GENERAL CABLES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3747, 5 February 1907, Page 3

GENERAL CABLES.

London, February i.

The music-hall strikers have barred five more places of entertainment, making twenty altogether. All commercial attaches at the Embassies and Commercial Agents have been withdrawn, and will reside in London. They will proceed abroad on special missions as occasion requires. The Congo State has dismissed Major Lemaire from the Delimitation Commission because he insisted upon refunding the subvention paid to his newspaper during his absence. A steamer off the Humber, an estuary on the east coast ot England, between Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, encountered a

shower of- volcanic dust, which _ slightly cut the faces of the crew. Two youths have been arrested at Nottingham, on suspicion of burning the Kirkby and Annesley churches, also of an attempt at train wrecking.An earthquake shock was felt at Dover. Upwards of one hundred cases of cerebo meningitis have been reported in Glasgow in one month, every fifth case proving fatal. The steamer Clavering (3328 tons), bound from Middlesbrough to Japan, has been wrecked. Twelve of the crew were drowned. Sydney, February 2. Another case of plague has occurred in King street, and another at Kempsey. Sir Joseph Ward was present at Sir John See’s funeral, which was largely attended. Sydney, February 3. Another death has resulted from plague, making three out of ten cases. New York, February 1. Fifteen thousand cases of scarlet fever, diptheria, and measles have been reported in Chicago. Social gatherings have been largely suspended in consequence of the outbreak. Four hundred jurors have been summoned for the trial of Harry Thaw, the Pittsburg millionaire, on a charge of having murdered Stanford White. Only eleven have been selected up to the present. Paris, February 1, Several motors have decided to compete in the race from Paris to Pekin promoted by the newspaper “Le Matin.” Melbourne, February 2. Nuggets valued at £IOOO have been found at Poseidon. Another rush set in yesterday afternoon. Mr j. C. Carter has been elected -to represent the Public Service in the Victorian Parliament, vice Mr Gaunson, who resigned his seat. A British rifle team will visit Australia next October, if certain contingencies are satisfactory. These, it is presumed, include finances. Perth, February 2. A man named Lee, in the Buubury district, while taking down a I gun with the intention of shooting birds, accidentally shot his wife dead. In his grief the husband banged himself. Paris, February 3. King Edward and Queen Alex* andra have arrived in Paris, and are staying at the British Embassy. Despite the fact that they are travelling incognito large crowds J cheered their Majesties on arrival, f Princess Victoria accompanied them to Calias, and proceeded thence bn a visit to Norway.