LATE CABLES. BRITISH' AND FOREIGN.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9642, 14 January 1899, Page 6

LATE CABLES. BRITISH' AND FOREIGN.

t- T he following appeared in our Second Edition of Yesterday :—

' (By Eleotrio Telegraph— Copyright ) {Per United Press Association.) (Received January 13, at 1.40 p.m.) BRUSSELS, January 12, The Belgian Government is drafting a ■Worker*' Pension Bill. ' Calcutta, January 12, The plague has again made its appear-

ance in Qtilcutta.

JJerlin, January 12.

A sensational duel took place at Mete. Some German military officers jostled ft civilian named Tillman. The latter raised , a stick, and afterwards bo&sted he had ■ 'thrashed the officers. The Court of Honor compelled ■ the souior officer involved to ' fight a dual At ten paces. The officer shot" . Tillman through the heart. ) ' '> , ; London, January 12. ■'■■ ' The steamer Vittoria, bound to Genoa - from Buenos Ayres with a cargo of sulphur, caught fire at sea and had to be uuttled. 1 , Four hundred and twenty-three pas- '' sengers' aboard were landed at AHcanto, in '" Spain. The owners of the Oromartyshire' 1 which collided with and sank the Fronch , liner La Bourgoyne off the. coast of Nova Bcotia in July, last, have obtained damages against tho owners of the La Bourgoyne. It was alleged the latter vessel was travelling at an excessive rate of speed at the time of the disaster, Stdmet. January 13. - The lambing returns of the colony average 52J per cent, an increase of 9$ per oent compared with the previous year.' There is a heavy fall in potatoes, Sales are now £4 10s to £5 10s. ' / MEtßoofejE, January 13. A conferenoe ,of Ministers of Agriculture has opened, and discussed Geddes' , Boheme for tho establishment of meat

depots.; and a, red reduction of ooeon , freights. No deoision was arrived at.