TELEGRAPHIC.
BttXTItH & FOREIGN, United Press Association—Por ElectriTeJegrapn—bupynguc. Received 9.2'J a.m., August 20th. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. jN EW YORK, August 19. The Cunard steamer Lucunia, which is equipped with Marconi s apparatus for wireless telegraphy, has been successlul in sending messages thiougli the Nantucket light ship, a distance of 'tai miles, to New 1 ork. Received 2.55 p.m., August 20th. WRECK AND LOSS UF LIFE. The Yukon liner Islander struck an iceberg at Juneau, Alaska, within a mile of the shore, in a perfectly calm sea, and sank in 25 minutes. Sixty-five persons were drowned, and 107 were saved. A million dollars worth of gold went down with the vessel. "THE TIMES" ON FEDERATION. LONDON, August 19. "The Times" says that the New Zealand Federation Commission's report is conceived in no narrow or local spirit. New Zealand's decision is iiot final. It-may be well' for her to wait. . : MR DAVITT'S SPEECHES. Mr Dillon denies that Mr Michael Davitt spoke at the same meeting as O'Donovan Rossa in Chicago. Mr Davitt in a speech at Milwaukee said that the Irish would nob fight England with weapons of anai'chy. GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA. It is officially announced' that Sir George Sydenham Clarke has accepted the Governorship of Victoria. Received 2.50 p.m., August 20th. BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS. PARIS, August 19. Dr Paul Gernault, of Paris, has offered to allow Dr Koch to inoculate him with bovine tuberculosis, in order to determine the immunity or otherwise of humanity'. THE CZAR'S VISIT TO FRANCE. It is semi-officially announced here that the Czar attends the review of the French northern squadron, lands at Dunkirk, and witnesses the end of the- autumn army manoeuvres at Reims. , Received 10.30 p.m., August 20th. THE ROYAL TOUR. CAPETOWN, August 20. The Duke'and Duchess of Cornwall had a magnificent - welcome on arrival here. Two .thousand persons attended the levee at Parliament Buildings. ARREST. BERLIN, August 20. One of thef directors of the Gerard Jerlinden metal works, Prussia, which recently suspended, has been arrested at Milwaukee, America, with £SOOO in Ms posses- I sion. . ' '
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 3625, 21 August 1901, Page 2
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338TELEGRAPHIC. Timaru Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 3625, 21 August 1901, Page 2
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