CABLEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11050, 2 March 1898, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

BRITISH. AND FOIIEIGK

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OBITUARY,

'.._.. .. LoNDOK. February 28, '"■v- ;(Rede"iVed Marcli 1, at 5.20 p.m.)

: The .death., is .aiizjcnnced o£, Frederick Taiinyaoti, eid& b'fofcbar 'of *tfie ' late Poet Laurente,; aged.Sß

- THE MARK, LANE MARKET; - , (deceived March 1, at.10:50 jliu.) . . WHeat; at,.M»rte:!laati is' q'aotad at' 6d lower for the week.--

FflttNOH DUTIES',

. ■) ■>,RARis,-E'ebruajy<2B;

(Received Mavch 1, at 5.20 p.m.)

' The ChamSeE-of-D^ufles approved o* a maximum duty: ,o£ 3f and a minimum of l|f-up'3tf aYge^tiffefodTjead, .and .a maxi ? iuum.of. 1£ and a minimum of 3&i uppc noa-afgontifferotis lead. ' "' -■*"

TIIE l £ATt 'CilrtDilTil, NEWMaX :.:... -j-/•..-., !"> ■' i.KoMBi l?flbra&ry.2B, l,v; .(R«(o6»ved'.Marob^iv'at-s;i9^.m]i -- ;

'- The Pope proposes the: 'beatification 'o£ Cardinal Nevfman:- •;■■■':

V*'M- ; ■ r '! MAiiaifr;" February 28,

(Received.March.l, at 9.15 a.m.) The scardifc* of i6oa'-!ia many districts in Spain is appalling. The'brice of. whe&.c has risen to an uopreceqectsd.extent.

THK 'Gkrtiai^'Nif^ Mll.

. .;■, Berlin, Febraary 28 (Received Sfarca 1, at 10 aim!)

la the ReicKstag";tiha Budgeß "Committee adopted the.l^avy.Bill.. It is believed that the measure has noW t!e6n'finally dealt"With. :; THE > AUSTRIAN DIET. • ViiENNAv Fsßrttary 28. x (Received March, I,;at^JO am.) -. .:; " In the £>ie£ at Prague, the capital' of Bohemia. the. Czech parjty .demands the fortiialian of• a-fci&gß6m' ;'of "fiohernia.'iri eluding Moravia and Sile'siiJ •aS-.rriention'ed in the jubilee address to -the Emperor of Austria; Owing! to the attitude of ~£he Czechs the i German members lefßthe^ Diet in a; body. . uATTAOKING-MBi RHODES. ■ . GAPJBTO.WN; February 28; (Received March 1, at SJO p.m.); J: Mr.M. Stieyn, Pi'esiaent of the Orange Free State, ia tee course of a spaech made a viofent atcac'K ba Sir- Oecil Rhodes. He characterised^ him. as a great Imperialist, who, under the gttiS6 of philanthropy, was converting the working men into slaves and aronsing racial' antagonism for the sake of riches. ...,-'. ■:. .... .... ■'■...■ :.,■....- -..-■

INTERCOLONIAL,

Pre?s Associatisn—By Telegrapbr-Ctpyrigkt,

-THE BROKEN HILL FATALITy. ,--. . ;..,■,,»- ..;,Sydney,March t

i- ... .-(Received'MarciTl, aViOa.m.) j Burns, the, fourta victim of Broken Hill .mining ] accident,; is dead. . A fifth, named-Tremblett,waß injured.;, v, ' .'•..,• :

■ AN OVERDUii.STJJAMER. % ....., ; Anxiety is felt at ,the;.n6n r -arr'ival of the steamer Fiado. -■ '■■"."-. .'.—' ......

; „ AN : ACTION iftSOONTINtJEi),

(Received March 1, at 10.50 p.m.)

The Crown: his-:jdecidea.'::n6fto- proc4fed farther with the Carruthers-;Norton;«libel action

A DISCQBiDA^T HpTE? [ . ■:.■:...>:>,::.•;,. P«BTiH, March 1, (Received March;!, at 9.30 a.m.) "

The Hon. G. Throsselt, Minlsceiffof Lands, ia the Qoarse of .a.sp^ecn-iaid J;aat if with Federation they Had Fra'eirade he conld not I nie> dajlight thTongh the question. He stated j.tliat he had sent the foUpvying;wire to Sir Jr j Fbrrest, Premier' of: the colony; ond of the j delegates at the Melbourne federal Oonyen:'tion : —" So far as 1 understand, Federation means thsityoa Wiir'tri'cck- all land sattlsm^nt' into smithereens. Are you prepared to explain it away when yon come home 1"