Cable Brevities

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 77, 17 December 1892, Page 2

Cable Brevities

Lady ibdy is suing in the London Courts for a judicial separation, on the grounds of her husband's adultery with Madame Benilz. The explosion in the colliery at Ban* furling, Wigan, originated in the enginehouse, and stopped the ventilation of the mine. It is feared that all those entombed have been killed. Those engaged in the work of rescue are working long hours in an atmosphere almost suffocating. Gwyneth Maude, daughter of an officer of high rank, has been confided on a charge of obtaining goods from Spinks, the well-known jewellers, and others, by means of false pretences, and sent to St John's Home, Fulhatn. When the charge was first, brought to light it was alleged that the crime had been instigated by the girl's mother, who, on

her daughter's arrest, committed suicide in a London hotel where the family were residing. The loss of the P. and O. Company by the wreck of the Bokhara is estimated at L 200.000. The, announcement that Sir Pryce Jones had been unseated for the Montgomery district is not correct, the petition having been dismissed. The Judges disagreed on the matter. Shenden, a pauper in the Lambeth workhouse, has inherited a legacy of £25l),000.. . . The Committee engaged enquiring into the scandals connected with the Panama Canal to«day examined MM. ttouvier, Clemenceau, and Constans, but elicited nothing new beyond the fact that Baron Reinach's death was due to criminal acts or bribery, and that he had threatened to commit suicide The doctors who made the autopsy of the remains of Reinach discovered traces of atropine in the body- The scandal is believed to he weakening the Cabinet, and also the position of the President and the Ke« public. Both achild shave sent to Russia five million pounds' worth of gold since September. A Russian officer, of high rank, has been murdered at Kier, and the outrage is attributed to Nihilists. Mr Alexander, of the firm of Kedfearn, Alexander and Co., colonial merchants, in London, who suspended payment, has passed his examination before the Bankruptcy Court. He admitted that his firm had lost a sum of £210,000 in the past ten years, and he personally had lost L 36.000 on the Stock Exchange. Armor, the Chicago ' Pork King.' has donated the sum of L 200.000 to a Science and Art Institute. BwhopSelwyn will probably be created a prelate of the Order of St Michael and St George.^^^^^^^^^^

"I am saving at the rate of LSO per annum by paying cash and dealing at the Cash Exchanee Co-Op." This is the testimony of a settler whose name and address can be given. Look out for a drapery and clothing price list — J. C, Thompson, Manager.— Advt. A.: "I don't know how I'm going to at* ford a holiday this Xmas." B: "Well, I know how- I will afford it. I must hare some new furniture, but I am going to buy it at Shearers's, and I'll save enough by getting it there to pay my holiday trip, and don't forget the Pea Competition." Cobbe and Darragh have bought, much under regular prices, ninety Ladies' and Children's Sunshades— all London sample.s. .Prices range from 9d to 18/6.— Advt. During the month of December, from the first day to the last, unusual advantages will be offered to all cash customers at Te Aro House, Wellington. For continuation ot Reading Matter see fourth page.)