CABLE BRIEFS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3774, 24 September 1907, Page 3

CABLE BRIEFS.

Sydney, September 21. Lieut. Shackelton advises that the Nimrod will be unable to call at Sydney en route for New Zealand as suggested, but will call on returning from the Antarctic expedition. St. John’s, September 21. Eleven vessels, laden with fish, were stranded during a gale off Newfoundland. Five lives were lost-, and enormous damage was done to fishing property. London, September 21. Lord Mount Stephen has donated to the.Aberlour. Orphanage, Banffshire, Scotland. The gift will support 100 beds in the institution The sura of has been subscribed in Ayr to erect a memorial to Sir James Fergusson, and to create a benevolent fund associated with his name. The Earl of Eglinton and the Duke of Portland subscribed ,£IOO each. It is hoped that many in South Australia and New Zealand will assist. New York, September 21. A cage containing 17 miners was being hauled up the shaft of a mine attached to Messrs Jones and McLaughlin’s steel works in Michigan, when through some gear giving way it fell 700 feet to the bottom. Sydney, September 21. Two children are reported to have died at Orange from the effects of eating leaves of the hemlock plant. One fatal case from the same cause is reported from across the border, in Victoria. Melbourne, September 21. Two , suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of Wendell, an old age pensioner whose body, bearing several pea rifle bullet wounds, was found a few days ago in his hut at Kangaroo Flat. St Petersburg, September 21. The “ Bourse Gazette ” publishes a statement that dtrring military manoeuvres near Vladivostok some Japanese officers belonging to the General Staff were found in possession of certain maps and plans. They were placed under arrest. The Japanese Government is now demanding the immediate release of the prisoners.