CABLE BREVITIES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10620, 16 March 1896, Page 2

CABLE BREVITIES.

Mark Twain is ill at Jaypore. The Hon. W. P. Reeves has began duty as Agont-general.

Destructive floods ara raportsd in France, Switzerland, and Germany. Twenty Powers have promised to exhibit at the Paria International Exhibition.

The French Budget Committee strongly condemn as a social and economic danger the proposed income tai. '

The Frenoh Govsrament are giving effeofc to the programme of ISB6, the chief feature of which was a large increase in the number o£ fast cruisers.

A Portuguese soldier, who was suffering under an alleged grievance, blew np the magazine at Loanda (a Portuguese sattlament on the western coast of Africa), and 20 persoas were killed or-wonnded.

The Egyptian troops will shortly advance to Dongola for the pnrposo of repressing raids, and also in the hope of distracting the attention of two bodies of dervishes, one of which, uader Ojmsa Digna, is menacing Kassala.

A terrific storm at Kanaowna (Western Australia) was followed by a shower at immense hailstones, which broke nearly all the windows in tho town. The wind Btrippsd the roofs of many houses, and the business plocss were flooded. Heavy ralna have also fallen in the Esperanca district.