LATE CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 90, 17 January 1888, Page 2

LATE CABLES.

rr—i — . ♦ . By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright [per united press association."! London, January 15. The Rev. 0. H. Spurgeon has absolutely declined to be reconciled to the Baptist Union. The- heanng of the case; Osbonref^v. Mount Morgan Goldmraing Company, Queensland, has been concluded. The point at issue -involves the possession \>f .^ this famous mine. Judgment has been "" reserved.! A number of Moonlighters have been tried at Cork, and sentenced to terms of imprisonment varying from five to eighteen yeara. i .*. ,- Copper has fallen, and isnowatLßo. The fall is attributed to the influence of the Copper Syndicate. --.-..-».■ New Zealand 5 per cents, are quoted at LlO4, inscribed stock L99|.. V 4 Tallow is advancing. " ' - ■ Washington, January 14. The wool trades in the United State* haye 'petitioned Congress to increase tho rate of duty on wool and woollen goods. Vienna, January 14. The Austrian military press declares that. 100,000 Russian cavalry are being massed on the German and Austrian frontier. Sydney, January 16V A fire broke out in the monkey house at the Zoological Gardens yesterday, and resulted in its total destruction. A number of : monkeys, rare birds, and snakes belonging to a valuable collection wero destroyed, v . , Activity m mining stock still continues here and at Melbourne, but the prices are receding. X " ": ". The CSity Corporation have determined - to carry but large retrenchments, and. 250 men have already received notice- that their services will be dispensed witn. An annual saving of £35,000 will thus be effected. It is expected that ; further reductions will follow. ; There have been large arrivals of New Zealand bran and oats, the latter being of prime and stout quality, and quoted at 2s Id to 2s 2d. w - '■-'■ Melbourne, January 16. The barque Edinburgh Castle has gone ashore at Warnambool, and now lies in a critical position. ■•• - .•--. X i The officers of the Rabbit Department are opposed to the experiments proposed by M.Pasteur. This Day. Letters^frorn Paris state that M: Pasteur is satisfied that chicken cholera is the best means for eradicating rabbits. The disease kills rabbits in a few hours, and is also fatal to haresand opposums, but will not harm sheep or kangaroos. ' Hob art, January 16. Peel's flourmill Was destroyed by fire yesterday. The buildings are insured; but the amount is not yet known: XThe loss is estimated at £5000 above tiie insurance.;