LATE CABLE ITEMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 118, 8 June 1901, Page 3

LATE CABLE ITEMS.

PER PP.BS3 ASSOCIATION, Received 7, 10.43 p m. London, June 7,

The German Rtd Cioss Society has refused the Tr msvaal Central Comrnictee's re qusst for ar.other arabul /See, on 'gr uod that the f-it.nation did not justify iiitarna'.ional atsisUtics. Fif:een Catholic prioats have been murdered at King Ti Chang in Mongolia. Mala cinvtrta were also massacred, but ftinaloa were removed to Shansi. The aQkir the work of Prince Time's and Tung-fu-hsiang's troops.

Received 7,10.48 p.m. London, June 7.

The movement to suspend the Cape Cim-tituiion is likely to revolutio-ise the pirties unless Parliament m i>ts bef' r* October, which is unlik- ly The Cons ittition virtually lapses; The Boers are looting arid burning houses at Harrismith belonging to the lojil guard wi'hin a mile of the town. 1 The Natal Assembly, by a majority of ona vofc" l , shelved a motion in favor [of recommending teaching the Dutch .language in Government schools. Ottawa, June 7.

Sir Wilfrid liaurier has abandoned ivi#.t.t|gi : o the Yakon in ordar to ac'ompuiy the Com walls across the Continent.

Received 8, 1.10 a.m. London, Jane 9. English resident? in China fear that the A'lies ara withdrawing owing to i'.u.-ive promises, and think they ought only to withdraw from Pekin, though •he military desire to evacuate Northern China as soon as possibla. It is reported from Singanf u that the Emperor is a helpless prisoner in the of threa man of the worst character in China. Received 8,1.18 am. A

Sydney, June 1,

Arrived: Mararoi. She passed the Royal squadron in fair weather at 2.20 this morniDg,

Wellington, June 7,

Colonel Porter, officer in command of the Seventh Contingent, has cabled to the Premier that the Contingent is bow at Standerton, a town on the Lying's Nek - Pretoria railway, about 90 miles south-east of Johannesburg. It forms part of a column under the i'ommand of Colonel Hayes.