CABLEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11397, 14 April 1899, Page 5

CABLEGRAMS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN,

F?«pi» Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.

A NEW^ STEAMER.

LONDON, April 12. Another new steamer, the Salamis, built to the order of George Thomson and Co., owners of the Aberdeen White Star line, has been launched. A FAST TORPEDO BOAT. The now British torpedo-boat destroyer Albatross, built by Thorny croft . and Co., Chiswick, on a trial trip developed a speed of 37 miles per hour. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. A syndicate is seeking to obtain a monopoly of wireless telegraphy in England and Africa. QUEEN VICTORIA. 1 The Queen returns from her visit to the South of France on May 6. . THE MIDLAND 'RAILWAY,' The Hon. W. P. Reeves, in a letter to The Times in reference to the action of the Midland railway debenture-holders' petition, says that he does not believe that the executive of the London Stock Exchange will perpetrate so grave an injustice as to intervene -while an appeal is pending. EULOGIES OF MR SERVICE. LONDON, ■ April 13. (Received April 13, at midnight.) The Times, commenting on the death of Mr James Service, ex-Premier of Victoria, 'says his-integrityand disinterested motives Avon the respect of all parties. "His gentle, elevated influence will be. missed. The Daily Chronicle says Mr Service was one of the best of citizens, and the most upright of leaders, equally esteemed in London and Melbourne. PEACE RATIFICATIONS EXCHANGED. WASHINGTON, April 12. The peace ratifications between J^meyica and Spain have.been exchanged from here. America has' paid to Spain 20,000,000d0l as indemnity for the Philippines. THE PRAGUE. HONGKONG, April 12. The bubonic plague is spreading here. Forty-three deaths are reported.