LATE CABLES

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 534, 30 September 1902, Page 2

LATE CABLES

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright PEKIN. Kept. 29. .Sic E. Satow has begun lo transfer the Shanhaikwan-Fekin railway to China. CAIRO, Sept. 29. It is ofiieially announced that Alexandria is infected with Asiatic cholera. PARIS. Sept 29. The French .Miners’ Congress has decided in favor of a general strike, and instructed the national committee to organise for and fix a date for the strike, Colonel Saint Remy and General Fraser have been placed on half-pay for testifying that the orders sent to Colonel Saint Remy were civil, and not military. Three earthquake shocks lave been felt at Manners. VIENNA, Sept. 29. The body of Jeilinek, the embezzler, has been recovered from the Danube. Rome, Sept. 29. The severe storms in Sicily are unabated. Sofia, Sept. 29. Fifty-two Bulgarians, who broko through the Turkish cordon at Monattir, were killed at Vodena, and twelve were wounded. Others are being hotly pursued. New York, Sept. 29. The miners’ strike iu Pennsylvania continues, and threatens to create a famine in New York. Boston is threatened with a eoal famine. London, Sept. 29. The Shipping Gazette declaros that the Peninsular Company will shortly make Southampton, instead of London, the Home port, owing to the deeper water. Later.—Tho Shipping Gazette only believes that the Peninsular Compauy will make Southampton, instead of London, tho Home port. The happiest results aro anticipated from Lord Milner's tour of Western Transvaal. He invited suggestions and discussed plaus of settlement with the leading burghers, including Gronjo’s son, J. L. Vanderinerve, formerly Mining Commissioner at Johannesburg. They showed themselves oager to promote tho prosperity of the country, and expressed general satisfaction with the arrangements for educating Boer children. The Times’ Capetown correspondent states that the local Boer funds amount to £67,288. A large proportion is being devoted to prisoners of war. Tho sum of £27,975 was invested, and tho Orphans’ Committee during tho war reported that it was unnecessary to spend the money, inasmuch as the women and orphans were cared for. Tho Committee now say that the money will romain invostod until tho Boor Ministers, who have been prominently connected with the Committee, rejoin their congregations. The Times says that the unofficial visit to Canada and Australia of Mr Wyatt, tho Navy League's envoy, is ill-timed, coming as it does immediately after tho Colonial Conference. In view of colonial demands needing to be handled with care, tact and discretion, it would be wiser not to attempt to force tho pace.

St. Petersburg, Sept. 29. M. De Witte, Minister for Finance, visits Pekin and Tokio. Russian newspapers are urging exaction from Turkey of compensation for injury by the construction of the Bagdad railway, which conflicts with Russian interests. The Grand Duko Nicholas of Russia, Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, and General Igotiff participated in tho celebrations on completion of the Memorial Church at Shipka Pass. The Metropolitan of Starazogora took a leading part in tho consecration ceremony on an equality with tho Russian clergy, thus tho independence of tho Bulgarian Church being recognised, contrary to the Greek patriarch’s decision of 1872. Romo, Sept. 29. Troops aro busy in rescue and salvage work in connection with the storms in Sicily. London, Sept. 29. Thirteen thousand five hundred and seventy-two licenses for claims wore granted in Petersburg and 8895 in tho Barberton districts, oarly enough to enable the poorest to reach their destinations on the 24th. Claims were pegged out at daybreak on the 25th. There was no disorder. New York, Sept. 29. Correction: A fresh incision showed the bone to bo slightly affected, although tho drainage of the wound established was satisfactory. Sydney, Sept. 29. Arrived, the Nairnshire, from Bluff. The Sydney University is celebrating its jubileo with a series of elaborate functions. Sydney, Sept. 29. Obituary : William Williams, a pioneer in gold reefing, ictat 102. Brisbane, Sept. 29. The Duke of Sutherland is floated. The damage is not serious. Melbourne, Sept. 29. Arrived, Westralia.