MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 255, 30 October 1901, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

'( FEB TOEBS ASSOCIATION 1 London, October 28. Many of Sir Bedvers Buller's prominent persDnal friends deprecate the agitation on his behalf. The Governments of Great Britain and Brazil, at the request of the King of Italy, will arbitrate on the Guiana boundary question. Mr P. L. Warren, British Consul at . Shanghai, reports that 200,000 Chinese . in the province of Kiangsu and 600,000 . in Anbui are on the verge of starvation, while tbe condition in the Kiangse province ia even worse. Paris, Ortober 28. t The miners are surrendering their , arms. Tbe latest indications are that . ths proposed strike bas collapsed. There is unusual activity in the , Toulon dockyard?, which it is alleged , is connected with tbe preparations \ against Turkey. Lisbon, October 23. The doctors have successfully extirpated rats with plague bacilli. New York, October 28. General Smitb, commanding the . American forces in the island of 1 Samar, has summoned the Filipino presidents or head men to surrender ' everybody who was implicated in the 1 recent attack cn an infantry force ' before November 11th, otherwise residents will be exiled, villages destroyed, and property confiscated. Valpahaiso, October 28. ' Chili is mohilisipg an army and Argentine is coaling and provisioniog the fleet as a result of Chili occupying Cordilleras territory. Received 29,10.34 p.m London, October 20 The cruiser King Alfred, the largest | and fastest afloat, bas been launched at : Burrow-in-Furness. Sir Clements Markham, President of the Royal Geographical Society, admits ' that the Antarctic ship Discovery is a poor sailer. She was leaky and her ceal consumption was excessive. He ' appeals to the public to subscribe £IO,OOO to complete the equipment of | a tender. Received 30, 0.25 a m. i London, October 29. » The London Liberal Federation has • been formed, consisting of delegates 3 from metropolitan associations. A '» vote of confidence in Sir HeDry Camp--0 bell-Binnerman was passed. The Cabinet yesterday had a two and r a-balf hours sitting. The Times says the disquieting revelations iu c mnfction with torpedo destroyers have ruddy shocked public confidence in the constructive department of the Admiralty.