ABRIDGED CABLES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 7241, 23 August 1902, Page 3

ABRIDGED CABLES.

Sir Henry Irving denies having cutored into any engagement for an Australian tour. Tho Limerick Corporation is bestowing tho Freedom of tho City on tho Boor Generals. Lucas Meyers' funeral has been postponed for two months. Possibly ho may bo buriod at tho Capo. A racial riot occurred at Tupolo, in Mississipi (U.S.A.) Four whites and eight negroes were killed. Dr Lang, of Melbourne, has declined tho offor of a Bishopric. Tho pumps on tho burning steamer Apariraa, at Albany, and a drodge, have been working continuously since Thursday. Tho firo now exhibits signs of abatement. The bulkhead between tho bunker and No. 2 hold has been almost fused. It seems certain that tho ship, which has now sottlcd low in tho water, has sustained great damage. Tho Royal yacht loft Weymouth at daybreak, yesterday, for Falmouth. Tho War Offico is making experiments with a new eightccn-pounder field gun, which promises to be superior to anything in tho possession of other Powers. Threo moro accidents havo occurred on the Alps, with two fatalities. Two English brothers, who were climbing tho Weterborn, aro also missing. The Venezuolan insurgents havo captured tho Government steamer Voyacea. Rains are seriously affecting grapovines and beet-root crops in Franco. Good rains havo fallen in Western India, which havo saved the crops and diverted an immediate famine. Thore is a recrudescence of cholera in Egypt. Every province, except Kench, is infected. Threo thousand cases have occurred, and wore mostly fatal. Tho Australian Coronation Contingent was given a hearty send-off, and embarked on the steamer Arcadia. The Shah is an object of intenso interest to Londoners. General Botha received an ovation at Brussels, crowds shouting " Long live the Boers." Another thousand Boers havo loft St. Helena for Capetown. Seven Colonial Governors, who served under Baron Stanmoro during their careers, presented him with a silver salvor. Dr. W. G. Grace has completed his thousand runs during the present season. The brothers Dohcrty won tho American Championship Doubles in lawn tennis. At the Mount Kembla inquiry, counsel for deceased's relatives announced they had been instructed that there was gas in tho mine before the explosion, and at the present time. Norfolk Island news report that Arthur Quintal, the oldest member of the Pitcairn community, is dead. The bot fly has made its appearance in the Murrumburrah district, in Now South Wales, causing some alarm. In view of tho possible recrudescenco of plague, a rat crusade is being resumed in Sydney. Another day of genoral destruction has been fixed.