CABLES.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9166, 9 June 1908, Page 5

CABLES.

United Press Association—B.- Electric Telegraph— Copyrigi’. _ Received June 9, 9.45 am.

Sydney, June 9. A fire at Tianga destroyed five shops, and another at Brewarrina fcarnt four shops. / The weather is cold. A *' large number of sheep in Wagga disi. trict have been starved to death. In connection with the new steam service with Java the Vice-Consul for the Netherlands that Sydney is assured of a splendid permanent market in the East, Brisbane, June 9.__ . A motor launch capsized off Marochy Heads, and two men, Oottell and Nicholls, were drowned. Oottell landed and returned to assist Nicholls. Hobart, June 9. The ketch Hazard, has been wrecked on Whale’s Head. The crew are safe. The Tasmanian Copper Mine has been closed owing to difficulty m disposing of the ore. '((Received June 9, 10a.m. \\J London, June 8. The conviction of Dr. Gillette, who was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for perjury, in. reference to the amount of his bank balances, has been reversed on appeal, on the ground that the indictment was illegal. The Holland-American liner Rotterdam, with a gross tonnage of 35,000 tons, carrying 4015 passengers and crew, built at Belfast, made a satisfactory trip to Rotterdam. One hundred and twenty German workmen, guests of the Travel Club connected with the Browning settlement, are spending a week in,London.

The Times lias withdrawn its appeal against the decision in the libel ase Murray, publisher, v. Times, g New York June 8.

The Supreme Court at New York described the allowance of £15,000 to each receiver of the Knickerbocker Trust for five mouths work in reorganising its affairs as spoliation of the assets. The allowance was reduced to £4OOO. During a fire at the Gold* King Mine, Gladstone, Colorado, 34 entered the workings for rescue work. Only 14 returned, and it is believed gas overpowered the rest, and that 23 isave perished. Cettinge, June 8. M. NastieVallegatious against the Servian Crown Prince, to the effect that bombs were made at the Servian Government factory to assassinate Prince Nicholas of Montenegro, have been officially contradicted and the. Servian Minister at Cettigne has been withdrawn. Melbourne, June 9. The match for the Wrestling Championship of Autsralia, between Weber and Bannon, English middleweight champion, ended in a draw after several fine bouts. Berlin, June 8. The murderer Heidart, who murdered a youth and dissected his remains, which w T ere found wrapped in an apron, has been sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment.