LATEST CABLE HEWS.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 28 November 1901, Page 3

LATEST CABLE HEWS.

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A Miraculous Escape. Home, Nov 26.

The Duke of Dalruzzi, while riding an auto-oar at the rate of 40 miles per hour, at Turin, collided with a mill stone, and was thrown into a field, and had a miraculous escape.

French Spoil in China. Paris, Nov 26.

The Paris correspondent of the Times states that the French Government is unable to publish Voyron’s report because he accuses ladies belonging to the Foreign Legations directly they were relieved of pillaging the richest shops in Pekin, and concealing in the Legations loads of silk, laces, ivory work, and jewellery. All the nations are involved.

General Yoyron in n confidential report on the operations in China states that the French soldiers helped the missionaries and 800 converts with 40 wagons, pillaging Prince Li’s Pallace of silver ingots. The missionaries gave every soldier a cheque.

Religious Meddlers. London, Nov 27,

5,245 Ministers have signed a peace manifesto of the Free Church of England, a recently formed organisation embodying Non-conformists generally. The manifesto urges autonomy, the amnesty of rebels and giving compensation.

High Price! Estate. An Englishman whoso name is not stated, has purchased at auction for £200,000 the estate embracing the historic Battle Abbey, which came into the market through the death of the Duchess of Cleveland.

Balfour improving. London, Nov 27.

Balfour is improving. Attack on Slavery. Colonel A. F. Montanero commanding the Southern Nigeria Battalion commands an expedition of 1500 men who are starting from Lagos for West Africa to attack the Acos on the Cross Eiver, with the object of suppressing slavery and destroying the fetish town m the interior. A German Statesman. London, Nov. 27. By the King’s command military honours were accorded to the removal of Hatzfield’s remains for Victoria Station en route for Sommerburg, Condolences and comments of the British Press on the late Minister bad a soothing effect on Germany.

Madame Melba. Melba has engaged Arens tenor and Bensuade baritone thus completing the troupe. She leaves Vancouver for Australia about the middle of August. Discovery of a buried City. Constantinople, Nov 27. A buried city of stdhe with buddings, roads and bridges, has been discovered at the foot of Mount Emratz, Aleppo. Fatal Boiler Explosion. Naw iOBK, Nov 27. Twenty-four men were killed and twenty-five injured in the boiler explosion at the Injector Factory Detroit.