YESTERDAY'S CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8178, 10 August 1906, Page 3

YESTERDAY'S CABLES.

I MILWAUKEE BANK FAILURE. , New York, August 8. ; 15o<rus notes ifprr.-fiiliug CIiO.OOO, \vci< 1 found in tlu' Hank's j vaults. I A varraut has lnvu issued against ; Slan-dand, (lit l chairman, who is bo- | imved to haw (i> Canada. JJ is >on Tin mlotv lias lnvn arrested oil a charge of unvoting deposits Knowing tiie hank l«> I".' insolvent. JAPANESE SHOT BY AMERICANS.

l.ondon, August S. .Americans k!'(»1 live Japanese c a ii<_;ht fishing al Tu Island, Alaska. The .MeCuiloch nn'ivcd later, and arrested twelve more Japanese as trespassers!. MATRIMONIAL BLISS. Taris. August S. j The Court grantul Jlaudo («onno Mcßrid«j a separation, lmt refusal her ; u divorce. : (Maud fiuiinc, uu Irishwoman, married Major jMVßride, who aided the « Boors in the war with the British.) THE SERVIAN REGICIDES. Belgrade, August S. | Sixty anti-regicide Servian oilicers have boon dismissed for calling a great, ( meeting demanding that the army he purged of regicides.

j INDIAN AFFAIRS. Calcutta, August S.Sir J. B. Fuller, Lieut-r.ovomor of Eastern Bengal and Assam, has resigned, being unable to meet the Indian (lovcnumnt's whiles to withdraw the application \o the Calcutta University to disaffiliate its schools guilty of agitation in connection with the partition meeting. Thirty thousand Mahometans deplored Sir d. B. Fuller's retirement, and bln?n<"d the C.overnmeiit for accepting the resignation without fo*nsulting the Mahometan-, a\\iu form two-thirds of the population of the district. They denounced the Hindu agitators, and considered lluit »on<-<m-tinuity of I>olicy was lowering British prestige. MOTOR ACCIDENT. London, August S. At the inquest 011 the motor omnibus accident af JTaudcross Hill, it was found that nobody was criminally responsible for the er was going too fast, and committed an error of judgment, and the omnibus was unsuitable for country roads. RAILWAY COMPETITION IN AFRICA. Capetown", August S. The Capo makes representations to Lord Elgin showing the danger to Capo interests involved in railway competition from Herman and Portuguese territory. KEIR HARDIE AND MR CHURCHILL. London. Atmns! S. Mr Keir Hardie, M.l\, in a speech at Dowlais. n-jtlyinir to }lr Churchill, I'lider-Scn-tary for the Colonies, said he. would f-iroiiiily advl-e thi> »< < <*ut convert from T«>r\i-ni not to' indulge in vainglorious. iU-"on>ide«v.! threats of j-i'tuiiation. It was a game |w<> ><-.u|d piny, li it was as.Mnned tiint Labour would lest content with thirty Commoners the assumption Would receive a severe shock. (Mr Churchill blame-; Labour for the loss to the Liberal Farly of the Cockennouth s'^at.) AUSTRALIAN COLD FIELDS. London, Atwu-t S David, of Sydney Fniversity, reail a paper before the P»ritj>h Afsoeiatioit on the Advancement of Science on Australia's rich coalfields. HOME COMMERCIAL MARKETS. London. Auoii-4 x. Tim wheal jvnd flour afloat for the Cnited Jvinuvhwn is 2,f>7r>,lH)() ( t nart<rs, for Continent s|s,(HiO *|unrt.*rs, Atlantic shipments 210.Win. 1 he Amirican visible supplv is J1 ,*210,000 bushels. 'Kauri in stock, I0"m cases. London, Four |)er cent, dihenl nres, 120' i. Ihdu'et\"'s .-hares are ijuoti-d at 12s (id. ' AUSTRALIAN POLITICS. Adelaide, August \K There is a proljabllity »,f a crisis arising over the Franchise Bill, which passed the Assembly by a large majority. It is thought certain the Council will reject the measure. if this happens the Premier has hinted at a dissolution. Both Liberals anil Labourites are concerned regarding the Premier's probable action, and the ' Liberal-, by whom tin- Cnverumcnt practical!;." K.-pt in power, intimate ihat ra'h'-r than face u di—*-ilutioti they will withdraw their support from the Government. Melbourne, The Juvenile Smnknw J'i».-\»*nti< a Bill has passed the A^simbly. .Hobart, Aiiii'Ust The Premier informc<l the Assembly that the sugar and bonus duties j would entail a loss on Tasmania of CMjOilO this year and £30,000 next j year. Federal returns under the Braddon clause to Tasmania would amount to -CI 1,000, less than the ihr.vU was. entitled to. He obI jee'rd to penny postage, as the time wa- m>t ripe. 1

THE H.S.W. LANI SCANDALS. Sydney. A.emst !>. Aj>|.i:i M. .1. !<;i " been erattt, d, oti j I \y iiu ),! ' • •' •' U' *.lVlit , It*'-!' C-fr„-l. vr .1;: V.,-C...H I |,„,K lli,- wev. lliat Mi -In 11,',' Dm,-ii, as J.ands Colon.i i,.n r. -■ ili'W.a \\itll ill,' jM.!>' ll' 1 iillllllillities tin.- Supreme I'l.Hl'l. BOWLING

Smlii. I. A ii j ii-t it. Tin- V,w South Whl.-s' l',n»li"L' .V----i,,n ba- e.L:nvd tlml a vi -it "i N-n- z-ril;m.| lii.v, !i I - would lie a''C, J.t able. N.S.W. RAILViAY COMMISSI ONE: n<s. Sydney. Aimn-i !l. An , liol'l ii lA'iliL' nuid,' t.p debar t1,,.; appointment uf nnv <,f tli,' pre- -, ni ltailv. -,v t'..anil';-s'liiii. rs. I lie Premier IV!:, .',! to hove Im, bands tied by having sit, Ii an anie:, iineni in llie I'ijl, and 11ii amendment Was m'entiv ed. A CURIOUS MISTAKE. M,'ll„„in,e. A moist «). A curious mi'-tabe li is 11 n mad,-in deelariny I!'" wei-hls f.,r tbn tlmtv Plate at ne\t. meet i lie'. The hatldieapper ;d!,.tt ,1 1!, j Ae.., Zealand bors,- Chivalry (be minimum weight (C'.7), ennfonndin'r bini with a horse of [lie same nam:' irom Cippsland. Tfe mny po=sibly lie r, bnndi"npped. | DECIMAU oniNACE. I Melbourne. August r,. | Oflicia! corrc-poMflf-nft! in l onnfcUoii I with dtciniul ca'iu»L"' wai u»i tho

I table oi thi; of Kcpre.sr.'jiUilivcs. iSir Jolm J-'om st (I'Vlmil Treasurer) stuU's that lumi in LoinUm ho was informed that the Imperial (.iijveriimeiit was willing to ncdit Australia v*"itli the pi'oiil on silver coins used in Australia, Hut objected to a separate currency of different d.-nominations beiny introduced in (he C'ommonwi'alth, as tiiat would further break tin- uniformity of the Kmpire eurrt'ney.