CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 86, 7 January 1888, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

«- ANOTHER THEATEE BUENT, THE LATEST LOAN. PEACEFUL ASSUBAN(m By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright [PEE UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION.] London, January 4. M. Pasteur has conducted a successful experiment demonstatiae his method of exterminating rabbits by means of inoculation. r A -piece -of land eight lectares (19, acres) in extent was -enclosed and . populated with rabbits. Jn ; ttie middle . warren a number of, rabbits inoculated with a virulent diseaße were liberated) within a few hours the whole of the' animals in the, enclosure were i deady . •■; " Consols; 110J ; New Zealand' fives,' 103>: inscribed stock; $1%. \'.\ - - ■■ \ The Theatre Eoyal at Bolton, Lanca^ shire, waa destroyed by fire after mid-: night. It is supposed to be the -work of an incendiary. , , / Mr Sexton, M.P. for Shgo South, who was recovering from his recent illness, has suffered a relapse, and is now in a serious condition; , The principal football journals deprecate sending a team to the colonies, and predict a certain failure. . A Victorian loan of. one million and a half at 4 per cent. is,. announced. The minimum has been fixed at 104, and the; loan is already quoted at 3 per cent, premium.' . A French machine, invented for shearing a sheep in five minutes, will shortly \ be sent to Australia. , ; • At a meeting of 30 Dissenting clergymen at- Cardiff, a protest was made against the Government oppression of IrelandThe French Press criticises the.JNew Hebrides agreement with hostility, and .urges the exclusive possession ef the group by France i ; ; ■-.•;■. Bbeiin, January 4. M. Herbote, French < Ambassador, has assured the Emperos of Germany that President Carnpt will npt .enter int^a warlike policy while he holds officeias President. • ; r r<.\vr.<:>:>..s\i, ~y ; - i ;'/;.;j >Theßepency proposal, alleged to have been made by Prince Bismarck in the event of the Emperor's death, is abso* lutely denied. The Emperor of Germany has conferred - the .G, rand Cross ■of the Red Eagle pn"\Her Tisza,, Premier of Hungary. ' '' '. ' .' ;'.',,- .' ■: ■. V ' ',"' '".'■ : Eomb, January 4. . His ; Holineßß the Pope, in an address to Cardinals and Bishops, said the Church ought to be independent-- of - terrestrial authority, and t« reduce its interests w.|thm , Italian Jaws: could ; only {.result deplorable. He ( inFited,,the Quirinal to effect a ! reicon<Siiiatipn „ with the ; Cfharcbl. He also announced tb'at an EncyclicaL letter wonldshortly be issued regarding Socialism and the license of the Press.