LATE OABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 117, 3 May 1888, Page 2

LATE OABLES.

THE LATE SHIPPING DISASTER THE AMERICAN WHEAT CROP. ILLNESS OF THE GERMAN EMPEROR. ACCIDENT TO THE PRINCE OF NAPLES. ..■■■■<,:. irHE BOULANGER EXCITEMENT SERIOUS TROUBLE WITH THE CHINESE. By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. (per ttnitmd puess \ssociAriox.)

London. Mar 1 The Moto, which collided with the ship Smyrna off the Isle of Wight on Friday Last, has sustained considerable damage, and has put into^port for repairs and to land the. survivors. Tin has suffered a farther decline, and is now quoted at X9l per ton. At the wool sales to-day, 12,000 bales were sold.

May 2. Reports of the American wheat crops state that the crops are smaller than last year, but that the quality is good. Letters have been received. from Emm Bey, dated November last, and stating that at the time of writing no* news had reached him of the Stanley expedition for his relief . Mr Stead, of the Pall Mall Gazette, has inter riewed Boulanger, : and in giving the result of the interview states that lie. believes Boulanger tobe honest in his views, and that he will never seek a pretext for war, but will endeavor to bring about necessary social and internal reforms in France. . •"■{ ; . .

Bsiogr, May 2. The . Emperor's cough is. agaia troublesome, and he is feverish and weak. _ ;' : ' ;' ; Some Berlin papers are renewing:, their attacks on Sir F. Morell Mackenzie. Other journals eulogise him, and allude to the previous rumors regarding the designs of the German doctors to prevent the Emperor's succession to the throne. ..■.-■ . , Bomb, Mav2. At a military display yesterday in this city a dynamite shell burst, slightly wounding the Prince of Naples, heirapparent to the Italian throne, in the thigh. Several officers were injured. Suakim, May I. The Arab slavers have joined the rebel forces under Osman Digna at Handoub, and an attack -is daily expected on this, place. . . ■ ■.■■■. '"■:. ■. . ■ ' ' ■ -;' ..-■/■ Mblboubnb, May 2. The Chinese possengers by the Af^hftn^ asserting that their f ood 3ras bflßnjrtnapere i with,rushed the vessel's cook to-day, but the members of the Water l&lice oft. board the steamer rescued him after jt struggle. Some of the Ghineae «re refe- . ported to have expressed a doterminatioa to mutiny rather than submit to be taken back to China. A force of armed pohce> and Customs officers have been sent on board the steamer to assist in the preservation of order. . - SydkeTj May 2. The sentence of death passed on Ghis— tavus Denis for attempted murder- at Dubbo, has been commuted to imprisonment for life. BstsftANß, May 2. A man named Porter has been arrested here on a charge of attempting to poison his wife at Newcastle.

Received May 3, 1.45 p.m. ; - ■ - ■ ~' " A"-\-^""' :^I-Ii6iidoh, Way 2. New Zealand 4 per cents., £99 15s. Consols, £101$. Bank rate discount is 2 per cent. ; market rate, I£.' An off coast cargo of wheat hasbeen sold at 33s 6d to 345, Leather, lOJd to lid ; Queensland sugar, 13s 6d. ■ Sydney, This, Day. In the Assembly Sir Henry Parkesr said the Government were prepared to> take any steps to prevent the introduotion of Chinese. He thought it was the duty of all the Ausfraliaa colonies to resist the influx. The Evening News "has issued a writ against the Bulletin claiming£lo,ooo damages for an alleged libel contained in an article last week entitled "Source of Crime." Mblboitbnb, This Day. The Government are determined toprevent the landing of the Chinese. At the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church motions were tabled expressing sympathy with the Chinese, possessing naturalisation papers; not being allowed to land ; also for those from whom the Government refuse to accept the poll tax. ! The Assembly characterises the action of the Government as illegal.