CABLE NEWS.

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

CABLE NEWS.

■ * By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright I PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] London, January 13. Frozen meat, ex the Iberia, is being sold at 3d ; New Zealand from 3d to 4dThe dense fog which has been experi* enced during the past few days is now lifting, except in the Midlands, where it is black as night. Many casualties have occurred." • •■ ■ ' j Five day 8 darkness has been experi- 1 enced in Birmingham, and" much excite* ment was caused, as it was thought that' the world had come to an end.- Some ofthe local people phophesied that the world would end on the 14th. Mr Morgan states that the first parcel of , stone taken from his find near Dal* petty, on examination yielded 30 per cent., of gold. Lord Salisbury, in the course of : his speech, said there were undoubted sighs that ; the depression in trade was gradually disappearing, and this; he thought, would tend to remove the Irish difficulty.' Next session, however, would be a difficult and- hazardous one. and the Government would have to depend on the assist* ance of the Unionists in framing their measures. Berlin, January 13. The official announcement concerning the health of the Crown Prince states that the irritation connected wilh the growth in his throat is re-appearing. It is reported here that the police have discovered a German Socialist plot to murder the Crown Prince, but no details have transpired The health of Emperor William is improving, but his sleep is still disturbed. . Sofia, January 13. Many of the officers connected with the army, and also many officials, have been arrested on a charge of conspiracy. Cairo, January 13 General Ras Alonla, with a strong force of Abyssimans, has arrived at Ghinda, and is preparing to make an attack. Glasgow, January 13. The crofters at Lewis Island are still making raids against the farmers, and are destroying the fences on the farms. Massowah, January 13. An encounter between the followers of Ras Aloula and the Italian troops is now daily, expected. Vienna, January 13. The steady massing ef troops on the Galician and Roumanian frontiers is ro» viving alarm in this city. St. Petersburg, January 13. Information respecting the movements of the Czar was revealed to the Nihilists by the railway officials at Gaschina. A large number of arrests have been made of persons supposed to be implicated in the plot lately unearthed. X