CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 116, 6 April 1889, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

By Electric " Telegraph. — Copyright jPKH UMTaD PRK9S aS9<ICI AT(|i»N ,{ Londox, Apiril 3.^ Dr Higgmgs, of Meath } r s who has been appointed coadjutor to Cardinal Moran, of Sydney, was consecrated to-day by Archbishop Walsh, of- Dublin. The clergy of Meath presented Dr JJiggins with a purse of sovereigns. Messrs" S'treeter and Co., the wellknown dealers lr valuable stones, bought a million carats weight of South Australian garnets from the New. Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company' 'for L 5, and hare offered to re-sell to Mr J. T. Turn-: bull for LlO. In the Hoase of Commons to-day, Mr Cozens- He rdy's Trust Funds Investment Bill was read a second time and at the suggestion of Mr Goschen was referred to a select committee." " Arrirod — B M.S. Kaikoura, from New Zealand, at Plymouth, with passengers all well and her cargo of frozen meat in good condition. : : At the wool auctions to-day a better selection was offered, and competition was very keen. Former prices were fully maintained. ■ The cargoes by the Dumbartonshire, from Napier, and the Ware Queen, from Lyttelton, were in time for this series. Mr Dawes, in reply to. the: strictures of the Financial News, says it is true that the late Sir W. Pearce',B mortgage of a quarter of a million over the property of the New Zealand Shipping Company has been transferred to him but it ia untrue that he has any intention of foreclosing ; on the contrary, he has resolved to maintain the independence of the Company Mr O. E. Strickland will be reinstated as manager, and Mr Tyser will continue to act as broker. It is asserted that the Company's shares have advanced 50 per cent since Mr Dawes: became Director. April 4. ■ In the House of Commons the Scotch Diseased Wife's Sister Bill has been read a second time by a majority of three. The Duke of. . Portland* is a strong favourite for the Prince of Wales Stake at the Leicester Meeting. Beblin. April 4. Admiral Helnsner, discussing the Samoan affairs in the Beichstag, said that it was necessary for Germany to be rtrongly represented there to dispel the inference that she had withdrawn her interests in Samoa. \, Emil Treital, a well-known corndealer has suspended payment, with liabilities amounting to six million marks. "■ Constantinople, April 4. A plot has been discovered in this city for deposing the Sultan in favour, of. his brother Mehemmed-Reshul Effendi, the heir-apparent to the Throne of Turkey. Massottah, Apnl 4. It is reported that the Negus of Abyssinia has been defeated and slain m a conflict with the dervishes, and that Abyssinia is in a state of anarchy. Paris, April 4. The action of General Boulanger in leaving France has caused several of his principal followers to accuse him of cowardice. The trial of those charged with complicity in the acts of the Patriotic League commenced on Wednesday iast, when M. Naquet (member of the Senate) and MM. Laguerre, Turnet, and Deroulede (President Patriotic League), leaders of the League, were called upon to answer charges made against them. Tho Chamber was crowded, and a great sensation was caused when the charges were read Precautions were taken by the military authorities to provent Disorderduring the proceedings M. Deflaa, member of the Senate, against whom similar proceedings are about to be taken, protested against the course adopted, on the ground that the tribunal was a hostile and un> natural one, although he was prepared to appear before ordinary judge on the charges preferred against him. In the chamber of Deputies, a Bill providing for the prosecution of persons accussed of libelling public officials, was rejected. Sio se Janeibo, April 3. The deaths from yellow feyer now average 120 daily.