Cable Messages.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11560, 29 June 1899, Page 2

Cable Messages.

British and -Foreign Telegrams.

United Press Association.— By Electric Telegraph.- Copyrieht. Received June 28, 11.18 p,m THE PACIFIC CABLE. London, June 28. At the annual Queensland dinner, Sir Horace Tozer, who presided, said he believed Great Britain would yield to the wish of Canada and Australia in regard to the Pacific cable. Sir Julian Salomona, Agent-General for New South Wales, hoped that next year there would only be one dinner, namely, the Australian, and to bear one speaker respond for the : commonwealth. ! Received June 29, 1.20 a.m. : FiSDERAL ENABLING BILL. [ London, June 28. Mr Chamberlain hop?s to introduce th© Australian Federal Enabling Bill at the beginning of next session. THE PEACE CONFERENCE. AMSTERmM, June2B. The Gommittee of the Peace Commission, to whieii Russia's proposals were referred, report that tbe limitation of armaments is not acceptable. Received June 29. 9.55 a.m. FORTIF.YISG VLADIVOSTOK. St. Petersburg, June 2&. Rus-iv is devoting 13 million roubles to fortifying aud otherwise strengthening VJadivostock. RUSSIA AND -THE FISNS. Tl)9 Czjr has ordered tha Finnish Exchequer to establish an official newspaper, printed in th 3 Russian and Finnish language. HEAVY FXPENDITURE ON ORDINANCE. The Russian Government is rpending twenty million dollars in America on ordinance. OBITtTAHY. Obituary : Arthur Tgootwd, brother of the late Poet Laureate. THE WILY TURK. • Constantinople, June 28. The Turki-h Governmßtft has hood~ winked ihe Powers ia- saying that the Servians were tha aggressors in the recent frontier encounter at Jablooica and that Servia had apologised. It is now proved that the Turia were the aggressors, and that Servia had addressed a violent note-, to the Porte on the matter. THE PLAGUE IN EGYPT." Cairo, June 28. Reports from' Alexaodria a ate that tha city is plague stricken. Received June 29, 10 a.m. A SLIPPERY FRENCHMAN. St. John 3, June 28. A French vessel, seized for infringing the Newfoundland baiti laws, escaped with tho Customs Dfficer on board. He was subsequently «efc adriffcoo a raft.

>LUCCHENIS BROTHER ARRESTED. Berlin, June 28. The brother of Luccheni, the muiderer of the Empress of Austria, • has been arrested at Metz on a charge of being concerned io several murders ia Franc& and Luzembu 'g. Ho confessed he waa an Anarchist Eeceived June 29, 12.20 p.m. Cairo, June 28. It has been diacoversd that rats are proving the medium of disseminating th© plague at Alexandria, a number of rodentshiving been found infected with tbe disease. The British authorities have .hired a number of vessels for use as. transports in the evenfe of tho plaguespreading.