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Show Direct Ciililc Trouble. Lm It'll, 1. The managers of the direct eahlei give tho ttlronyest assurances assur-ances that their memorandum of agreement in an organi.ed butty not to p'-rmit tliem tn Hell or amalgamate witii the Ang! American company, and declare tle'ir d'-term'malion lo earrv on their bn-iners an on independent inde-pendent C unpanv, in ncconhuico with tne pledge thoy have given to the governments, companies and individuals indi-viduals with whom they have relations. rela-tions. To day tho steamer Ftrrady completed tho repair of the section of the direet ruhlr which v:s hr ken on li.e 01 Jiiuiary last. Follow in is eoj 01 a ieiei;iiLii receive!, ny tne rompuny from iu representative on bo.inl the FarraJa-j: "lhe end of lhe eastern piece wa picketl up this morninp at the ilcptli ot" nearly one hundren fathoms. The d:imiic iv.is caused by cntlin" with an axe or hiitchct, and there arc marks nf three or four hinws. The cable had apparently appa-rently been niiped up on an anchor and subsequently severed. There wan no natural elmlinix. The wires are abnided on the under side of the bend I and eit;ht of them cut through evenly ! and two broken after beins? weakened by hacking. The cnmliiion of th'c cable is excellent. Tiie compound is ofi" for twelve inches of the east end. M dice or wanton recklessness is unquestionable, un-questionable, for when tho cable was mifed it miqht easily have been slipped without damaym;; it. Ar-l'.uiemenU Ar-l'.uiemenU have now been mnde to keep tho lirrii-hij on the eoa.-t nf ova Scotia as repairing sh in, until another vessel can be sen t to replace her. |