CABLE BREVITIES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11307, 28 December 1898, Page 4

CABLE BREVITIES.

The headquarters,.of. Russia's, international police service have been fixed at London^mstead of' Paris as heretofore. .'.- > -rli A woman named Nelson,has murdered haf seven-year-old illegitimate .child at Town* ville,^ Queensland, by cutting.its.throat.' >.-; •;*;'jl, Mpefu, leader of the late,native rising in the Transvaal, .who recently surrendered to the Boers/attempted'to commit suicide.',:* V The' revenues of India exhibit' a general and substantial increase." There has: been a remarkable recovery from the effects of the famine. ■. ~ > ..'-.; ■''■.'] '■■/'-■ Sir Arthur Milner, the High Commissioner, and Sir ; Conyngham Greene; the Bri-, tish Agent in the Transvaal, will return to! England in January.' ,">•. ,:.., ..... ,■.-,.■;;• Sneaking at Edinburgh, Mr Balfour eulogised Sir W. V. Harcourt's dignified leadership of the Liberal jiarty in* the House' of Commons. ■•••'••' ; - - ; "•■■■'■ '■'•' ' '"■'",..":'-'.J Sir -Thomas Salter Pyie; Chief Engineer to the Ameer of Afghanistan; who hasl been on a visit to'England> will not return'to Cabul. Tlie Europeans at Cabul complain of the Ameer's treatment. . -V--, ..■,-■■.ziiCtyi The RoUischilds have undertaken tile erection of a new opera house in Paris, and.M. Jean De Reszfce, the celebrated tenor; 'hai been appointed manager.:, It will be opened in 1900. . './ ". . . ■ .-. ,v ' President M'Kinley, the services of an adviser familiar with Russia, Mr E. H, Hitchcock, U.S. Ambassador-at < St. Peters-., burg, has been appointed Secretary of: tha Interior in the United States Government/ . HiM.S. Penguin has arrived at Sydney from a surveying cruise in the Tongan group. Between Auckland and Tonga she took sound-' ings in 4762 fathoms, recording a temperatuw of 35.5, which is the-lowest recorded deep sea temperature. \-» *"...., . ■' ■■■ -'..'". ;' The Democrats propose to limit the regular army of. the" United States |o 30,000, men, • wit!i a temporary enlistment"'.of 50,000;. to act as. guards, in newly acquired territories...; ' .Reports from Pekin state that the antiforeign disturbances in tho Taiig-tse-Kiang Valley are increasing, and that the authori-" ties-are. powerless to suppress them. ■ .'!.'/.-:-: The Greta miners,. New South/Wales,1 hava' decided to rejoin the Miners' federation.' The manager informed them that all miners rejoining, would be dismissed, and if the lodga re-formed the colliery would be closed. > },' ; " The Queensland Parliament • has been prorogued. The Promier:(Mr Dickson) saidh(( regretted that nothing practical had'beea done., Queensland would be represented at the new Federal Convention, and if-the Go^ yernment returned to flower they would -de' all' that was possible, to.have this colony 'x»,: presented on such a' basis as the other polo--nies might adopt. ' ' ' ' , , . .' i, . Tho States Government have, decided' to. station tho guardship Rosamit atGuam, which was. recently ceded by Spain, as a pracautionary ..measure■-, against. any. change of sovereignty of the Caroline Islands being made without America's .consent. ,It has also boon decidod to convqrt Hawaii :into it powerful naval base,'controlling the Pacific, in conjunction with naval- establishments at Manila and San Francisco. '"'''•'