Various Cabled Items.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3503, 30 March 1905, Page 3

Various Cabled Items.

THE FISCAL ISSUE. London, March aB. Mr Chamberlain, in a letter to " The Times,” explains that his recent reference to Lord Salisbury’s fiscal views was based on passages in the deceased’s speeches. He maintains it to be clear that up to the date of hi* resignation (July, 1902), the late Lord Salisbury approved both retaliation and colonial preference. THE INDIAN PLAGUE. London, March 28. The Hon. W. St. John Brodrick, Secretary of State for India, hae announced that 352,567 deaths from plague occurred in India in January and February. The Royal Society and the Lister Institution are sending out an expedition to study the bacteriology of the plague. “The investigation will probably laet for several years. MRS CHADWICKS 'SENTENCE. , New .York, March 38. The application for a new trial for Mrs Chadwick, found guilty of obtaining large sums of money from certain banks on the strength of forged securities, was refused, The accused was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. TROUBLE IN CRETE. ; ,, . London, March 38. Arpitd bands have assembled outside Canca, the capital of Crete, and demand a more .liberal Constitution. They also protest against the appointment of Greeks from the mainland fo lucrative posts in Crete. British troops have been landed, and arc patrolling the town. AN IMPORTAN'FhINING BILL. Berlin, March 38. Count von Bulow, the Imperial Chanoellor, has introduced a Mining Law Amendment Bill into the ReichStag. He explained that the measure was intended to remove grievances which had been revealed by the recent strike of colliers in Westphalia and «ther mining districts. It was hoped, said the Chancellor, that this measure wduld prevent further disputes on an extensive scale. The strikes had caused a loss of millions in wages, and the losses to the industry and commerce had been even greater. If the struggles had continued they would have impaired Germany’s prospects in the world's markets. MINOR MATTERS EPITOMISED. The death is announced of M. Jules Verne, at the age of seventy-six. In a billiard match, in England/ Weiss, giving 1000, beat Cook by 7000 to 5435. Lpndon, Burrows swung two polled clubs for 47 hours, establishing a record. Mr Alfred Beit has increased to £25,000 his donation of £SOOO to the funds of the Institute of Medical Science, I established in connection with the University of London. pearly ten thousand horses for Japan have been purchased in Queensland and New South Wales. The town of Kushan, in north-east Persia, one hundred and twenty miles north ot ..Mashed, where the recent anti* Russian riots occurred, is in open revolt The Russian inhabitants are fleeing. Pierpont Morgan, Vanderbilt and four others have each given twenty thousand sterling, which completes the two hundred thousand required to fouad an American Academy of Arts at Rome.

The Houses of Lord*, in deciding in favour of the retail tobacco dealer*, held Ogden’s, Limited, were liable for thedistributiou of the promised bonu* of two hundred thousand per annum for'Mr yean. The scheme for raising the Assouan dam (on the Nile) has been suspended, owing to the British professors of mathematics and mechanics declaring that the wall was unable to stand a further strain.