CABLE BRIEFS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 372, 14 April 1908, Page 3

CABLE BRIEFS.

Peking, April 10. The incident at the American Consulate, Mukden, reference to which was cabled on April 7, originated in a quarrel between a Japanese postman ard a Chinese servant. Peking, April ir. Oranisers of the boycott in China declare that they will not relent until Japanese commerce suffers to the extent of sixty millions sterling. Hong-Konc, April 10. Chinese money-changers in Houg-Kong are refusing Japanese bank notes, even at a discount. Morocco, A] ril 11. A thousand followers of a Mullah raided the Sultanate of Jassufali, near Abbia, and killed a hundred men, women, and children. The Sultan’s forces, pursuing, killed ninety of the raiders. Forty rifles of French make were captured. Calcutta, April 11. The ringleader of the party which attempted to destroy the train conveying Sir Andrew Fraser (Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal) and his wife (cabled on December 9th) was sentenced to five years’. The ringleader confessed that he was induced to make the attempt to destroy the train for twelve rupees, which were never paid. Sydney, April 11. The authorities are inquiring regarding the premature firing of a 9.2 gun at the Heads. While the huge gun was automatically rising from the gun-pit, it suddenly exploded. Fortunately the muzzle was clear ot the pit walls, or the shell would have blown everyone in the pit to fragments. A gunner was severely cut by the flying sight. Additional details of the tragedy at Pyrmont show that a sculleryman named Richards, employed on the liner Somerset, was stabbed in the back by Bear, the steeiage cook, and bled to death in ten minutes. In regard to the Alexandria sensation —concerning which it was at first reported that a constable had shot a man dead —it appears that a man named De Spogen fired six shots at his wife, but missed her. A policeman took a hand in the affair and hit De Bogen twice, disabling him.