MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 73, 26 March 1903, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS CABLES.

Per Presa Association. Received 25, 10 45 p.m. London, March 25. Mr Abberlino, formerly Chief Detective Inspector at Scotland Yard, is strongly of opinion that Vlasowki, who was convicted of murder of women at Southwark, and Jiek-the-Rippar, the perpstrator of the Whitechapel atrocities in 1899, are identical. The London County Council is asking; for power to borrow 18£ millions in the next 18 months. Sir J. West Ridgeway, Governor of Ceylon, haß been authorissd to convene a court-martial to try Sir Hector MacDonald for a serious offence unpunishable by the Ceylon laws. Sir Hector recently consulted Lord Roberts who advised him to return and meet the charges. Three earthquakes occurred at Derbyshire. Ceilings in bouses were cracked, fire places were dislodged, and the inhabitants of Leek rushed into the streets. The shocks were felt at Nottingham, Stafford, Sheffield and elsewhere.

Received 25,10.53 p.m. London, Maich 25. The Premier and Lord Rot.hsohild had an int°rvi«w at nnwning-str«et with reference to consols and the TransvaU loan p. New York, March 25 The Nftw York Eerald haa publisher! the commander of the Pallas' denial of the rf seizure of the Rr scaurs dor. Fourteen were killed acd 40 wounded at Port of Spain, all natives. Order has now been restored. Received 26, 1.13 am. London, March 25. T''" Times says that M. Oarrie, a physicist, has discovered that radium continuously emits heat without combustion or chemical change, or change of molecular structure. ! maintains a temperature of 27 - 10 | Fahrenheit, nbovo itsrurroundings. j Tbe Clre aj t fJourt at Dumfriep, on {the ground that betting was illegal,

dismissed tho cases ia which telegraphists were charged with altering th 9 tim=) on bet'irg telegrams. Received 26,1.15 a.m. Parts, March 25.

j At the instance of M. Combes, the Chamber of Deputies by 304 to 246 declined to au horine preaching orders, M. Combos stated that the Cbncordat provides f r parochial clergy whom the preaching orders were trying to supersed". j Received 26,1.24 a.m. I London, March 25. I The Chamber c.f Commerce at Port of Spain cabled Mr Chamberlain their profound regre' at the riisturbarces and calamine?, end the rrmoval of the Governor and principal cfficia's, in wh.'m public confidence is entirely lost, and in order to prevent further rioticg and bl.iodfhed, pending the appointmpn-. of a Roval C mmission, to inve-s-! tigate tho nnt-er. St. Petei'Sß!'hg, March 25 I M. Phehive, M iiiistni' forthe r, has attach'H Qi-nrral Scliuff«l"ff ti the Ministry rf the Interior as General i Special Missimg. General Schuvaloft', as Prifect of Odessa, energetically fought the plague and suppressed disturbance?)