LATEST CABLE NEWS.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 25 April 1901, Page 2

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

[by ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT.] (per press association.) Finland and Russia. Received this day, at 0 20 a.m. - St Petersburg, April 24. The Senate of Finland protests against the ordinary budget being used to provide for the maintenance of Russian Gendarmerie in Finland. The Accession Oath. London, April 24. The Opposition members in the House of Commons do not intend serving on the Joint Committee upon the accession oath, leaving the responsibility of the proposals with the Government, lienee tlio Lords Committee alone will carry out the investigation. Thirty Ounce Stone in Scotland. Leith, April 24. Gold bearing reefs running thirty ounces to the ton have been discovered in a street in Leith, Scotland. The Crown claims the vein which runs across the river. The Mokau Coal Mine, Joshua Jones of New Zealand sued his solicitor named Flower, on a charge of improperly obtaining the Mokau. Estate. Justice Phillimore held that though the solicitor was guilty of misconduct, it was unnccessory to punish beyond ordering him to pay the costs of action.

Opera Company. London, April 24. Williamson’s Opera Company has sailed for Australia. The repertoire includes the following operas :—New Australia, Romeo, Jnliette, Othello, La Boheme, Fedora. Concerning Religion. Vienna, April 24. The Emperor of Austiia disowns the Archduke Francis recent assurance to the clerical society that ho sided with the militant Catholics.