CABLEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10240, 24 December 1894, Page 4

CABLEGRAMS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Special—By Telegraph—Copyright. MR EDDY. Lohdon, December 22. Sir llylea Fentcm, general man»gar of tins South Eastoru railway, bitterly oppos-ss the proposal to appoint Mr Eddy, Chief Comniisidoner of Railways im New South Wales, to the position o£ ciiairmas?. of the company. Hs declares it ia impossible to compare the administration of the South Eastern railway with the railways of. New South Wate, in».s--much as a monopoly i« easily mano.gKd. He also points oat. "that in the colony tha bulk [of the mileage has only one traira daily to some point?, whereas the South Eastern dMpatch«3 60 during an honr. THE SIBERIAN EAILWAY. The Czar explains that the coßSsraction of the Si berk a railway i» purely in the interest of pss.es and civilisaeion, and that he hopes to have it cheaply and rapidly completed. A BORDER DISPUTE. Sir Wm. Lockhardli, who commands the pnaiv.ive expsditicn on the Afghan frontier, is advancing rapidly aad dispersing the Waziriß. Preas Association—By Talezrapli—Copyright. THE MAIL SSRVIOB. London, December 21. The Ageuts-gsneral met the Postal Committee, whea the lattor sfcrosgly urged that the coloaies should a^rns to au extension of mail coutracts until 1898, when better terms would probably be obtainable, and rates for ths carriage of produce and mail steamer would ba oa a better footing. Tbe committee guaranteed to call for texsders for a through service, and impressed npoa f.be Agents-geaeral the necessity of deciding before Jasmary 15, owing to tha terms of tho present contract. LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL. Lord Randolph Churcbil! is seriously ill, and bis condition is causing his friends considerable anxiety. December 22. Lord Randolph Churchill, who is at Marseilles, ia paralysed on one side aud unable to recognise his friends. He will shortly ratura to England. THE LATE PREMIER OP CANADA. Ths remains of the lafcs Sir J. S. D. Thompson were embarked on board H.Mt.S. Blenheim at Portsmouth to-day, the ceremony ] bsing an impressive one. \ A TRAITOR. Paris, December 22. j The case against Captain Drefu?, of the I French Artillery staff, who was arrssted en a charge of selling secret military plans to foreign spies, rests on a doeutneafc atolen from i the Garman Embassy. The German Minister threatened to leave Paris if the document was used, hence ths trial is bsiing conducted prirately. The conrt has sentenced a German lieutenant to five jeaxs on a charge of espionage. December 23. Dref us hag bean sentenced to incarceration for life in some fortified place, and ordered to pay tho coista of the prosecution. A RECONSTRUCTED MINISTRY. Sofia, December 22, M. Sfcoilcfi has reconstructed the Ministry. THE ITALIAN BANKING SCANDALS. Home, December 22. The postioa of Signer Crispi is much stronger since further forged documents have baau diacovsrsd, and he retains the full confidocce of King Humbert. ths; dut? on sugar. Washington, December 23. Senator Wilson ha 3 introduced a- bill providing for the repeal of the differentisl duty on sugar. GERMAN COLONIAL POLICY. Beblin, December 22, Twenty-one branches of ths German Colonial Society demand that Germ i;iy ahall be given sole protectorate over Samoa. The Vossische Zsitnng denounces the wild proposals of tb.e colonial enthusiasts, and advises the German Government not to assent to a policy o£ adventure. Prince Hohenlohs, German Chancellor, supports the ensrgotic colonial policy propounded by the Berlin press, and dsclarcs t'.iafc unless Graat Britain abandons Zanzibar, Witn, and Ugasda in exchange for Samoa, Germany will not yield any of her rights in that group. WHOLBSALS MURDERS. St. Petersburg, December 21. A nurse girl at Niji Novgorod has confesasd to tho murder ot 17 children who ware ' entrusted to her cara.