MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 182, 12 August 1901, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

PEt PRESS ASSOCIATION. PabiS, August 9. French indict taxation for July realised nine million franeff below the estimate *nd twenty million be'ow the previous Juy. London, August 9. British imports for July itier as d £2,665,000 and exports decreased £165,000 compared with the previous July. Fcrty persons were injured, mau> grievously, by the collapse of a race s'and at Paisley, Scotland. The cargo of the barquo Empire, r ouad froaa Ne'»c.s.stl°>, Australia, t< Mahukons, Hawaii, coal laden, fired while she was lying off Mahukona. The vessel was burned, but the crew weie saved. The increase in shipping dues at the Londaa docks is severely commented upon. The Times says that Sir Andrew Clarhe'j! appointment to Victoria will be welcome to nil friends of a consolidation of the tiks bit«e?n the Motherland and the Commonwealth. His selecticn wai due to the valuable advice and assis'ance be will be abl« to give Earl Hopo'ouu on ques'Jons whereon he (Clarke) baa long bi en rec goi»ed hh an authority. The Bill providing for the coi Stri.Btion of a monorail railway between Mmchester and Liverpool has b.ei finally pissed by Parliament. The work is prooe ding, and the cost will be .£2,800,000. Mr. Hiram Maxim predicts tint t.fce journey be'.we-n London and Brighton will be accomplished on the monoiail in a few minutes, and cosr, 2s 6d. Received 10. 8.15 p.m. Perth, Auaust 9. | News has bfen r<c-tived of the death of Prince Henry of Orleans. Received 10 8.19 p.m. London, August 9. Blyth, the Kentish left-hand bowler, accompanies A. McLaren's cricket team. Received 11, 4.57 p.m. London, August 10. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerm&n and Sir W. V. Harcourt describe the Spectators statproent that Mr, contributed .£SOOO to the Liberal election fund, on condition that the Liberals should net withdraw from BsfP", as a He. The Spectator sskf for a better source of denial, the paper expressing its belief in its authority for making the statement. Rome, August 10 Tbe Augustinisn monks of Rome publicly evicted English Benedictine sisters fiom a con vest, with the help of carabineers, although the sisters were only entitled to. a provisional occupancy pending an appeal, and dispite th-ir offer to quietly withdraw.