YESTERDAY'S CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8036, 25 January 1906, Page 3

YESTERDAY'S CABLES.

DIPLOMATIC. New Yohk, January 23. Mr Wright, (lOveriior-Ui'iieral of tlio Philippines, hus been appointed Am 'riciui Ambassador to Tokio. It is reported in iS'ew York that ho has brou empowered to discuss (lie sale of the Philippines, owing to disappointment at tlii! cost of iuuu'viiig tin-in.

PLEASURES L\ THE A! 1!. Ni:\v Yokk, January 23. •V company with a capital of half a million sterling lias been formed in New York to build mi entertainment toner one-eighth of ii inili' high, oil Cuuev Isliiml, with rouf gardens and dancing lialls. I'Eli SI A. St. I'ctkhshuhi;, January 23. Russian Teheran advices state that the Shah is formiug in each presidency a representative legislature called the House of Justice, which will be elected by mullahs, merchants, and landowners. The equality of all ill the eyes of the law will be proclaimed and favoritism abolished. V-RANCE AND CHINA. I'akis, January 23. News has been received that a French column of 100 surprised a large body of Chinese regulars pillaging in a Touting village.

A throe hours' buttle ensued. The Chinese hail three hundred killed and three hundred wounded, and the French forty killed and the commander seriously wounded. OJIIXA. Peking, January 23. The Merchants' Guild of Canton lias resolved to strike, owing to the Viceroy's taxation scheme for revenue for the Hankau railway. The Viceroy threatens to decapitate the leaders. Three Chinese gunboats from Shanghai have been summoned. VEXUN. London, January 23. The Standard states that a Bolasijuez A enus has been* secured for the National (jailer}', a private patron guaranteeing .CIO.UOO. A HEAT WAVE. Muldomnj-;, January 21. It is the hottest day in the city since IN«2, being lllii in the shade. There is a heat wave over the State. SOUTH AFIUCA. Capetown, January 23. 31r llortzog, addressing a selfgovernment meeting at Bctlmlic, said : "\\ e must agitato and declare our grievances, especially in the matter of compensation, and we will then soon know whether the new Government arc friends or foes." U.NJOX BASK. London, January 23, Tiic balance-sheet of the Union Bank shows deposits .Cl»!,Sl{iS,«i32, cash investments and balance of remittances i;8,872,'101 I hills and securities d2,<)00, 020.