MISCELLANEOUS CABLE NEWS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8712, 11 January 1907, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS CABLE NEWS.

Press Association —Copyright. Morocco, January 11. Raisuli’s followers have captured the mails from Fez. Sydney. January 10. Cabinet has appointed Mr Alexander Macintosh, formerly of the Bank of New Zealand, Wellington, to be chairman of the Government Savings Bank. St Petersburg, January 10, Negotiations between Russia and Japan for a commercial treaty are virtually completed. London, January 10. Owing to the excessive number in store of Brennan torpedoes their manufacture lias been temporarily suspended. Hobart, January 10. Arrived — Rimutaka from London. Rome, January 10. Etna is again showing volcanic activity and is omitting smoko and flashes of red fire. Sydney, January 10. News from Sumatra states' the fire on the Notherton originated in an explosion among the cargo. The vessel is a complete wreck. Melbourne, January 11. Tho remains of Dr. Rainy, who died at Melbourne, will be finally interred in Edinburgh early in March. Adelaide, January I}.. The Science Association passed a resolution expressing satisfaction at the completion of the magnetic survey of the main' islands of New Zealand, also of tiie effort made to extend the survey to outlying islands and trusts the Government of New Zealand may see i ( ts way to include the Macquarie Islands. Sir lieid, jn a speech, regretted the introduction of sectarianism into politics. lie blamed the Roman Catholic Qhurch as being the instigator of this step, and said the action of Cardinal Moran in making bitter partisan speeches was without S' parallel, ‘ ' " ' pB/siUNE, January 11. Bush fires sweptibousaudsof acrcs of splendid grass country in the Longreach district. Tho fire had a frontage of thirty miles and it is sup- ; posed was caused by lightning. : •’ TheFijiau G oyernment has secured a number of deported ’ Jlanakas pov work on the plantations,'' Geneva, January 10. A radway 'peep constructed from Zermatt to the top of iho Matterhorn. New Xork, January 10, The American Ship EM is regarded as dead owing to dissensions I in the IJouso of Representatives. Calcutta, January 10. Tho Ameer at Agra expressed bis pleasure at visiting the united! provinces. London, January 10. The Duke of Cumberland’s mother, j not his tyijEa, was operated on at j Gmundein. She succumbed, and j suffered intensely during and after 1 the operation, which was performed ! without anaesthetics, owing to the | advanced ago of the patient. j London, January 10. j The programme of the Adepeudent ■ Labour Party for London County s Council election proposes municipal ; ownership or control of elpctrh ity, ; docks and hospitals, some collieries, milk farms, transit, including motor | omnibusses, and the control of the ] metropolitan and city police. | The Daily Mail’s Teheran corres- | pondent states that Israt. the third son ! of Mufazzer-ed-din, the late Shah, has i raised a force of 10,000 men at Luri- ■ stan in the hope of capturing the throne, lie has no prospect of success, though some trouble in the South is probable. |