CABLE BREVITIES.
Plagued rats are on the increase at JSrisbane, and the authorities appro- I bond an extensive outbreak of plague. A lire in Jersey City (New York) did live million dollars' worth ol damage. The schedule of John McGee, brewery manager, of Sydney, tiled in bankruptcy, shows liabilities £53,000 and assets £22,000. Heginald Post, on a charge of alleged larceny of the horse Sceptre at Christchurch, New Zealand, has been extradited from Tasmania. Cleneral Sir E. llutton, Federal Commandant, had a long interview with the Premier. It is understood the cypher incident is now closed. The Cape Parliament has been prorogued. The Kussian warship Orel, which has already been twice in trouble at Kronstadt, is- again aground. She is full of water, and ia suspected to bo leaking. Two thousand soldiers took part in a walking match from Paris to St. Cloud. On the return journey several cases of sunstroke occurred, i and there were three deaths. At Sydney yesterday PtUssell was acquitted on a charge of murdering ■ Stewart at Leichardt. The acquit- ■ tal was gained on tho ground of insanity.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 126, 1 June 1904, Page 3
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182CABLE BREVITIES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 126, 1 June 1904, Page 3
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