LATE CABLES

Waikato Independent, Volume II, Issue 132, 21 September 1905, Page 5

LATE CABLES

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RISING AT COLUMBIA. U'KK I'KKSS ASSOCIATION.) (Received Sept. 21, 12.30 a.m.) New Yuhk, September 20. Unconfirmed reports have been received from Columbia that General Rafael Reyes has deealrcd himself dictator and imprisoned members of the Supreme Court. Mobs attacked the palace, and troops fired on them, killing' and.wounding many. THE HAGUE GOVERNMENT. The Hague, September 20. The speech from the throne foreshadows the preliminary training of the youth in order to place the whole nation on a state of defence, also compulsory insurance against illness, incapacity and old age. FIGHTING AT MACEDONIA. (Received September 21, 10.25 a.m.) Constantinople, September 20. There have been frequent combats at Macedonia between the Turkish troops and revolutionary bands. The latter suffered severely. The notorious chief Leonadas was killed. DEATH OF DR. BARN ADO. London, September 20. Obituary—Doctor Barnado, the well-known philantropist, of heart disease.