CABLE MESSAGES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 9645, 11 March 1893, Page 2

CABLE MESSAGES.

British and Foreign Telegrams. Bj Electric Telegraph. — United Press Aiicciation Copyright —Received 11 3]93 —3.30 p.m. FROZEN MEAT. London, March 9. Mr Rose, importer of colonial meat, states that his sales of New Zealand mutton have increased, twenty-two fold in in the last three months. DE WALDEN"S DIVORCE CASE,_ Lord de Walden, in his evidence in tho divorce suit, alleged that his wife frequently visited Count Madres' apartments in London, lent him money, ■wrote to him, and stayed at hotels on the Continent with him, whence an inference of adultery was sought to bo drawn. Tne chief witness on his side was a dismissed valet of Count Madras'. The evidence also alleged adultery with another co-respondent, Captain Winter, at Aythe. NIHILISTS AT WORK. St. Petersburg, March 9. Nihilists have been detected in an attempt to poison the commander of the Czar's body guard. RUSSIA AND FRANCE. The Czar i 3 reported as saymg the French alliance is engraved on the hearts of his people, and it is impossible to efface or interfere with it. HORRORS OF FAMINE. Hongkong, March 9. Hundreds arc dying of famine in the province of Shensi, in China. Husbands are selling wives and daughters to procure food.