CABLE BRIEFS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3776, 28 September 1907, Page 3

CABLE BRIEFS.

London, September 25 The Admiralty is surrounding with earthwork oil tanks, with a capacity of 20,000 tons, erected at Gosport, the fortified seaport on the south side of Portsmouth Harbour. Durban, September 26. General Botha, Premier of the Transvaal, interviewed by a representative of the “ Natal Mercury,” expressed himself in favour of the unification instead of the federation of South Africa. He advocated the abolition of existing Legislatures and the crecation of one Parliament and one Administration for the whole of South Africa. Berlin, September 25. The “ North German Gazette,” referring to the pursuit and death of Morenga, the Hereto chief who escaped into the Kalahari desert after being interned in Bechnanaland, warmly appreciates the action of Cape Colony in bringing the career of an outlaw to an end, thus fully illustrating Great Britian’s policy of endeavouring to secure and maintain fair play. New York, 23. The newspaper “ New York American ” states that the United States Naval Board has decided to construct four battleships of greater tonnage and superior armaments to the Dreadnought, to replace the fleet sent to the Pacific. London, September 26. The divorced wife of the Crown Prince—now King Frederick August 111. —of Saxony has been married at a Strand registry office to Signor Enrico Tosselli, a professor of languages.

[Prince Frederick married the Archduchess Louise in November, 1891, but the marriage was dissolved in February, 1903. The Prince succeeded to the throne in 1904.]