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CABLEGRAMS. * : . THE PACIFIC CABLE. (Per Press Association.—Copyright.) LONDON, November 21. The Pacific Cable Board announces that it commences operations on Bth December. HONOURS FOR MAUD DEATTY. LONDON, November 21. Miss Maud Beatty, formerly of the Pollard's Opera Company, has been engaged as principal boy .at the Drury Lane Theatre. A COSTLY EPIDEMIC. LONDON, November 21. The recent small-pox., epidemic cost the Metropolitan Asylums Board half a million. A BIG STEAMER. LONDON, November 21. Tyser's steamer ' Marere has been launched at Belfast. ENGLAND'S OPEN DOOR. LONDON, November 21. Mr Leanie, the prefect o$ police in Paris, declares that it is impossible to suppress anarchism while England and Switzerland afford comfortable asylums to them. ' MR CHAMBERLAIN'S TOUR. LONDON, November 21. The Hon. J. Chamberlain dined and slept at Windsor, and takes farewell of his Sovereign to-day. FRENCH CRUISERS ACTIVE. LONDON, November 21. Three of the French cruisers are going to Tangiers. OBITUARY. LONDON, November 22. T. Steel, director of the National Bank of New Zealand. MARCONI'S INVENTION. LONDON, November 22. Marconi confirmed the receipt of a message from Caps Breton to Cornwall. INDIAI9 RESOURCES. LONDON, November 22. Mr Gamesby Tate, the Indian financier, is expending two millions sterling in developing iron ■ properties of Chanderi in- Central India. THE HUMBERT FRAUDS. PARIS, November 21. The Figaro states that an important financial syndicate has been formed in Paris with the object of capturing Madame Humbert im connection with the recent swindles. EDUCATION BILL FOR LONDON. LONDON, November 21. An Education Bill for London' will be one of the leading measures for next session. The provisions of the Bill at present under discussion do not apply to London. THE KAISER,. LONDON, November 21. The Kaiser was farewelled by Lord Lonsdale. Hej lunched with; Lord Rosebery, and "embarked in Hohenzolleru at Queen's Ferry amid a royal salute. SUICIDE OF A STOCK JOBBER. LONDON, November 21. Mr Henry Hastings Keppell, a well known stock jobber, committed suicide im & Havatory ati the Londoni Stock Exchange, as the result of recent losses. ' PRINCE EDWARD OF SAXEWEIMAR, ..: ; LONDON, November 21. The Prince of Wales and Lord Roberts will attend the funeral of Prince Edward, of Saxe-Weimar, at Chichester. . ADDRESS 1 BY LORD BRASSEY. LONDON, November 21. Lord Bxassey,, addressing a Liberal meeting at Birkenhead, took farewell of public life. SIR E, SATOW. LONDON, November 21. Sir E. Satow, British. Minister in China, started for: England on six months' leave of absence. STATUE OF VICTORIA. LONDON, November 21.' A statue of the late Queen Victoria, by Stoneham, has been shipped to Perth, We?t Australia. RESIGNATION OF VOLUNTEER. OFFICERS. LONDON, November 21, A hundred and fifty volunteer officers resigned during the month, being unable to give the time to their duties as required by the new regular tions. RIFLE ASSOCIATION'S MEETING. MELBOURNE, November. 22. At the Rifle Association meeting the King's prize was won by CorporaBurr, with a score of 306. Addison (of Adelaide) was second, with 305. THE NEW STAMP ACT. HOBART, November 22. The new 'Stamp Act provides for a tax of a penny on five shilling tickets in Tattersall's sweep?, which is expected' to produce a revenue of £-4500. PAYMENT OF CONTING ENTERS. SYDNEY, November 22. In an action in which, a member of the South. African contingent obtained judgment for the payment of 4s 6d a day from the New South Wales Government in addition to the Imperial payment, the Government petitioned for a new trial, but the Full Court refused the application,