CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 36, 1 September 1888, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright 1 I PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. J• . j Hamburg, August 28. Six more deaths have ben reported to bare eventuated from the Hamburg fire. Calcutta, A ugust 28. | Information has been received here that the threatened attack by the Thibet- j ans on the British position atJGnatong has been deferred for a time, but it is feared thnt when it takes place an overwhelming number of the enemy will mke a lengthened attack, and the Brits lsh force will be in an extremely difficult position. London. August 28. Intense heat is prevalent on the Red Sea. and numerous deaths are reported as having occurred on vessels passing through that locality. j Evictions on the estates of the Mar- ; guis of Clanricarde have been resumed, and the tenants are fortifying their . houses. I Sir Fronds Dillon Bell has returned to London from his visit to the Hartz Mountains, where he has been for the purpose of inspecting the Abt system of j railways. He is thoroughly satisfied it i would' be applicable to the Midland j Railway in New Zealand.. Intelligence has been received here that the Bratsberg has been wrecked on the voyage from Sydney to Montreal, and 15 of those on board were drowned. August 30. Freights to New Zealand by sailing vessels have advanced 5* per ton. Mr Henry Labouchere, in truth publishes a severe article on the management of tlie Melbourne Exhibition. He com* pares the management to what he calls •' the South Kensington gang," and alleges that a certain ling has been formed for the purpose of charging exhibitors for space for whi.h they were pre viously not supposed to. have to pay. Paius, August 30. A clerk employed in thf German Embassy was to-daj fired upon by a Frenchman in the streets of Paris. Two shots were fired,' but fortunately nobody was hurt, and the would be murderer was arrested. It appears that he was an anti-German maniac, imbued with a hatred of Prussia, and when arrtsied he said that he gloried in tbe deed. Canon Jas. Fleming, of York, is a candidate for the Bishopric of Chester, vacant by the translation of Dr Stubbs to the See of Oxford. It is stated that a baronetcy will be conferred upon Sir Charles Tupper, in recognition of his services in connection with tbe Fisheries . Dispute between Canada and the United States. Washington, A ugust 30. The Committee of the House of Representatives on foreign affairs ia preparing a retaliatory measure in consequence of the rejection of the Fisheries JLJill by the Senae PARiSy August 28. General Boulanger has refused to be» come a candidate for the Semite, It is, reported that he has gone on a visit to Sweden incognito. Caibo. \ ugust 30. . Five hundred dervishes attacked Fart Khurmousea on the Nile, 'he position was by two hum! red Egyptions wh<> offered stubborn resistance until reinforcements arrived from Wady Haifa. The dervishes lost, two hundred men in the engagement, whilst the Egyptians loss was sixteen killed and wounded. Vj'bsna, August 30. The Hungarian harvest is estimated to yield 38,000,000 centners (cwts.) Rome. August 30. Signor Crispi, Italian Premier, speaking in this '-ity, stated he saw no reason for supposing peace would be disturbed at present. Beblin, August 30. Her Von Ben ni seen has been appoint ted Governor of Hanover. His appointment is both a .surprise and a delight to the Liberal party.