Miscellaneous items.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 250, 26 October 1904, Page 3

Miscellaneous items.

LONDON. Oct. 24. 'Hie feeling i" me city is nervous and exciteu, but money prices have not seriously receded. I i*' Heel \uis sixty miles out of its touix< M.uii it traversal the lish - .ei'*-!''"-,\lr Whtlpton ihas submitted to the Admiralty fragments of twelve-inch Shells found aboard the ilijio. pMartfield, the Alino'g mate, in an interview, declared tliat the fishers tired no rockets or signals likely to mislead those on the warships. The Wilson liner Argio was examined iby aid of searchlight, but was not stopped, 'lhis is probably the vessel that was reported in a prevfO@ message to lune been sunk. The trawler Wren (reported tts sunk with all hands) and the Great Northern Fishung Fleet are safe. A mission ship is .bringing the in- , jured to London. II the time of Queen Alexandra's return from Copenhagen had not been altered ,tiie Royal yachit would . have been pa the vicin(ity of the out- . rage. Lord .Oharles Beresford, with the Channel Squadron, has just arrived at Gibraltar. The Mediterranean Fleet is at Venice. The ice-breaker Yermak, and a. cruiser and destroyer accompanying the Baltic Fleet have returned damaged to Libau. If the time of the Queen's return had not Jjeen altered, the Royal f acht would have been in the vicinity /of the outrage.