VARIOUS CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 260, 7 November 1904, Page 2

VARIOUS CABLES.

MINOR ITEMS EPITOMISED. Tho Canadian elections resulted in favour oi Sir Wilfrid Lauder fay a majority of 72 scats. C. Arthur Pearson, Limited, have purchas.dithe Loudon Standard. The , tone of the paper will remain u»- ."' changed. Tho New South Wales Government has decided to issue a million pounds' worth of iuivdad mock at (our pen '•. ? tent., with a currency of five years.. An Army Order in London «n> •* nounces that four oflicors not abova , . tho lunk of captain will be annually for two years' study and., . residence in Japan. •,. ;

Brigands in the Baktiari country,' Persia, attacked Major Douglas, ml- ■ litury attache to the HriUsh Lega- ' , lion, and Mr Lorimer, vice-Consul " »" at Ahwaz. The former was wound-' • , 'd in the hand, and the letter in ", ; the wrist. ' ■' 4

News has been received that the - captain and twenty-one of the Greek' ,' crow of ths steamer Daron Inoetxhfe"j were shipwrecked and then massacred at Kuria Muria. The Sultan of,. Muscat Irns arrested the Arabia* L ' murderers.

The French Chamber of Deputies is discussing the Anglo-French *?*■ gmauent. M. Paul Doschanel said England had done a fine stroke of J business. M. Francois Deloucho, de- '' piity for Cochin-china, declared that France had completely abdicated ' Egypt.

Tho cycling; carnival opened at Sydney on Saturday. The first »p- * iwarance of Ellogaid and Hutt, the Continental champions, attracted • »-' largo attendance, though they failed, I to capture any events. They give splendid ]>roiuise when properly in form.