LATEST CABLE NEWS.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 1 August 1901, Page 3

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

[bt blbotbic tblboraph—copyright.] (PBB PRESS ASSOCIATION.) ' The Pacific Cable. Received this day, at 857 a.m. London, July 31. In Committee of Ways and Means, a resolution sanctioning the expenditure of two millions on the Pacific Cable was adopted by a majority of 114, Beach undertaking not to raise the money till the Bill passed the House of Commons.

Breach of Privilege. It is declared that the Daily Mail's article denouncing Brodriok is a breach * of privilege, but at Balfour’s instance the t House negatived M’Neill’s motion, sum- r moning the editor and published to the I bar by 223 to 128. > British and the Tnrke, { A British expedition destroyed a fort < erected by the Turks near Aden. i Russian Expedition. St Petersburg, July 31. Two thousand Tibetans attacked Major Kasloffs Russian expedition, killing ton and wounded ten., The French Navy. Pabis, July 31. Sanessan, Minister for Marine, has ordered 20 additional submarine boats. The Jesuits in France. The Jesuits have decided that the Benedictness shall migrate to Luxemburg. Those at Solesmes coming to Farnbqrough, where they have already sent the library. Received this day at 9 27 a.m. Safety of the Strathmore. LoSdon, July 31. The Strathmore was towed into Maritins with a damaged shaft. She jettisoned 8,600 tons of cargo. Royalty. King Edward and the Emperor of Germany meet at Hamburg on 15 th prox. and afterwards proceed to Wilhelmshohe. ® Education. The Education Bill was read a third time in the House of Commons. Arrival of Walderaee. ’ Algiers, Jlly 31. General Waldersee was feted on his arrival here. Forest Fires in Sweden. Stockholm, July 31. Twenty square miles of forest fires are raging in Sweden. Housing the Poor. Copeland, Agent-General for New South Wales, has forwarded to Governmeat 'elaborate reports on housing the working classes,

Suspended

In the House of Commons O’Shea was suspended for referring to the blackguardly conduct of Irish judges. A Question of Privilege.

The House of Lords held that Countess Cawley, thoufh re-married to a Commoner, was entitled to use her title. Great Harvest. Ottawa, July 31.

There is an unprecedented harvest in Canada. In Manitoba the wheat yield exceeds sixty million bushels. Twenty thousand English harvesters are required in the North-west Territory. They are offered ton shillings a day with board. The Canadian shipments of hay to South Africa since the outbreak of the war is 68,000 tons. Shippers are now finishing orders.