LATE CABLES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIII, Issue 15000, 1 February 1899, Page 3

LATE CABLES

) (By Eiectiuc Telegraph. — Copyright, j (Per. Pbess Association.) Received January 31, 4.30 p.m. ST. PETERSBURG, January 30. y The Czar has decreed that all hiyhei oflicials iu Finland shall pueak Russian. LONDON, January 30. Sir Vernon Harcourb is going abroad. He returns in May. Professor Long, President of the Board i of Agriculture, speaking at Newcns'Jc.said the public granaries would be useless. The navy must maintain our food supplies. Obituary — Earl Lindsay, aged 84. A FEARFUL ACCIDENT. f __ e THE NEWCASTLE COAL DIFFIe CULTY. SUICIDE AT SYDNEYTYSON'S ESTATE. Received January 31, 10.30 p.m. LONDON, January 30. Obituary. — Father Cuinmings, of Christj church. I SYDNEY, January 31. t A falling' tree smashed the Taree mail I coach. The driver was killed, and the > only passenger, a Mr. Pattinson, coinmer- > cial traveller, injured, one of his • legs hanging by a shred of flesh, i It is understood that the coal difficulty • at Newcastle has been settled, the linis- • ters having conceded the men's terms. Edward Kuapp, a well-known temperance reformer, and one of the two gentlemen mentioned for selection for the Governorship of Norfolk Island, attempted suicide by cutting his throat. He is iu a precarious condition. BRISBANE, January 31. Tyson's Queensland estate has been sworn at under £1,363,000. His debts are stated at £600r CAIRO, January 31. King Menelik is indignant at the inilux of Russians. Received February 1, 12.25 a.m. PEKIN, January 31. Anglo-German entente enrdiale exists in regard to Britain's demand for impartial investigation into the reasons attending the deposition of Huyufu from the position of director of tho Northern Railways Company. ,