CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 99, 22 March 1888, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

♦ By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright ] {PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. I London, March 20. Wheat on the spot is selling at 6d lower. Forward cargoes are firmer. i Jjdrd Hoseberj's motion for a Com- ] mittee to report as to necessary reforms j in the House of Lords has been nega« tired by 47. In the course of a speech { on the motion, Lord Salisbury said he , could not support so shadowy a proposal though he was quite willing to consider a properly considered Bill on the gubject. J The temperance party in the House of i Commons, which includes members on 1 both sides of the House, are exhibiting ; antagonism to the Government in conse- ( quence of the postponement of the Licensing Bill. It is expected that the boat race be» tween Cambridge and Oxford University ies will result m a closer finish than was generally anticipated. Oxford, against which odds were freely laid, is now rising j in public favor. r . Ottawa., March 18. The Methodist Revival Mission in Canada is meeting with great success, and at a service held in this city Sir John Macdonald, the Premier, and his wife announced themselves as converts. New Yobk, March 18. A terrible. railway accident occurred at Black Shear. A passenger train was crossing a trestle bridge when the structure collapsed, precipitating the train in to the gulch beneath: Twenty»five of the passengers were killed outright, and 35 seriously injured. Eeports of the American wheat crop continue unfavorable, the backward state of the crop being due to the prolonged inclemency of the weather. Dublin, March 18. A serious faction fight occurred at Longford, County Longford, on Satur-v day. In repressing the .fight the police were compelled to fire into the mob with, buckshot, and three persons were seriously injured. ' - Beblin, March 20. The Emperor Frederick 111. is in bet* ter health, having enjoyed refreshings sleep. The cold weather, however, will not permit of the patient taking exercise. San Fbancisco, March 19. R.M.S. Mariposa arrived at noon on

Saturday. Plymouth, March 20. The E M.S. Toneariro arrived last evening from New Zealand, all well. Her cargo of frozen meat is in excellent condition. Paris, March 20. After three days' crucial experiments on rabbits and sheep, M. Pasteur is con« vinced that bis scheme will eradicate the rabb&pest m Australia in the course of a year or two. V Constantinople, March 20. M. Nellidoff, the Russian Ambassador, has formerly requested. the Porte to summon Prince Ferdinand to leave Bulgaria.