CABLE NEWS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8917, 10 September 1907, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

Per Press Association. —Copyright. Sydney, September 0. Doubts are expressed at cabled time ot Dear els’ swim. It is considered probable that the actual time wan 55 2,-Sths secs. Paths, September 9. Obituary—M. Sully Prudhomrae, French poet, aged CS. „ , , n Kew York, September 9.^ An explosion o£ firedamp in the Esperanzas Minos, Coabuila, Texas, killed 27 men and many wore injured. London, September 9. Obituary: Bishop of Chichester, i Melbourne, September 10. I Tho trustees of tho late Mr Edward i Wilson, of tho Argus, have ottered 1 the committee of Melbourne Hospi- ! tal £IOO,OOO to build a now hospital. 1 Premier Bent is inclined to bring in a Bill to assist charities by taxes lon football matches, theatres and I race mootings. | Fbemantle, September 10. I The steamer Tokoinaru, bound | from Port Pirie to Durban, has put ; S in here for repairs. She encountered I a terrific hurricane in winch she lost, 125 feet of her bulwarks. It is feared : ! that a number of her platos have I been strained.