HOME AND FOREIGN CABLES

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8294, 24 September 1903, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN CABLES

[Br Electric Tklkgkai'ii.—Corvnioirr.] Per Prircss Association. Received September 24, at- 7.35 a.m. London, September 23. It is expected that it will, be some <laya before tile Cabinet is complete, owing to tlie uncertainty of Lord M Liner's decision. Received September 24, at 9.10 a.m. London, September 23. Increasing taritt'is compelled Messrs Thomas Firth and Souk, Shoilield, to purchase the Salamander Works at Riga to iy. tain and develop the trade of Russia. Tim new works cover 40 -acres and include cru. cibles, Sienieii's furnaces, hammers, and rolling mills. The disaster at -Scvnvfell is the first areident which has occurred to roped cliinhmt in England. The victims were afcecndiiif tho Scawfoll pinnacle during a heavy wind. The inquiries addressed by Sir Edmund Barton to the Pacific Cable Board on tho question whether a conferenco is still <l t .. •sired and other points arising at- the cunfer-t-nce between Sir E. Barton and Mr R.>y. nolcfc, have been dealt with by the lioaiil. which is reticicnt in regard to tlie> replies sent.

Received September 24, at 7.45 a.m. London, September 23. Cardinal Moran will remain at, Rome un til the end of October.

The Times states that a good many hi!diers who were at Ladysmitli coniewi tluil, the actual execution of the- naval guns \v;m a good deal Ices than that of two olimilwo howitzers from Port Elizabeth.

Bombay, September 23. A farewell dinner was tendered to Lend Northcote here. Lord Coram telegraphed regret that India was losing one of her moot sympathetic and .sagacious (loveninors. He congratulated Australia on th<r fact thai what was India'.') lot-y; was lili* gain. Received September 24, at 9.10 a.m. ■New York, Septrmb;r23. The Steel Trust's common stuck in ivv/lvu months has depreciated by 30,000,000, awl the. preferred stock by 30,000,000 .sterliiit;. Mr Schwab's retirement is among the causes. St. Petersburg, September 2<l. A Jewish massacre has occurred at Gomel similar to that at KishintlT. It was premeditated and the police held aloof. I'waity-five Jews were killed and 300 wounded. The troops sided with the riotcre, who plundered the bouses and .shops. Home, September 23. The Roman newspapers state that the. Pope has created Monsignor Stom-r (Arclibklmp of Trebizond), Dr Walsh (Archbishop of Dublin), and Dr Bourne (Archbishop of Westminster) Cardinals. Received September 24, at. 0.22 p.m. Berlin, September 23. The German Pra-a is irritated over th? American negotiations in Abyssinia ior n commercial treaty.

New York, Srptenib t 23. Mr Orlando Dexter, a New York lawv.e has been •murdi.ivd on bis estate, in tli, Adirondack Mountains.

The police liave discovered a nlnt iimioiii; the lumbermen and others to kill ilie millionaire owners of game preserves and privato parks covering ji million ucuh of the Adirondack^.

Budapcfith, September 23. Sjvtn relatives, coniitiluting the Vill.'ijn's Council of Pcszer, Hungary, sold the I'luvst and appropriated part of tin-, prncwfc. When the fraud was discovered they <:nmmitkd suicide.