CABLEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12606, 9 March 1903, Page 5

CABLEGRAMS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. THE RUSSIAN SPY. LONDON, March C. (Received March 7, at 9.7 a.m.) Much indignation is expressed over the action of the Aden authorities in not punishing the Russian spy. AFRICAN EXPLORATION. A small British military mission is establishing posts between Lnko Tchad and Sokot-o, covering much hitherto liuvisited country. THE BANK OF AUSTRALASIA. (Received March 7, nfc 9.40 a.m.) The Bank of Australasia- hijs declared a 'dividend of 11 per cent., added £35,000 to the reserve fund, written £14,000 off premises account, set'aside £15,142 as a tonus to the staff, and carried forward £14,648. BIG FIRE IN LONDON. (Received March 7, at 9.57 a.m.) A great five occurred at Rotherhithc (South London) in some maltsters' premises. Two hundred firemen were engaged in the attempt to suppress it. UNDERGROUND TELEGRAPHY. As a result of the late gale, underground telegraphy is being extended ill the English midland counties, ill Scotland, and along the cast coast. A NARROW ESCAPE. March 7. (Received March 8, at 4.40 p.m.) Tlio escape of the mail steamer Pas do Calais from the Goodwin Sands when one of her paddles was broken during the liurricano was due to her anchor catching a cable line. AN INVALUABLE OFFICER. (Received March 8, at 5 p.m.) The Times refers to the death of Colonel George Francis Robert Henderson, Director of Military Intelligence in South Africa, as an almost irreparable loss to the amy. GREAT BRITAIN'S TRADE. The imports into Great Britain during February have decreased in value by £1,120,000, and the exports increased by £1,463,000, as compared with the previous February. A RHODESIA COLD STORAGE ' COMPANY. The Rhodesia Cold Storage Trading Company has been formed, with a. capital of £500,000, and issuing shares to tlie value of £193,61G, to acquire storago plants in Rhodesia, and also the Napier Broome Estate of one million acres of pastoral country from the North-west Australia Land and Cold Storage Company as a base for the supply of meat and cattle. A BLIZZARD IN AMERICA. NEW YORK, March 0. A blizzard destroyed great numbers of cattle in Texas and Arizona.