YESTERDAY’S CABLE.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 7082, 2 March 1893, Page 1

YESTERDAY’S CABLE.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN. (Pts» Electric Telegraph—Coptrioht.) - (Per Press Association.) (JEteoeivad 7.20 p.m;, March Ist.) THE DDKE OF SUTHERLAND. 1 London. Feb. 28 The Duke of Sutherland has been towed into St. Vincent, one of the Cape-Verd Islands, having broken down. London, March 1. The Duke of Sutherland’s, shaft la broken. (.Received 0.45 a.m, March 2nd. A PRINCELY DONATION. N«w Yoke, March 2. Mr Gordon Mackay, the millionaire, has given a donation of £400,000 to the Harvard University. OUTBREAK OF TYPHOID. An epidemic of typhoid fever has broken out at Chicago, and is assuming alarming proportions. The outbreak Is attributed to sewer gas. g (Special to Press Association.) (Received 10.40 a.m., March let.) GREAT FLOOD IN THE DANUBE. London, Feb. 28. The Danube overflowed its banka in Hungary with such rapidity that villages were submerged in a few minutes, and many families drowned. M. FERRY. St.\ Petkksbueo, Feb. 28. Novn Viemya says that M. Ferry aims at an alliance with Germany, and io unfit to be trusted with power. FRANCE AND SIAM. Paris, Feb. 28. France and Siam will submit their dispute respecting the frontier boundary to arbitration. TEE FRENCH SENATE. M. Ferry urges that the Senate have proved a safeguard to the Republic during the Panama crisis. ADDITIONS TO THE BRITISH. ’NAVY. Great Britain will complete the construction of twenty-sis war vessels this year.