HOME AND FOREIGN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10518, 28 July 1910, Page 4

HOME AND FOREIGN CABLES.

[By Electric Telegraph—Corruxanx ] (Per Piiess Association.) CUBAN INSURGENTS, deceived July 27, at 11.10 p.m. Washington, July 27. It is reported that General Minier, who headed the insurrection at Caney in Cuba has retreated to the hills. The Government troops are pursuing him. LIMITATION OF ARMAMENTS. Rome, July 27. The King of Italy states that he recently submitted a proposal for the' limitation of the building of warships to a. : person who should give his whole effective support to such a proposal, but he v.-as misunderstood. CLEMENCY FOR BLACKMAILER. Received July 27, at 10.20 p.m. London, July 27. The sentence of 20 years passed on Franz von Voltlieim in 1908 for demanding money, with threats, from Solly Joel, has been reduced by five years. "JACK THE RIPPER'S " IDENTITY. ■London, July 27. Mr Marsham, the Magistrate at Bonstreet, stated that l)r Winslow's protege, mentioned .yesterday, might sue the writer of any slanderous letters in the newspapers. DREAD STOCK DISEASE. London, July 27. In tlie House of Commons Sir E. Strachey announced a fresh outbreak rf foot and month disease in a field adjoining the Kirby Malzeard farm. TAFT AND ROOSEVELT. New York, July 27. Mr Nicholas Longworth, Mr Roosevelt's son-in-law, Chairman of the Ohio Republican Convention, paid a glowing tribute to Mr Taft's administration. AMNESTY IN TURKEY. Constantinople, July 27. The Turkish officials recently granted an. amnesty include Shakir Pasha, chief of Abdul Hamid's Military Cabinet. FINANCES OF LIBERIA. Monrovoa, July 27. A loan of two million dollars is being raised in Europe to reorganise the Libsrian finance under the aegis of the United States Government. | [Liberia is populated largely by liberated slaves from America repatriated through humane agency.] London, July 27. The newspapers comment on the significance of the United States' policy towards Libaria. , THE ROYAL ADMIRAL. Received July 28, at 0.15 a.m. London, July 27. King George visited Tor bay and passed between the first line of Dreadnoughts and the King Edward class of battleships. He inspects the fleet today, when there will be a mimic light -it sea. THE BERE3FORT) PROGRAMME. London, July 27. Lord Charles Beresford is preparing a memorandum urging the laying down of 11 Dreadnoughts in 1911 and the flotation of a naval loan of (30 millions. BIG QUAKES IN JAPAN. Tokio, July 27. Prolonged earthquake shocks have been experienced, causing fissures in the earth. There were no deaths.

INFANT MORTALITY. London, July 27. Mr Buxton has issued Dr Ne'.vsholme's report on infantile mortality n England and Wales. This is the 'first systematic attempt to investigate the subject. AUSTRIA NOT YET SATISFIED. Received July 28, at 8.0 a.m. St. Petersburg, July 27. Anxiety is felt here owing to the alleged revival of the Austro-Hungarian demand for a strip of Montenegro commanding the road to Cettinjc. * CHINESE PIRATES. Pekin, July 27. The Portuguese captured fourteen additional pirates at Oolownn, and liberated eight women and children. THE VICEROY'S COUNCIL. Calcutta, July 27. Mr William Henry Clarke, one of the principal clerks in the Board of Trade, has been appointed a member of the Viceroy's Executive Council in India. MUTINY IN GERMAN NAVY. Berlin, July 27. The cruiser Bluechcr returned to Kiel and a party of sixty men was landed under a strong guard. It is understood that a mutiny broke out among the men, who .allege that the food is bad. AN UNSPOILED PRINCE. Received July 28, at 9.40 a.m. London, July 27. The Prince of Wales will not accept invitations to become president of any societies until he has attained his majority. CROPS IN ROUMANIA. Bucharest, July 27. The Roumanian crops are in splendid condition. BIG LOSS BY FIRE. Paris, July 27. A warehouse belonging to the" Chamber of Commerce at Marseilles has been burned, and the damage is estimated at several million francs. LADIES' BATHS COLLAPSE. Constantinople, July 27. The ladies' baths at Kavala, a port on the Aegean Sea, collapsed, 25 persons being killed and many seriously injured.

CHOLERA EPIDEMIC. St. Petersburg, July 2'7. One hundred and ten cases of cholera are reported here, and fifteen deaths have occurred. EMIGRATION. The morning Post appeals for facilities for emigration within the Empire and a discussion on the subject at the Imperial Conference. AN 'EDWARD MEMORIAL: " Paris, July 27. The Municipality of Paris intends to name- a new street Edouard VII. and to erect an equestrian statue to the King therein. CHEAPER CABLE RATES; Received"July 28, at 9 a.m. London, July 27. The Pacific Cable Board proposes to reduce the rate on messages in plain language, to be delivered-within 48 hours, to Is 6d per word. All the Governments concerned approve the proposal. * j The British Post Office is in favor of instituting half rates-on deferred longdistance lines. A conference of companies concerned will be held to discuss the idea on the 29th.