CABLE NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11646, 25 August 1905, Page 5

CABLE NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Press Association.— Telegraph.— Copyright.

NEW GERMAN LOAN.

Received August 25, 1.7 a.m. BERLIN, August 24. Germany proposes to raise an additional five million sterling on tobacco. Three million will be devoted largely to expenditure on, the Navy.

NAVAL EXHIBITION. OTTAWA, Aujgust 24. Three : hundred* sailors ' belonging to" Prince Henry of Battenbefg's fleet,' which is at Quebec, are giving a naval exhibition at Montreal for the benefit of charity. They were lavishly entertained and have met with immense enthusiasm throughout - Canada. A similar party iB the Government's guests in Ottawa. CHANNEL FLEET IN A STORM. COPENHAGEN, August 24. A storm struck the British Channel Fleet when leaving ' Esbjerg. Three destroyers were damaged. SALVATION,sARMY EMIGRANTS. LONDON, Augußt 24. • The Salvation Army sent 4000>people to Canada this year, and expect to send 10,000 next ..year. ' , -< INDIAN TEA. LONDON, August 24. Indian teas .of the 1905 > season are. the finest for ten years, and 30 per cent of the sales in bond in London average Is per pound. ATTEMPTED CHANNEL SWIM. LOND.ON, August 24. Annette Kellerman, Burgess, and Horace Mew started to swim from Dover to Calais. At 7 o'clock. Miss Kellerman was two miles ahead. Later she withdrew owing to seasickness.