YESTERDAY'S CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81824, 17 August 1906, Page 3

YESTERDAY'S CABLES.

THK MAIJ MULLAH. London, August 15. Till' Daily ililil Ad.-ll correspondent reports that tin- Majertain Sultan, after losing heavily, drove tIls? Jlud Mullah towards Illig-. RAILWAY ACCIDENT. London, August 15. A runaway fruit van cnHi'J'-d with a train at I'uu'.lriigton. Eleven passengers were injured. CRICKET. . London, August 15. It is officially announced that the llarylchone Committee lias derided not to send a' team to Australia. RUSSIAN CORRUPTION. St. Petersburg, August 15. An official inquiry regarding defalcations on the Siberian railway during wur time sliows that the contents of sixteen hundred waggons disappeared, and that the State was defrauded of £750,000 at one station, A SYNDICATE OF LOVE. New York, August 15. The police of New York are investigating the case of Mrs Lena A erault. alias ITnmilton, who obtained large loans from middle-aged elderly gentlemen whom she professed to l>e will- j ing to marry. She is the central j liguro in a syndicate of love, which represented her us a rich .widow. One victim advanced £50,000.

THAT GERMAN RAILWAY MOVE Berlin, August j.'i. Following 'the Deutsche Revue's lead German newspapers are fostering tli idea that notwithstanding Sir lid ward Grey's recent dmial that Great Britain Vishes to annex Egypt, they bint that Germany would tici|iiiesc<i if compensated in connection with the B-dg-dad railway, A CHANNEL SWIM. London, August 15. Cattaneo, the Italian champion, abandoned his attempt to swim the Channel after being in the water 'or seven hours. THE POPE AND FRANCE. London, August 15. The Times, commenting on the Encyclical, states that tlie burden on French Roman Catholics which the Pope imposes is, as he foresees, heavy, for they may have to provide from their own resources for the maintenance of worship, and they at the same time are deprived of their forefathers' churches.

THE BALKAN TROUBLES. Athens, August 15. A mass mooting at Alliens protcstel against the C»ivok oxeivsrs in Houmclin. Theatres and other places of amusement arc closed. BRITAIN'S VITAL STATISTICS. London, August 15. The birthrate of England and Males for the past quarter was equal to 27£ annually per thousand—tlm lowest on record. THE HOP CROP. London, August 15. Sir 11. 1). Navies, ex-Lord Mayor of London, d<rlared that the for the British hop ero]) were very bnd, owing to the dry summer and blight. A BALLOON FATALITY. Berlin, August 15. , "Mus Klvina \Vilsnn, u balloonist, 1 was kilkxl when d<tieiiid;iu entertainment j»t llaiub'ir_ r . *1 lu> win.l dragL F <*d the balloon, and i.er skull was fractured. TilE NATAL REBELS. London, August 15. The Daily Telegraph correspondent reports that tlvo bulk of th<e rebel pris<yn<r> wero son! to tin" mines, private employers declining the heavy expense of guarding the'in. PietormarUzlnug, August 15. Buckie, chief of the Sikikuku, was convicted at of treason in connection with the went rebellion. Brussels, Auirust 15. There was a tremendous hailstorm in lb" Vervh-rs district in :Knorniou* destruction wast-aused. Some of the hail-stonvs wire four pounds in weight, SYDNEY lIORsE SHOW. Sydney, Aumi-t 15. A hoive show and parade, th>' lii'at of tin- kind In Id in Sydiry, was biircrssfully opened. Th.-iv w-re dal) entries, and tin- show was ivpivsiMtaliMi oi all th«" States, mid New Zealand. Tin; parad'- through the streets attracted a i irti'* amount of int'tvst. Sah sin eurhe-etit/n with th' 1 f-liow, whioh it is pr«ipo>«*d to make an annual evi.nl, <>|ii"i! to-morrow.

TlfE CIUXF.SF. MI'IiDKIfKR. August lb. The Chinaman. alter Ai^en, barricaded himself in a nimn at Ij an'! \v)ji»n tin'crowd tried to break in in' set the mom on five. Water wan poured through a window', and this prevented the fire The arresting constablo received a fuujrit. »»f wounUa from tho tomahawk. Tin- murderer waf employed ttiv.: rrview College. i 1»» expressed sorrow i\t tlie murders, and uVelared ho had to kill three people in order to jret to heaven. Jle asked the police to shoot liini. CAI'K CuUOi'Vii KirjS'.WSCE O-.-t-Avi:. Au-u-t l."». Dr. datni'soii C 'al"' E*r<*fnif t*}. we|I'oniine Mr Mrrriiean' 1 -' iv-i>!ul i<m. reMred to the Afents-< lenernl joint interview v.ilii the TiyuMirv in |!)ni, and added : "When I saw .Mr LyUulton later he was quite sympatlv-tie. and declare 1 that if tln- test ra- 11 i went aL f ain<( tin* He ICompany il would In- a lit silltji'cl for Imperial K'islatinn. Ndtliini.' lias h-'-n d-,n«-sine.', bid it is hop. il unanimity will !i" shown l>y ih<» (Y.pe Assembly whi'-li will carry wcii.'ht with the Homo authorities" DAIiING GOLD HOBBKIiY. Perth, August 10. At Kaleroorlie three men .!! the middle of the nijit en 11'i't d tin l j li.Lll.M-y house of (hp Cohhn Itan-e Mme, an.! hound (lie watHmiaii I daeohsonj. Wiiil,; tv. o wiv rc'iiio\ r.nia'irniii, t h<* third -uiu'd-'d tin l watrlunaii, v. ho, iind'T pi-'deii'-e of beintr ''old, v.ar.Mnovi'd in:,!' the boilers and mana"'d io hi= handfi'tand blew the whittle. r J'in> roljhcr.-i decamped with hitmen, pounds' worth of booty. M' IiRIAGK AXD TilK SI'AGF,. Melbourne, Aiiir'ifd- 10. Mr J. C. WilliamnorNs iiiaiiaL-ei-slater that chorus idrN will in f'llur- 1 ho prohibited from inarryini? till their contracts an: at ail end. During the la«t two ye ;l r< Mr lost thirfy of his best throu<fh marriaLr«'. His op"ra compa?iies havo alj most hecome matrimonial agencies. Future contracts will be for n yr-ar, ' and uut fur n station only.