSGROATII SHOOTING TRAGEDY. MELBOUB2STE, January 3. Another death has resulted from the Cosgrove shoo-fang case, Willio Clugston, one of ■the four children shot by their mother, having succumbed to his injuries. MLNOR ITEMS. A heavy ■uhundeu-Efcorm has given a month's water supply to Broken Hill, Which was on *the verge of a. water famine. M. Olomenoea-u, ex-Premier of France, lafter explanations regarding the candidature of pure Socialists for Beats in the Chambar of Deputies, has idocsided to remain a member of the Radical SociaKst party. Creuzier, the French Canadian, who last week iron largo Vsums at the Monte (Carlo gaming-tables, finally lost the I -whole of has winnings.