LATEST CABLE NEWS.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 9 February 1901, Page 3

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

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Italian Premier Resigned.

Rome, February 7. ''' Signor Saracco, the Italian Premier, has resigned.

Religious Liberty.

London, February 8,

The King of Portugal yesterday in receiving a deputation from the Evangelical Alliance at Buckingham Palace said that at his distinct wish religious liberty was granted to all religious Christiana throughout his donominions. It was his determination to enforce this rule, and he was giving orders to ensure it being carried out. Suicide in 8t Paul’s. An unemployed Italian suicided with a revolver at St Paul’s Cathedral during service yesterday. The Recent Bees? Poisoning.

The Bostook Co. sugar refiners, Liverp- _.s»were mulcted to the extent of £I9BO damage sustained by the brewer in connection with the recent poisoning cases through using arsenical material supplied by the Bosiock’s Co.

Libal Against Daily Mail. A jury has mulcted the Daily Mail in £725 damages for alleging that Charles Macdonald, jeweller, Glasgow, supplied a worthless sword of honor to the Clan Macdonald Society for Major General Hector Macdonald.

French Army Reorganisation. Pauls, Feb. 8,

The French Army Committee has adopted Adrian Monteoello’s reorganisation scheme reducing the term of service to 10 months or a year, and offering privates and non-commissioned officers bounties and high pay if they enlist tor five or to years.

Fatal Railway Accident. New York, Feb. 8.

The Western bound Now York and Chicargo Limited Express, one of the fastest on the Eric railway, was derailed owing to a fish plate breaking in the curve between Amasa and Greenville. Six were killed and twelve injured.

The King of Britain. London, February 8,

The- King is receiving an enormous number of congratulatory telegrams and addresses from all parts of the Empire. Visit of the Yorks.

Newspapers express delight at the Yorks’ visit to Australia not being abandoned. After leaving Canada the Duke and Duchess will probably visit McKinley. Terrible Explosion of Dignamite. New York, February 8.

Hundreds of cases of dignamito were accidently exploded blowing off the top of Sanandres silver mine, Mexico, and killing 87.

Queen of Sweden 111.

Stockholm, February 8,

The Queen of Sweden is seriously ill. Queen Wilhelmina Married. The Hague, February 7.

Queen Wilhelmina was married at The Hague to Duke Henry of Mecklen-burg-Schwerin. The ceremony aroused tremenduous enthusiasm. The British Minister was present at Queen Wilhelmina’s marriage. Opening of the Canadian Parliament. Ottawa, February 8. The speech from the Throne in opening the Canadian Parliament expressed the hope that the Duke and Duchess of York will visit Canada, and assured them of a hearty welcome. It mentioned the satisfactory progress of the Pacific Cable scheme and expressed the hope that nothing would occur to prevent the completion of the cable. Mr Muloch, Postmaster-General, announced a bill to arrange Cannda’s finandal share of the scheme.