CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 53, 22 October 1889, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright ]PE H UNI TaI) PRKSS ASSOC I AT.IOI* . | London, Oolobrr 19. It has been decided to exile the Zulu chiefs Dimzulu ami Undabuke :to St. Helena for 12 aud 15 yeara respectively. The dock companies are uiakiug efforts to induce the dock labourers to become permanent hands at £1 per week, but the Union have refused .to sanction the proposal. A New Zealand 3J per cent. £2,700,000 conversion loan is announced.' Theminimuin has been fixed at 95, and tenders will be opened on the 25th mst. Owing to a fresh outbreak, of the, foot and mouth disease in Germany, Mr Henry Chaplin, Minister of Agriculture, has refused to remove the restrictions placed on the importation of cattle into Great Britain. Tom Lees and Peter Jackson; the Auss tralian pugilists, have arranged a fight with bare knuckles for £300 a- side. In referring to the Zulinski gun Lieut. General Sir Andrew Clarke, InspectorGeneral of Fortifications, declared it to be. the most formidable weapon known at present, but admitted it had not yet been brought to a state of perfection. Speaking at Manchester, Mr A. J Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland, declared that every anticipated result .. of the Irish policy of the Government had already been realised. The dock labourers have passed a vote of thanks to the Melbourne Age, South Australian Adyertiser, and Sydney Daily Telegraph for ..their sympathy t and support in their recent struggle against the dock companies. It was decided that the surplus should remain in hand until November next, in case of .a breach of faith on the part of the dockowners. H.R. H. the Prince of Wales will hold a review of English and Egyptian troops at Cairo on Saturday next. Surprise has been expressed at the dearness of money, but it has not delayed the announcement of the New Zealand loan. Earl Granville and the Marquis of Ripon confirm the remarks deliyered by Mr Gladstone at Hawardeu that the recent strike is preguant with hope for the future of labour. Tallow firm. Mutton, 27s to 27s 6d; beef, 26s 6d to 275. New Zealand 4 per cent, inscribed stock, lO6£ ; market active. Australian wheat, ex warehouse, 39s 6d, steady; New Zoalaud longberried ditto, ex store, 38/- ; business improving. Jackson has challenged Slaviu to meet him with the gloves. The < .'Unard steamer Malta has been wrecked at Cape Cornwall, five miles from Land's End. The passengers were all saved. It is believed that Lord Charles Beresford who resigned his seat in the House of Commons for Mary le bone in "order tc take command of a warship, will be appointed to H.M.S. Undaunted, 12 guns. October 20. Sailed— E.M;S. Tongariro from Plymouth yesterday for Wellington, via Tenenffe, Cape of Good Hope, and Hobart. Three thousand miners employed in the Marquis of Londonderry's Durham collieries have struck for shorter hours. Fifteen thousand more threaten to strike unless better terms are conceded by owners. In contrast to Sir Andrew Clarke's opinion of the Zalinski dynamite gun. the naval officers delegated to enquire into its merits report it useless i'oi naval warfare, owing to the intricacy oi the mechanism rendered necessary tt ensure the safety of those working the gun. I?OME r October 1& The Empress of Austria, who ib; paying a visit to Italy, has been hissed bj the populace in some parts. Paris, October 19. The Socialists throughout Fraiw* threaten to go on strike aud close th< Exhibition. The Turkish Ambassador at Fans has protested officially against the revival oi Voltaire's play, " Mahomet," at th« .Theatre Francais. Beblin. October Is. It is believed that the Emperor Wil;ham will attend the manoeuvres of th< Russian fleet next summer,. During the Czar's recent visit hen Prince Bismarck- informed him that he considered an agreement botween Great Britain and Rns-ia in regard to possessions in Asia wa» possible and desirable, The Czar denied that Russia had doubled her strategic hoes on the western frontier.