CABLE NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1789, 23 November 1895, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

Paris, November 19. The French warship Admiral Baudin, has been floated off. Sydney,. November 20 An extensive gold reef, which is esti mated to yield 19 ounces to the tor has been discovered near Harden. Capetown, November 19 The gold belonging to the Africa’: Banking Corporation, which wa; stolen on the way to Buluwayo, war covered by insurance. New York, November 19. ■ • The'New York Yacht Qlub will in- - quire into. Lord Dunraveu’s charges of foul play against the Defender. His Lordship proco ds to America for the purpose. - Melbourne, November 20. . , The press referring to the 'Rifle Association Meeting, says it has resulted in a triumph for Whitney’s Colonial Ammunition Factory. Many of the competitors used Whitney cartridges in preference ~to English made. .Paris,. November; 19. , The Chamber of deputies, after a lively debate on the arrest of Orton’ who is said to be implicated in tho Panama Canal frauds, passed a vote of confidence in the Government by a large majority . Sydney, November 20.. The girl Wright has .made a f urther confession, completely exonerating her uncle. She now says she put. poison in the floor and burned her nightdress 3 with acid herself. Glass has been discharged. The girl has broken down and refuses to drink or eat. Melbourne, November 20. In dismissing Mr. . Speight’s application for a new trial in the libel case the Court held that Age articles respecting the prevalence of political influence in the railway department containing abundance of facts which a jury might consistently have believed upon the proofs adduced to them, and . from which an honest man might fairly have inferred that such influence had 1 been established.