CABLEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 9300, 16 December 1891, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN,

[By Electric Teleou,.™.—Copyright.] (Special to Press Association.)

THE PHONOGRAPH. London, December 14. (Received December 15, at 7.30 p.m.) The phonograph has been applied to 56 inmates of the Johnson's Deaf Asylum, and 53 of the patients heard the reproduced sounds. COLONIAL BUTTER. City merchants consider that the finest quality of colonial butter will shortly oust the Danish article from the English markets. GRANTING PROBATE. Probate has been granted of the wills of the late Messrs Hemming (needlemaker) and Avery (weighing machine manufacturer), the values of the respective estates being L 750.000 and L 170,000. PRINCE ALEXANDER'S PENSION. Prince Alexander of Battenburg did not apply for a pension from the Bulgarian Government, and it is generally believed that the recent vote of L2OOO per year passed by the National Assembly was arranged by Prince Ferdinand as a surprise. A SUGGESTION. December 15. (Received December 111, at 0.50 a.m.) An article in " Greater Britain," commenting on the betrothal of the Duke of Clarence and Avondale to Princess Victoria of Teck, suggests that the young people after their marriage should visit the Australian colonies. THE TARIFF COALITION. The central tariff coalition is becoming popular in Switzerland and Belgium. THE FAMINE IN RUSSIA. The Russian press are in receipt of secret orders not to publish details of the horrors of the famine.

(Per Press Association.)