CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6713, 4 June 1900, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

[By Electric Telegraph — Copyright.'! (Per Press Association.) THE CHINESE REBELLION. mi. n Hong Kong, June 1. Tke Chartered Bank at Tientsin waa Mt oh fire hut it was extinguished. It w believed to have been tke work of an meendiary. IMMENSE FOREST FIRES, TT Ottawa, June 1. Unparalleled forest fires are ra"iuf in Northern Ontario. There has been°immense destruction of timber. THE CAPE CABLE.

Melbourne, June 1. -._r "Warren, the company's represent- . *tiv« in Australia, state* that tke Eastern Extension Company, will take no further sUps whatever to approach Now South Wales and Victoria with regard te the_ Cape Cable. If thoy wish to eorne in they can do so on the same tenets as the contributing colonies. On . tke other hand the Postmaster-General says New South Wales and Vienna have delivered, their ultimatum in the matter. AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH. Mblbourne, June 1. The Premier, replying tea deputation of millere seeking a promise of no interference in the traffic for two years, expressed the opinion it would take fully that time to frame a Federal tariff. The Premier wired to Sir John Forrest, pointing out the inconvenience caused to the other colonies if Westralia'b proposal to delay taking the Federal Referendum till August 7th was carried out.

He also cables Mr Deakin urging him to suggest that the delay in taking the Referendum by Westralia should not induce the Imperial Parliament to postpone passing the Commonwealth Bill. ADVANCES TO SETTLERS. Sydney, June *5. Since April, 1899, the advances under the Advances to Settlers 'Ant have amounted to £172,000. OBIT FAR Y. Received June 4, at 9.45 a.m. Melbourkk, June 4. Obituary—Captain W. Dawson, well known in the New Zealand trade. FOREIGN TROOPS AT PEKfN. Hon&koxg, June 2.

TheTsung-K-Yamem has reluctantly admitted a hundred marines from each Power represented to guard the various Embassies at Pekin.

On Thursday seven hundred '• Boxers'' attacked thirty foreigners, including six ladies, who were escaping from Pooling™ eighty miles south-wesc of Pekin. Four of the foreighers were killed and mam wounded.

There are now twaniy-thrco warships assembled off the Taku forts, at the mouth of the Peiho river.

There are eleven thousand troops on board nine Rusian warships. It is believed that Russia has hoped to seize a position controlling the Peiho river under the pretext of crushing the " Boxers."

America and Germany, it is stated, > prevented this by insisting on inter- j national intervention. j WRECK OF A STEAMER. I Capetown, June 3. I The Union Steam Skip Company's Hew steamer Kakapo, bound, in ballast, from Swanssa to Sjdncy, is ashsro at Simonstown. The vessel will probably become a total wreck. RELIEF OF KUMASSI. London, June 2. '•• An official message has been received which indicates that Kirnassi has been relieved. Sir Frederick Hodgson, the British Gevemor, and his party,- \vho had lately been besieged, are journeying to the j coasi. The wounded are also beiny J brought down. j SIR GEORGE GREY. i Professor Hubert Herkoiner, it.A., is to paint the photograph of the late Sir George Grey for the National Portrait ' Gallery. Mr Edward Onslow Ford, R.A.. the distinguished sculptor, has been entrusted with Sir George's bust for St. Raul's Cathedral. CHOLERA IX INDIA. .Calcutta, June 2. During the month of May 2700 natives died of cholera in Kaira and Gujerat, parts of the Bombay Presidency. The mortality in the central provinces and at Berar has been very heavy. POLITICS IN FRANCE. Paris, June 2. There was a heated debate in the Senate in connection with the Amnesty Bill respecting the smothering of crimi■ig out of the o was taunted ion with the ease eclared that he had done under This statement :s.; 'dnky. June 2, ht-oar race, Syd>llow fashion by in the race one one of the slide " crab." -Latci ishap. The time in lsec.