CABLE NEWS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10894, 10 March 1903, Page 5

CA BLE NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Press Association . — Telegraph . — Copyright SEARCH FOR HIDDEN GOLD. • Received March 10, 0.2 a.m. LONDON, March 9. The Daily Mail states that the Briiish Government sent detectives to Dclagoa Bay to search for four millions of gold supposed to be still hidden, promising a reward of 5 per cent if successful. 'Sorncone^betrayed the scheme to Leyds and Kruger, who sent photographs to Delagoa and took other precautions to thwart the design. A FATAL FERRY ACCIDENT. , NEW YORK, March 9. A ferry accident precipitated 80 persons into the" Hudson River at Spiers' Falls. Nineteen were drowned. KILLED BY SNOWSTORMS. ST. PETERSBURG, March 9. Terrible snowstorms have occurred in Samara, and have killed hundreds of people. POLYGAMY IN AFGHANISTAN. CABUL, March 9. The Ameer has forbidden anyone having more than four wives. He has divorced all of his except the daughters of four . leading generals. GOVERNMENT v. VILLAGE POLICE. / ST. PETERSBURG, March 9. The Czar proposes to abolish village constabulary, substituting Governmentpaid police, thus relieving villages of a burden of 21 million roubles a year, besides creating a more efficient forco at half the cost. THE SULTAN OF MOROCCO. LONDON, March 9. The Sultan of Morocco has bought an estate in England, and deposited a large treasure in gold and jewels in a London Bank. THE POPE'S BENEDICTION. ROME, March 9. The Pope's benediction at 'the jubilee festival was phonographed. Leo authorisedreproduction cylinders, and their sale in aid of charities. | PIERPONT MORGAN'S LATEST. NEW YORK, March ,9. Mr Pierpont Morgan is building a marble museum, at a cost of ten million dollars, adjoining his New York residence, for the reception of art treasures. UNITY WANTED. ■ l NEW YORK, March 9. Argentina has proposed that the Latin American Republics should unite. , DEBT COLLECTION. • ' NEW YORK,' March 9. America promulgating the Monroe doctrine, barring future forcible collection of debts by bombardments or blockades, -Mr Hay replied that~ Monroeism needed no strengthening. President Roosevelt's declaration respecting the collection of debts was sufficient. STRIKES FOR INCREASED WAGES. LONDON, March 9. Forty thousand Lancashire and Cheshire miners are prepared to support the South Wales colliers if they strike for increased wages. I ANCIENT DISCOVERIES. CAIRO,- March 9. The tomb of Thotmes, and the Courts of one of the Pharoahs of the eighteenth dynasty, have been discovered at Thebes, containing a body in a chariot, in perfect condition, also boomerangs and other interesting objects.