CABLEGRAMS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11188, 10 August 1898, Page 4

CABLEGRAMS

BKITIbH AND FOUIOIGJN. Press ■Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. AN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. •':..V'. •■' : : LONDON, August 8. Wv Borchgrevi'nk, leader of the Antarctio;. expedition hais'arriyed in the Thames ; from Sonyay with his vessel the Southern j Cross,' She her loading and "proJ ceeds on her1, voyage forthwith,' , ;- ■ 1 ::;- -■;■-; AN UGLi REPORT, It is persistently reported here that one of the Atlantic liners has foundered in the : ■• Strait of Belie Isle, between Labrador and j Newfoundland,' but: the report is not con- ! firmed:' .'■":''. ■ ' ■ .• ■•' : j ' ,THE TEN'.DENCY; QF/ THE-AGE., j ' The firmof'vW. and A./Macarthur, mer-, 'chants, of, Sydney .'and London; has - been/ converted into a; limited liability-company,' with v capital -of d quarter of a' million in shaves and £75i000 in debentures. ; The:; I sale price- waV£3OP;OOO. : ; S i.:: i I; . JiJISMARCK'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY^ | j It"is^'xpeciied'that; the Emperor of Ger-' : many wjll prevent the publicatioii of Bismarck^s autpbiogr'apliy. The Daily ; Tele-,; graph states that tne'-'mahuscript has been ; lodged with,the-Bank: of-England. '■;: " f > TRAJNIN^' HOMING^ \ PIGEON&-.-"I •; ' •Training pigeons for military purposes in ; Germany'has been ' extensiyelv deyeloped. TWo thousand-were'_ landed in Dover in one ■ day.I':^ .•■■.-■••■■■'. . ■ .'■;'. j •■■:;.- OBITUARY. ! LONDON,1 August 9. j Walter Wren, a 'wel^known tutor, forl merly. member for Wallingfqrd, ' , _ ■ ■ | | ' THE NATIONAL FOOD SUPPLY. j j The Agricultural Committee recommend I the erection Of national wheat stores, and : suggest- the appointment I'of a Royal Com- : mission to make ah early an exhaustive in- ; ; qtiiry-rejafciye'.to the national food supply in j the event of .war. '■ . r ■■'"'' ■'- | % CANTANKEROUS-CORPORATION The Dublin Corporation have refused to i i erect a statue to.Mr Gladstone in that city, / •A CANADIAN-ATLANTIC SERVICE, i The Canadian Government are about to invite tenders'for a fast Atlantic service. T THE BRiTISH WHEAT CROP. The Times has published a special report on the xon<iifcifeiii 1 ai ithe -British .<vr.lie.at qrop, sVihlcliis. estimated to bel,3 per cent, above tjie atTO'rage. „' ', TRADE RETURNS. The Board of Tra,de returns for July show that the imports decreased by £220,484, and the exports bjr-£1,411,574. -.-■ ; : . ■ ■ THE COST OF. A WHEAT CORNER, Itt is reported thkt Leitei-'s loss.over hia unsuccessfill OiVheat ■■-. corhei £1,300,000 .sterling. ~ ' . , ' .. '. ,', . ~ ■:; , ■■■■■ '-■ ■ '■" i.; j ■».. ; -i ■ . ''' '"■ '''-■ ■■' '■'