CABLEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10596, 14 September 1896, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

| BRITISH AND EOEEIGN. i . J Pr«w A*s»ciation—By T«le«;rapb.—Copyright. THE ADVANCE IN THE BANK R4.TB London, September 12. A general decline in the. markets has fol lowed the advance in the bank rate, espe cially in Home railways and South Africa) shares. : j TOWED BACK. The ship IJalgonar, from Liverpool' ti Sydney, which put into St. Vincent with he: cargo on fire, was towed back to Liverpool. ] STANBURY'S DEPARTURE, i A large namCior of 'oarsmen' were presen Jto bid farewell.to Stanbury; who left fo | Australia to-day. He.was heartily cheered. 1 A CHINESE LOAN. I • Shahshai, September 12.' I China is about to place on the market i six million loan with a minimum of 99. ■■ -\ CENTRAL AFRICA. Kanzibae, September 12. The Dhanis have occupied Lado, in thi Equatorial Province. I CHOLERA IN THE SOUDAN. CAIKO, September 12. There is a. fresh outbreak of cholera here and marf British doctors have beei summoned to attend the sick. It is reportec tb~t 2000 Egyptian' soldiers in the Soudai I have succumbed to the disease.; A DISASTROUS HURRICANE. ' j PABia. September 11. j A hurricane which struck Paris to-da; I unroofed in a few minutes the Palace o: I Justice, a number of theatres, and othe i structures. Macy buildings were blow! j bodily into tuts Seine, omnibuses were npio ' in all directions, and 50 people ware eithe: j killed or injured. j MINING IN THE TRANSVAAL. Pretoria, September 12. . The Volksrasd has amended the minicj laws, and to a large extent embodied in thi new measure the demands of the Rand ii I dealing with auriferous country. SENTENCE ON GREEK OFFICERS. < ■. . Athens, September 11. J It is expected that the sentences referred to yesterday apply to prisoners under thi .ordinary laws, and officers are not included. ALIEN LABOUR IN CANADA. Ottawa, September 11. The Premier (Mr Laurier) has announced that he will next session introduce ai Alien Labour BUI to retaliate upon thi United Skates unless the ' hostility t< Canadian workmen shown by that countr] j i» withdrawn. '