CABLE NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 5289, 24 August 1905, Page 1

CABLE NEWS.

BRITISH AND EGREIGN.

BERLIN, AUg. 22, The German Admiralty has 'voted LIOOO to entertain Admiral Wilson’s squadron ; and the municioaUty of Pwinemundi (Nord) voted LlfiO in aid of festivities.

ST. PETERSBURG, dug. 22. The orthodox Russo-Greek Church authorities hero are organising a mission to visit the islands of the Australian archipelago.

ROME, Aug. 20. The Pope is building a large apartment house in the Vatican gardens for thepresent residents of the Vatican, and as a precaution to preserve the palace treasures.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug, 21. A plot has been discovered in Smyna to blow up the Government buildings, Consulates, and foreign snipping. One hundred and fifty Armenians have been arrested.

CAPETOWN, Aug. 20. Under the new constitution an electorate in the Transvaal numbers 80,000.

Aug. 22. The British authorities in Bcchuanahwd have disarmed Maharero ami other captains, and 750 Hcreros. PEKIN, Aug. 20. A Tientsin newspaper has been sup pressed for advocating the maintenance of the boycott of American goods ATHENS, Aug. 22. After the insurgents had evacuated Alsipopoulo (Crete) to join the Rustika bands. Colonel Urbanovitch occupied the place and demanded £BO blood money for the death of Russian soldiers. Theinhabitunts declined to pay on the ground that they were not responsible for the insurgents’ acts The colonel seized and sold the draught animals and threatened to burn the village if the attack were renewed. There is great indignation in Canea.

OTTAWA, Aug. 21. The Maritime Board of Trade of the three eastern provinces of Canada has resolved to memoralisc the Dominion Government to secure confederation of the British West Indies with Canada. PARIS, Aug. 20. France is protesting against the stoning and robbing of two Frenchmen on the shore at Tangier.

.Mig. 22. M. Rouvier has informed the Boners of the circumstances of Die Algerians’ arrest at Fez, and of Franco’s intention to exact reparation. M. Taillander, the French Minister, has presented an energetic demand for the release of the Algerians at Fez, and the punishment of the Kaid who was responsible, and the payment of 2000 dollars, and an additional 100 for each day’s delay. In tile event of delay France will make a demonstration either by the occupation of some point on the frontier, or a naval display on the coast. Jt is believed that Trance will make a demon stratum in any case as a ivtson for the Magazon, hoping that it will have a salutory effect on the negotiations for the conference. BERLIN, Aug. 21. Herr Tattenbach (Germany) has been instructed to co-operate with M. /Taillandier (France) with a view of a satisfactory settlement. Le Temps says that Prince Bnlow’s instruction to Count Tattenbach to co-opcrate with M. Taillandier is an act of courtesy to France that she could not fail to appreciate.

AUSTRALIAN CABLES. SYDNEY, Hug. 22. Mr Donne, head of the Now Zealand I Tourist Department, is a pass mger by j the Moernki, which sailed on Saturday night. A sensational robbery of the Western j mail train is reported. On air vul at IRodfcrn this morning it was discovered that nine ordinary mail imps from stationson the Cowra-Blayuey bianeh of the line had been cut open, that the registered packets had been extracted, the contents stolen, and the packets afterwards replaced among the ordinary letters. Evidently me iliicf :in his hurry had overlooked a few registered letters. The jobbery is a complete mystery, as to when niuf how it ivas committed. So far as is a,-.own the bags were intact when thee were ! transferred at Blayncy to the Western mail train. No mail van was l ttachcd to the train, and no postal oilkc-r irns in charge beyond seeing rbat the bags were placed on board in the usual way. 'The railway olheiaG then took no further notice of 'he bags, and were not aware of ti e jobbery until the bags r!ached Sydney. It is believed that the amount which is missing will not exceed £2O. In connection with the extradition proceedings another charge of false pretences will be preferred against Willis. It is alleged that by means of a paper purporting to lie a genuine transfer of an improvement lease ho obtained £1077 from Mr Hill, a Legislative Councillor. MELBOURNE, Aug. 22. An employee of the F ootscray, Woollen Mills died from strongyhis intestinal worm, which is prevalent in tropical climates. He became infected through handling cotton from Egypt. A richly mineralised reef, four feet wide, has been struck at a depth of 4221 feet in the New Chum mine, Bendigo.