YESTERDAY’S CABLE.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 8610, 27 August 1896, Page 1

YESTERDAY’S CABLE.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN. Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright Per Press Association. MAJOR LOTH AIRE. London, August 25. Germany threatens to arrest Major Lothaire should he cross the frontier into German territory. The French newspapers express alarm at the report. THE CZAR AND CZARINA. The Czarina proposes to remain at Balmoral Castle while the Czar visits Paris on a State event of enormous gravity, the laying of the foundation stone of the buildings for the 1900 Exhibition. A CRUISER ON A ROCK. The cruiser Imperieuse, which is stationed at Portsmouth, struck a rock during a fog. The damage is not of a : serious character. REVOLT IN ZANZIBAR. August 26. It is reported that Khaled, with 1200 armed men as supporters, seized the palace in Zanzibar on the death of the Sultan and proclaimed himself successor. One hundred and fifty blue jackets are reported to have been landed from the 1 warships, and the ladies attached to the palace have been removed to the Consulate. OBITUARY. Zanzibar, August 25. The Sultan, Hamed bin Thwain bin Said, is dead. ' THEFT OF JEWELS. , Madrid, August 25. Jewels from the cathedral at Toledo, said to be worth £12,000, have been I i stolen. THE TRANSVAAL. ; Pretoria, August 25. 1 Up to the present President Kruger 1 has not expressed any opinion on the sentences passed on Dr Jameson and Ins officers, but complains that the leaders of the project which led to the ' raid have not been brought to trial.

London, August 25. The 9th Lancers have stalled for the Cape.