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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11570, 11 July 1899, Page 3

Cable Messages. United Press Association.-? By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. Eeceived July 10, 11.25 p.m. NAVAL MOBILISATION. London, July 10. i The Admiralty is mobilising 118 warships for naval ru'ancsuvres Received July 11, 2 a.m. GERMANY AND FRANCE -RUSSIA DISSATISFIED. St Petersburg, July 10. The Novoe Vremya expressts much dissatisfaction at the Emperor of Germany's visit to the French warship Ipheg9nie, and the congratulations which passed between the Kaiser and President Loubet. INDIAN CURRENCY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS. Be. Mi! ay, July 10. The Indian Currency Committee recommend that the sovereign be a legal tender ; a'so the re-openiDg oE the mints, which will noc be restricted to the coiniag of gold, the conditions of working to be similar to those of the Aust-alian mints. The Committee fixed the legal rate of the rupee at sixteen pence. It is anticipated this will be effective in the establishment of a gold standard. Received July 11, 9.8 a.m SERIOUS RIOTING IN OTTAWA. Ottawa, July 10. There is a strike of tram-car employees on the LondonvOntario line, and serious rioting is taking place. The military cleared the streets at the point of the bayonet. AN ITALIAN GENERAL RELEASED. Pahis, Julj 10." General Piletta, the Italian recently arrested at Nice on a charge of espionage and sentenced to five years', has been re* leased on the occasion of the French National Fete at Mce. Received July 8, 9.45 a.m. AFTER MANY YEARS. London, July 10. Charles Neufeld, a German merchant, who was released on the fall of Omdurman, after eleven yearB 1 captivity, has met his wife in England.