LATEST CABLE NEWS.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 30 July 1901, Page 4

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

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Another Alps Accident.

London, July 28. Arthur Davies, a Broydon shipowner, was killed at Diberg Alps by falling 300 feet. American Iron Strike Ended. London, July 29. There are persistent reports in New York that the iron strike is ended on the basis of a compromise. The Mad Mullah again defeated. The Mad Mullah’s forces were again defeated on the 17th, losing 70 men. 13 British were killed and 21 wounded. The German Agarian Party. Berlin, July 29. The Agarrian Party arc surprised at the concessions offered by the new tariff, but it is considered unlikely that it will pass in its present shape. Wool is admitted free ; frozen meat and butter 30 marks per double cwt; packed apples, six marks ; oranges and lemons, 12 marks ; hard timber, 190 pfennigs per cubic metre ; soft timber is unchanged. American Naval Scandal. New Yore, July 29. Admiral Cervcra, interviewed by a New York journalist, testified to Schley’s valour and the excellence of his tactics. Scnley has asked the Naval Department to request Cervera to give evidence before the Court of Enquiry, The Pan-Anglican Congress. Washington, July 29. Secretary Hay is irritated at Chili not sending a representative to the PanAnglican Congress unless discussion of her retention of the Peruvian provinces is barred. There are indications that Chili objects to the tutelage of Monroeism.

Grispi in Bad Health. Rome, July 29. Signor Crispi, ex-Italian Premier, is in critical health.

The King’s Title. London, July 29, Canada, Natal, Cape Colony, and Newfoundland supported the extension of the King’s title. Mr Chamberlain suggested that they should not specify any particular colony. The Tuberculosis Conference.

At the Tuberculosis Conference Professors -Virchow and Heibner, German scientists, agree that tuberculosis is not hereditary, but they dissent from the theory that bovine tuberculosis is not transmissable to human beings.

Obituary. London, July 29. Dr Wesootfc, Bishop of Durham, aged 76.

The Iron Strike. New York, July 29. The Iron strike has been settled. It is largely a Trust victory. The companies pay Union wages, but are free to employ non-Unionists. Antarctic Expedition. London, July 29. The Discovery and the German Antarctic Expedition leaves Cowes and Kiel simultaneously. Each vessel steams seven knots. The Discovery stays a week at the Capo.