CABLEGRAMS.
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THE PARIS EXHIBITION. . ; .• LONDON, December 3. Forty-five British firms, representing the ■ collective buil3ing exhibit, have., withdrawn from the Paris Exhibition, owing to the strong anti-British feeling in France. AN AMERICAN CABEE TO MANILA. WASHINGTON, December 4.. (Received Dec. 5,' at 1.12 a.m.) Mr Eliim Root, Secretary for War, recommends the construction of a San Francisco-Manila cable, at a cost of eight .tad; a-half'million dollars. . INSULTING THE QUEEN. PARIS, December 3. The Premier (M. Waldeck Rosseau) has seized the newspaper La Caricature for inEiilting the Queen. THE DEFEAT OF THE KHALIFA. CAIRO, December 3. Major Wingate, being far outnumbered by ■' the dervishes, tactfully manoeuvred, boldly intercepting Ahmed Fedir, and.afterwards the Khalifa.
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A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. ■!,'",'■;' MELBOUENE, December 4. A/fire -at' Nathalie, during a gale, destroyed, ,four...large.. shops and..damaged several others. The' loss, is estimated at £10,000.
. THE- RUTHERQLEN ROBBERY. ■ A-man spoke to the Rutherglen robbers as' they ' \yefe:' galloping away, /but, they threatened. him with their rifles. ' Their horses' saddles had been removed, and were afterwards found on the bank of the river. " They had evidently crossed into New South Wales. A fearful dust storm which was raging at the time facilitated cheir escape. ANOTHER SMALLPOX CASE. / ' SYDNEY, December 4. Another case of smallpox is reported ,among the passengers by the Nineveh. . THE MINING DISPUTE. KALGOORLIE, December 4. Two of t the ■ alluvial miners arrested in connection with the dispute concerning alluvial and . quartz workings have been committed for trial on a charge of stealing the washdirt.
PERTH, December 4. (Received Dec. 4, at 10.40 p.m.)
Fifteen alluvial miners have been committed, for trial on a charge, of larceny of ore. Bail was refused.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11598, 5 December 1899, Page 5
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