CABLE NEWS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8897, 17 August 1907, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

Sviixr.Y, August 10. Arrived, i) n.ui.— Victoria. Owaw., August 10. Earl Gr?v, iu tiio course of a ppe-ei'.b, declared that tho time has not arrived for Canada to contribute to the fleet. It was more important to the Imperial intcre-'fs that present energies should bo expended, in other directions. JHeleouiini:, August 17. The Rev. Loggatt, New Hebrides missionary, lias" received a letter from Mr' Hoxbor :ugh, one of the oldest yet tiers in the group, giving detnls of a. number of outrages upon natives, for which French, • Norwegian, Gorman, and English residents appear equally responsible. In one instance « native boy was flogged to death tor deserting, and it is alleged, that another boy was brutally murdered. Steps are being taken to brine; the oases under 'the notice of the federal Government for representation to tho Secretary for the Colonies. Cm: u.'as. August 10. Tho Venezuela Court fined tho Bermudea Aspbalt Company a million sterling for aiding in tho Mates revolution. Material damages will bo assessed later. fc'T. PIiTERSTSUKG, Al!gUSt 10. There is a serious outbreak of cholera in several districts, 36 deaths being reported from Samara and six from Asti'iikan. Berlin, August 16. Twelve bodies havo been oxtricated from tho buildings at Doemitz. the deaths having been caused by the explosion of the dynamite factory. London, August IG. Tho influx of refugees to Gibraltar is prohibited. New York, August 16. Three Masters in Lunacy interviewed Mrs Eddy. She talked volubly on the subjects of allopathy, homoopa '■'•• v, mesmerism. Tho Telegraphists' Union in Chicago has ordered all commercial telegraphists to strike immediately where contracts with the Union have not been sigued.