CABLE NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume XI, Issue 1736, 4 May 1895, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

Brisbane, May 1. Several cases of leprosy have been reported to the authorities. One is said to be a. white boy living in a large northern town. : ;, London, April 30; The Bishop of Salisbury, who has returned from his tour through New Zealand and Australia, speaking at the Goloniallaatifcute, said New Zealand was a most, comfortable country for a poor man; but the accumulation of wealth was discouraged.

London, April 30. A Hull firm has offered to buy twenty thousand rabbits per week at Is for large size, and 6d for small, deliveries to begin in London at the end of August. -The firm is willing to sell on commission if this course is preferred. Sydney, May 1. A rich reef is reported near Germantown, and is estimated to yield 40 ounces - to the ton. The reef is two feet wide.,

Perth, May 1. A digger named Erson, was speared by. a black named Jimmy, whose jealousy he had aroused'. Sydney, May l. Dean has been released from solitary confinement, pending the result of the Royal Commission. / Melbourne, May 1. The imposter Rand was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonmentjupon the more serious charge preferred against him-.

Sydney, May 1. TheCassel’s Company has notified two mining, companies here that they will institute proceedings for infringement of their cyanide patent. Shanghai, May 2. Japan is making great preparations for the renewal of the war in the event of China declining to ratify the treaty. The warships which were taken from China are being refitted. St. Feteksburg, May 2. The Russian newspapers continue to vehemently assail England, and threaten her with action on the Indian frontier in retaliation for her refusal to join in the European protest against the peace treaty,