LATEST CABLE NEWS.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 22 August 1901, Page 3

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

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Big Purchase of Ships. London, Aug. 20. J. E. Ellerman, Chairman of directors of Leylands line of steamers, until the recent purchase by Mr Pierpont Morgan, has bought the City Line Limited of fourteen steamers with a tonnage of forty thousand, trading between Glasgow Liverpool,' and We st Indies, It is understood that the purchase price was £750,000. The Boyal Tour. Capetown, August 21. The Cornwalla were received by TChama and 100 other native chiefs. Hew Bishop of Durham. London, August 21. The Rev. Handly Cart Glynn Mouie, principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge, sue. oeeds Westmaoott as Bishop of Durham. A Stormy Voyage. The barquentine Lapwing, from Sydney to Falmouth, put mte Monte Video partially dismasted and part of her cargo of wheat damaged. British Submarines. The British torpedo gunboat “Hazard” was placed in commission as the first step taken towards the establishment of a flotilla of five submarines with a speed of seven knots an hour being completed at Barrow-on-Furness. The French Manoeuvres. The military review which the Czar attends will beheld at Bbeimson the 19tb, The Czaritza is expected to visit Oonpeigne. Major Marohand, of the Fashoda expedition, has been appointed in command of the French troops in China. / Britain Checkmated Russia in China. \Eeceived this day. at 9 10 a.m. London, August 21. A blue book has been issued dealing with China. It shows that Lord Salisbury and Lansdowne successfully coped with Russian intrigues on many occasions where British railway or other interests were concerned. The Russian military party was mainly responsible for her aggressiveness, necessitating Lamsdorff, Minister of Foreign Affairs, making several explanations.

“ Royal Cigars.” New York, August 21. Several thousands of the Duke _of Cornwall's cigars, intended for use during his visit in Canada, were recovered in sealed cases from the wreck of the Lusitania. Celtic Conference. London, August 31. The Pan-Celtic Conference is now being held at Dublin. Delegates are attending from Wales, Isle of Man, Brittany, and Scotland. Steel Strike Rioting. Received this day at 9 10 a.m. New York, Aug. 21. Bioting is reported amongst the steel strikers at Pittsburg. Several steel mills are being fortified. The British Force in West Africa London, Aug. 21. The West African Frontier force is advancing to Lake Chad to secure British Interests in the Sorato region in Northern Nigeria. Gape Parliament. Capetown, Aug. 21. Parliament has been prorogued till September 18th.