CABLEGRAMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2437, 28 November 1900, Page 13

CABLEGRAMS.

BRITISH AND FOKEIGJf. LONDON, November 19. The following sentences were passed on the officers of Dumbell's Bank for issuing false balance sheets : — Charles Kelson (director) and John Shimmon (manager of the head office), five years each ; Joseph Rogers (auditor), 18 " months ; William Aldred (auditor) t _12 months ; Harold Aldred (auditor), six months. Nelson and Shimmon also raceived three years' imprisonment for misappropriation. November 20. 1 " The .Duke of Manchester was quietly married in' London to Mi&s Helen Zimmerman, the daughter of a, Cincinnati (Ohio, U.S.A.) millionaire" without her father's consent.. Mr W. P. Reeves has been appointed a member of the Pacific Cable Board. The City anticipates that the "December war loan will not" exceed £10,000,000. .'Mr Copland, Agent-general for New South Wales, in a rigorous letter to The Times, denounces Mr Aickin's hysterical condemnation of colonial borrowing. November 21. Ferris, a former Australian cricketer, died"! suddenly. -An Anglo - Egyptian , expedition lias staled to explore and establish military posts in the Bahr-el-Ghazal district of Upper Egypt. Mr Zimmerman, father of the Duchess of Manchester, has relented, and will welcome the newly-married couple. The Irish Nationalists will not attend the December session of Parliament, preferring to be present at the Dublin Convention which will be held to arrange the plan of campaign. A Western Australian loan of £880,000 is announced at 05 per cent. The price has been fixed at par. Tenders will be opened on Tuesde.v next. In the case of the New Zealand barque Embleton v. the Cunard liner Campania ' the Admiralty Court have delivered judgment in favour of the owners of the barque, declaring that the speed of nine knots an hour in a fog was excessive for a steamer. In response to Mr Copeland, the War Office has instructed Colonel Hunt to purchase some Australian horses. Lieutenant Kingston de Putrons, a West African, has captured the -Ashanti Generalissimo liobina Cheri, with many of his followers. November 22. The warship Pheasant has been ordered to Panama owing to the Columbia seizing a British steamer to convey troops against the insurgents. The balance sheet of the New. Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company,' after paying interest on the third deben-i tures, shows a profit of £51,986, which' has been placed to reserve. The award made to the British and American shareholders of the Delagoa Bay railway was paid in London yesterday. Mr C. T. Ritchie,' speaking at Croydon, said that unless the excesses in the Anglican Church were abated legislation on the subject would be inevitable. While exercising in Aruisa Bay the battleship Majestic, by splendid seamanship, avoided a collision with the Repulse by the narrow margin of 10 yards. The American visible supply of wheat is 85,230,000 bushels. Sir Henry Fowler, in a speech at Wolverhampton, said that the majority of the Liberals undoubtedly desire that Lord Rosebery ■ should resume the leadership of the party. He was confident that nine-tenths of the Opposition would support a policy of sane Imperialism. At the London Chamber of Commerce dinner Lord Brassey and the Hon. W. P. Reeves advocated an Imperial Council with colonial representatives. Mr Reeves urged that a limited number of colonial statesmen be" admitted ' to the Ho.use of Lords. Sir George Clarke advocated an early convening of an Imperial Conference on the question of defence. The Court of Appeal have decided the Taff Vale railway (Wales) case in favour of the amalgamated railway servants, on the ground that it is impossible for a trade union to sue or be sued. November 23. Sir Andrew Clarke, Agent-general for Victoria, is urging Mr Chamberlain to preserve British interests in the New Hebrides, and prevent French attempts to gain ascendancy in the. group. It is understood the Imperial Government have approved of the Telegraph Construction Company's tender of £1,795,000 for the construction of the Pacific cable. The Daily" Chronicle was mulcted in £1900 damages and costs for publishing a leaderette libelling a firm of meat preservers. November 25. Three hundred persons at Manchester are suffering from the effects of drinking beer made from hops which had undergone a peculiar chemical bleaching, producing arsenic. BRUSSELS, November 25. The King of the Belgians has informed the Due d'Orleans that his projected visit to Brussels wou\d be unwelcome. ST. PETERSBURG, November 19. The Grand Duke Vladimir is likely to be appointed Regent until the Czar is convalescent. November 21. The Czar's Ministers have been instructed to conduct their departments on their own responsibility, and to reserve any decisions ■ o| importance until bis recovery^

BUCHAREST, NoremW ?2, The ?.ine murderers of Professor Michaelan have been tried and found guilty. They were sentenced to various- terms of penal servitude. Some received a life sentence, and others a lesser period. They were also ordered to pay compensation to the professor's widow. WASHINGTON, November 19. The circumstantial statement that Mr Porter, the American Minister to Paris, had been recalled is "officially contradicted, as is the assertion that a former /naval attache to the Embassy, Lieutenant W. S. bans, had left suddenly for Gibraltar, he having merely rejoined his ship. Chief Secretary of State Hay is endeavouring to allay the excitement regarding the reported theft of the plans of the new gun. November 26. President M'Kinley, speaking at Philadelphia, said his re-election implied the endorsement of the gold standard," an open book in China, and American sovereignty in the Philippines. NEW YORK, November 22. By_a tornado in Tennessee, North Mississippi," 100 persons were killed. MANILA, November 19. The Americans captured a stronghold 35 miles north of Manila, and secured immense stores and much ammunition. Fifty 1 lilipinos were killed. The American casualties were 11. CAPETOWN-, November 20. There lias been a wholesale destruction of rats at Capetown as a precaution against the plague.