HOME AND FOREIGN CABLES

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVII, Issue 7876, 26 April 1902, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN CABLES

[By Electbic Teleokaph.—Copybight.]

Pee Press Associations Received April 26, at 9.18 a.m. London, April 25. The Chinese Imperial troops defea/bed the rebels at Nanningfu, wounding and oapturing their leader, Hungyungheng. Under the Brussels agreement it is arranged to purchase forty per cent of the Cape to Cairo railway plant in Britaiih. Mr Herbert Williams, a well-known railway concessionaire, holds Mr Rhodes' written authorisation to connect Mashonaland and the Congo Free State by a section line. Brussels, April 25. The Belgian strike has entirely fizzled out, and work has been resumed, owino- Ito the Government's firmness and the lack of strike funds. Received April 26, at 9.26 a.m. London, April 25. In the House of Commons Mr Balfour, during the debate on the Procedure Bill, announced -that there would be Jtn autumn session. Mr Starling, late manager, sued Messrs Houlder Bros, for damages for wrongful dismissal. A verdict was given for the de- I fendants, who alleged that Starling divulged secret cablegrams. The New Zealand 'Shipping Company's new steamer Turakina has been launched at Newcastle-on-Tvne.

In a railway accident ?*t Hackney Downs, on 'the C4reat Eastern Railway, the axle of the engine broke, and the train stopped suddenly, causing- some carnages to tilt. There were some fatalities and scores of injured. At the by-elect'icns Lord G'jarles Berestord was returned unopposed for Woolwich, and Mr Lav,", a Nationalist, replaced Mr Boyle, resigned, for West Donegal. Received April 26. at 10.9 a.m. London, April 25. Arrived—lsle of Erin, from Auckland.