CABLE NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 48, 24 February 1903, Page 3

CABLE NEWS

St KLEOTHIO TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT. MISCELLANEOUS CABLES PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. '■ Par's, Februnry 22. I The libel action i.rought by (Jattani, | the banker, against the Humberts was dismissed, the Court holding that the charge of usury brought against Oattani had been made in good faith. _ Cattani was condemned to pay costs, j The attacks made on the Government, particularly by M. Valle, Minister of i Justice, ia connection with the case, are creating intense pub'ic interest in France. Five hundred Moroccans attacked a caravan at Assielbegrie seizieg 20 camels. French troops are pursuing the p?rpetrators of tbe outrage. London, February 22. News has been received that a large force ef Abyssinians has started from the Webbe Shebeili district against the 1 Mullah. Tbe Somaliland expedition is accomi pmied by Colonel Kochford acd Major • Cobbe. 1 Cholera is rife in the Mullah's army. ' Sir James Mackay, addressing the Chamber of Shipping, advocated re- ' taliation on foreign countries which ex--1 elude British vessels from entering into the portal trade. He instanced the unjust treatment of British vessels touching at Honolulu. Washington, February 22. President Roosevelt has signed the , Bill introduced by Senator Elkins, to \ make the auti-'.rust laws applicable to ! railroads, Perth, February 23, The victim of the infernal machine outrage has taken a turn for the worse. His mind is affected and he is in a precarious conditio. Norfolk Island, February 23. | The drought has broken up, and nine inches of rain bave fallen, Keceived 24, 0.28 a.m. London. February 23. The recent small-ppx epidemic in : Loridon cost the Metropolitan Asylums Board half a million. 1 The superintendence of fisheries will shor'ly be added to the duties cf the British Board of Agriculture. ' i