CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 52, 19 October 1889, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright jPEIt UNITiI>\PRKSS; ASSpdIATIjVPT ( ; London, October 16-

Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General for New South Wales, and Sir F. Dillon Bell, have arranged with the Treasury to continue the San Francisco mail service for a further period of twelve mouths on the old basis.

The balance-sheet of the moneys subscribed for the dock strike has not yet been issued, as the auditors are examining every shilling ticket voucher, Mr Gladstone is urging the ... Liberal party to oppose the sugar bounties treaty. It is expected that the rate "of freight by sailing vessels to the Colony will shortly be raised by 2s 6d to 5s per ton. Three journalists, connected with the Financial Times and Mining Record, have been arrested on a charge of blackmailing a public company. Obituary — James Prescott Joule, F.R.S., an eminent scientist ; aged 71.

Obituary— Lord FitzGerald. October 17; Searle and his trainer (Matterson) sailed for Australia to-day. Capetown, October 16. In consequence of the arbitrary action of the Germans at Damaraland, H.M.S. Bramble has received orders to proceed to Walfisch Bay to watch over British interests. Washington, October 16. Sir Julian Pauncefote, British Ambassador to the United States, and Mr J. G. Blame, United States Secretary of State, have resumed parleying on fishery and sealing disputes between England and the United States. . Boston,. October 16. Body snatchers have desecrated the grave of Ralph Waldo Emerson r the great American thinker. They were, however, disturbed, and it was found that the re-' mains had not been touched. Kandahar, October 16. Intelligence has reached here that the Pathan tribes in the vicinity of Quetta have murdered an engineer named Harris and Lieutenant Rooke,. a cavalry officer, who were touring in that district. Batoum. October 17. The Russian gunboat Nasir-ed-iDin foundered oft here, and all her crew were lost. Lisbon, October 17. King Dom Luis is in a comatose state, ! gangrene having superyened. Paris, October 16. M. Jouberi, the contractor for decorating the Victorian Court at the Exhibition, has seized the Victorian wine kiosk and wine bar in payment of his claim of £400 for services rendered. October 17. M. Etienne has ordered a more severe treatment of convicts sent to New Caledonia, and will not permit half* -liberty being allowed until after several years of good conduct and sufficient money saved . to facilitate settlement on the land. Seven thousand miners at Courrieres have gone out on strike. Twelve thousand French peasant pilgrims are visiting Rome.