CABLE BRIEFS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3772, 14 September 1907, Page 3

CABLE BRIEFS.

Suva, September 12. The cutter Tuimvala was wrecked on the Kalafaga reef on Sept. 6th. . . The Rev. Mr Bleazard, Methodist minister, and two natives were drowned. , London, September xx. Furious northerly gales prevent the ascent of Mr Wellmann s airship, in which he proposes to make an attempt to reach the North Pole. This will probably postpone for a year the expeditloMr John O’Dowd, Nationalist M.P. for South Sligo, addressing a League meeting at Rathdun, Mayo, advised the people to make it hot for the Govermnent and every unreasonable grazier grabber, and thus compel the Government to recognise that the Irish party were not subservient tools. St Petersburg, Sept. 12. The Standardt, the Russian Royal yacht, is stranded on some submerged rocks at Horsoe, westward of Hangoe Head, on the northside of the entrance to the Gulf of Finland. A life-boat and seven torpedoboats are standing by the yacht. The Czar and his family are remaining on board the Standardt, Teheran, September 11.

A Turkish invading force, intended to occupy 150 Persian villages, is still advancing. [During August Turkish troops destroyed two villages, killing a number of Christians and carrying off females. The Persian Government appealed to the Powers to call upon the Porte to secure the withdrawal of the troops.] Hobart, September 12. The Budget shows that the revenue for the year totalled k'970,843, or above the Treasuer’s estimate. The expenditure was ,£893,800. The revenue for next year is estimated at < £93 2 >^3 2 > expenditure ,£911,000,