MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 283, 30 November 1901, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

FIB FKIBB AWOOIATIO*. Loroov, November S& Battle Abbey wu purchased by Mr William Waldorf As tor, who il a naturalised British subj»e*. The Governor or the Gold Coast reports that the leoent mining copo*ssions have proved worthlew. The natives had blown beads of gold into a barren quarry. The Ne'herlmds Railway OmpuJjr of South Africa sued Mr Garret Fisher for libel. The King's Botch jury found that plaintiffs were aliei • and enemies, *nd a va>diot w»s returned for defendants. Birry Aark<, an American book-

maker, who was implicated in the Batik of Liverpool frauds, secur#d,«, passag * from Bovlogne to FolkratoiU,' and expr ssed his intention of meeting the charge, but when the steamer ar« rived onl? his luggage was found. , It is believed that he did no*> embark, {bint feigued that he had committed raU aide. Nbw York, November 28. „ A wps'ward b uod imm'grant ii'ni.H collided with an ets'waid brand senger tiaiu on the Seceea-W#b»sh railway. The former wa* fired, and

1 80 paPB-!Dg«ra were kiled and ISO wounded, | Mies Sine's capt >rs have refused an offer of .£I3OO ransom. Received 29.9.55 p.m. Londoh, November 39. Mr Balfour's condition is reported M being decidedly batter. New Yohk, November 29.. Italian immigrants were tho chief sufferers in the Seneca-Wabash railway accident. Four cars were te'esooped, and the flames prevented nmnntfinf being given to the inmates. Tha driver of the immigrant train m's-ra*4 the signals, and went on to a siding where the east-bound train was ttand* ing. Received 29.10.31 p.m. London, November 29. The New Zetland loan is quVed at about j diarmn*. The publio have subscribed about one-half the total amount. The barque Lich Yennacher, which was sunk in a collision on the Tbaata an 13th November, has he«n rai .ed. Received 80,0.16 a.m. London, November 29. Sir Edward Gray, speaking a* Glasgow, s\id it was only honest to to'l the Irish pirty that it would be impoasib% for the Liberals to repeat the • xpa,inentof 1892. No Government dependint on Irish vot s cou'd satUf. Irish 1 (-minds. . Mr Ritchie, speaking at 0< ydon, odicated tbat legislation would be in;roducsd at an eirly date dealing with ■he temperance qu istion, cosl mines, tad prisons.