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CABLEGRAMS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN,

Prasa Associatiaa—By Telegraph—Cepyright GORDON MEMORIAL FUND. ' LONDON, December 20. [ (Received Dec.: .21, at 9.5 a.m.) Earl Minto, Governor-general of Canada, ! has invited the- newspapers o£ the. Domi J nion to open subscriptions for the Gordon memorial fund. The British, subscriptions already exceed £100,000. JUSTICE HAWKINS RETIRES,/ Sir Henry Hawkins,'one of the Justices of the Queen's Bench,, has retired on a nension. . : - . • ..'■■■■■■■■.OBlTUAßY. Lord Napier and Ettrick;' aged 79 years. , [Francis Napier,.P.O., Kt.,,LL.D.,. 10th.baron and a baronet, was born in 1819, and succeeded *> the title in. 1834. ■ ' He entered the diplomatic service, in 1846. ■ He was Envoy-Extra-ordinary and. Minister Plenipotentiary to the U.S. in 1857.!, He was afterwards Ambassador to Russia and Prussia, and was then appointed Governor of. Madras, and was .acting-Viceroy <tt India in 1872/ and in that year was created Baron Ettrick: He is succeeded by his son William John George, Master of Ettrick.] commercial: r . (Received Dec. 21, at 5 p.m.) The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 278,000 quarters, and for the .Continent 1,065,000 quarters. : . ■ f Australian arid New Zealand Mortgage debentures are at. £83 10s. , , ■ , ■. SIR G. GREY MEMORIAL FUNDJ December 21. (Received Dec. -22, at 1.20 a.m.) ;; Mr Cecil Rhodes has joined the Sir George Orey Memorial Committee. ;. COMBATING THE CARLISTS. r'v

MADRID, December 20. (Received Dec; ,21,' at 9.12 a.m.) ' ': General Correa,- the Minister for War, i.s aski>:g for a credit •of 20 million pesetas for 'the purpose of combating the Carlist mevement. ■ ■ . ■ ■ LBSE MAJESTB. - ■ ■ BERLIN, December 21. Knaak, an American citizen who was arrested here on a charge of lese majeste, after : a month's custody, was acquitted on the ground that he-was intoxicated at the time of the alleged offence. MARCHAND LEAVES FASHODA/. , . . CAIRO, December. 20. (Received Dec. 21, at.,9.12 a.m.), i Major Marchand has left tfashoda. for the Sobat River,' a tributary of the White Nile. ■ '■;' : ' ■, ■■,;■■. '■ ' ;",... f. . THE SURRENDER OF CRETE. CONSTANTINOPLE,-December 20.... (Receiyed: Dec. 21, at ,9.12 a.m.) i The Shiek-ul-Islam: (head.of the Mussulmans Church) refuses to condone the Sultan's surrender of Crete without the Turks being defeated on the battlefield. ': ... ; ' THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC. WASHINGTON, December 21.. i. (Received' Dec. 22, at 1.20 a.m';) J Influenza is spreading in the eastern States i of America. Colonel John Hay, late United States Minister to England, is among the sufferers. . ■■■■.';_ i : RETALIATING ON GERMANY." ' The House of Representatives adopted the I Deleterious Foods Exclusion.; Bill.

INTERCOLONIAL,

Pross Assecisitioni—By Telegraph—Copyriail ■' FIRING AT A TRAMCAR.' : .' MELBOURNE, December 21. (Received Dec. 21, at 9.12 a.m.) A man, who is believed to be demented, Sired two shots from a gun into a tramcar. He damaged some of the windows. He said on being arrested that he was not going to be annoyed any kmger by the cars passing * his' hou^e! " * ' ■ SAFETY OF THE PHILADELPHIA. • SYDNEY, December 21. (Received Dec. 21, at 9.30 a.m.) The local agent of the ship Philadelphia, which was supposed to have been wrecked in Foveaux Strait, has been advised of her safe arrival at Callao. ■A FATAL, FIRE. Mrs Jeffrey, wife of a steward of the Tsrawera, while attending her children. set the bed curtains on fire. One of ..the children succumbed to its injuries,; the other lies in a critical condition. ... CANNIBALISM..... Hostile natives have killed and eaten several friendly natives at Cape Nelson. ■ RESIGNATION OF A GOVERNOR. • ADELAIDE, December 21. (Received. Dec. 21, at 9.30 a.m.) The Acting-Governor has received a cablegram from the: Secretary of the Colonies announcing that Sir "W. F. Buxton, who ,is now in England, has tendered his resignation of the Governorship as from the end of his present leavo of absence, which expires in March. The cause is family reasons. " .-'■•-.• ■ : ■■.■■■.'» A PROSPECTOR MURDERED." " Mr Charles. Bea'tty, the well-known prospector in the Northern Territory, -wasspeared to death. The police arrested'an aboriginal, who attempted to escape, and was shot. Before he died he admitted that lie had killed Beatty. '

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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11303, 22 December 1898, Page 4

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CABLEGRAMS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 11303, 22 December 1898, Page 4

CABLEGRAMS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 11303, 22 December 1898, Page 4

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