VARIOUS CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 134, 9 June 1904, Page 3

VARIOUS CABLES.

BRITISH TRADE RETURNS. LONDON, June 7. The imports for May increased by 1 £2,805,000 and the exports by £SOOO compared with the previous May. THE ARMY OF FRANCE. PARIS, Juno 7. The Chamber of Deputies, by 506 votes to 08, rejected n proposal to sii'bsiiliite national militia for the army. General Andre (Minister for War) refused to consider a proposal for one year's service for the army, with livo years' training in Hie volunteers. COHDEN CENTENARY. LONDON, June 7. The Society of Bordeaux, the Italian unli-J'rotection League, the Belgian League of Commercial Liberty, and other bodies on the Continent celebrated the Cobden centenary. UNITED STATES AND JAPAN. LONDON, June 7. Baron Kancko, late Japanese Minister for Commerce, pays an unofficial visit to the United States to try and promote an economic alliance, under the belief that when the Panama Canal is completed the Americans will be the commercial rulers of the world. A NEW CABLE. (Received Juno 8, 9.48 p.m.) LONDON, June 8. A German-Dutch cable company is ; being formed, with a capital of £350,000, to connect the German East Indies, Pelew Isles (west of the Carolines group), and Guam (southern isluiKl of the Ladrones). The cable will junction with that going to the Philippine islands. ANOTHER PLAGUE VICTIM. (Received June 8, 11.52 p.m.) SYDNEY, JuneS. A fatal case of plague is reported from a coast hospital. An examination of the patient's blood prior to death failed to disclose the symptoms, and he was not treated for plague. ISLAND WRECKS. NOUMEA, Juno 8. Lloyd's agent, while returning- from tho wreck of the Yille do Saint \uzairc, met a cutter containing the crew of the French bart;lie Tourville, which sailed in ballast from Hakodate (Japan) to Theo to load ore. It is reported that she was wrecked on a submerged reef at the north end of Mure Island, and was considered a total loss. Everything salvable was landed. The Saint Nazaire hangs on a reef. Up to the foremast there are 25 fathoms of water under the stern.