LATEST CABLE NEWS.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 15 August 1901, Page 3

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

[PER PRESS ASTOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.] Big~Fire. Christiania, August 14. Four-fifths of the town of Farsund were burnt, and 1200 are homeless. Chinese Railway Company. Paris, August 13. An Indo-Ohina Yunnan Railway Coy, with a capital of 12-| million francs, has been formed at Paris. Signor Criapi. London, August 14, The Daily Mail states that Sigor Crispi died in debt. His last jewel had been pawned. Torpedo Boat Raised. The torpedo boat No 81, which sunk during the naval manoeuvres, has been raised, • ■"*

Obituary. Nordenskjold, Arctic explorer. Terrible Explosion. Paris, August 13. Lightening exploded vats containing half a million gallons of absinthe in the Pemod’s distillery at Pontarlier, in the river department at Doubs, A blazing mass ran on to the river, which was transformed into a flood of fire. The loss is estimated at £320,000. New Zealand Trust and Loan Company.’ The Now Zealand Trust and Loan Co. has decided to return the shareholders £4 per share. A Royal Commission to investigate tuberculosis will shortly be appointed. The Venezuelan Trouble. New York, August 13. A diplomatic rapture has occurred between the Republics of Venezuela and Colombia. The American warships lowa and Banger are proceeding to Panama.