Cablegrams.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 1, Issue 58, 15 August 1890, Page 2

Cablegrams.

Another* Mutiny.

Cession of Heligoland. LONDON, . . , August 8. The Army Service Corps at Chatham refused to parade and retired to the barracks and looked themselves up in the storeroom. The ringleaders of the mutiny were sentenced to imprisonment for, a month. The men allege that they are overworked, and an enquiry is to be made into their charges. . August 11. Provisions in South Wales are at famine prices, •; meat at 2s per lb. The petition to wind up the Colonial Union Shipping . Company has been dismissed. ' ; • ■ ST. PETERSBURG, August 11. Hundreds, of, Jewish families in Southern Russia are fleeing from the country. Bands are roving about robbing and murdering the Jews. CAPETOWN, , , August 11. President Kruger states that Eng-

has agreed to permit the annex tion by the Transvaal of Swazilu 1 as soon as the affairs of the country are properly regulated. • •-'BRUSSELS,August 11. A of 40,000 marchel| through the streets of Brussels demand j .mg universal suffrage. ’ r "~'_"' - BERLIN, , If i M,O .lAfigust IP. j The populace of Heligoland greeted ,the Emperor with much enthusiasm. In taking ; formal possession ho said that, twenty years after the Battle of Woerth, they found themselves in, a position to reincorporate without a wair the last piece of German earth in the Island, which would harbour in safety the German Navy against any enemies in. the German Ocean. All the English officials have left the Island. . . BUENOS AYRES, 1 ? August 9. . The premium in gold continues to recede,; and is now quoted at 125. Since the formation of .the new Cabinet confidence in the Country.has been revived. LONDON, - August 9. Dr Carlos Pelligrini, the new President of the Argentine Republic, is a cousin to the late John Bright. MELBOURNE, July 12. A prima facie ease has been made oiit against the directors of the Permanent Building. Association, with the exception of J. L. Dow, ex-Minister of Lands, who has been acquitted of complicity in the fraud. The Cabinet are considering the advisableness of re-appointing Mr Dow to the portfolio.