LATE CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 79, 24 December 1889, Page 2

LATE CABLES.

♦- By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright*. 'PEE Cri IT ED" TRUSS ASSOCIATION). London. December 21. The gas strike is virtually at an end* Blacklegs have been engaged permanently and a month's supply of coal is on hand, A summons has been' issued againstMr Newton, solicitor, on-tf charge of being concerned in a conspiracy to> defeat the= ends of justice in connection with the West End scandal. The application for a new trial in Mr" v O'Bnen'shbel action against Lord Salis--bury was refused. t . Mr Parnell, speaking at Liverpool, ustified Irish rebellion m the' past.' 'Hesaid Protestants in Ireland had nothing to fear from ("athohcs. Victorian butter commands higher* pnces if packed" in Pond's Casks and frozen promptly. Lord 3ahsbury states it is impossible to countenance the pulling down of the* British flag by a foreign power. December 23* The Clancaird, bound - from -London to* Melbourne. • has been in collision in the Downs, and has put back for repairs. Pabis, December 23. Influenza continues to rage here, and! five deaths are reported to-day. Lisbon, Dec. 23. The Lisbon press assert that British missionaries mcited the Makololos to attack Major Pinto. Adelaide, December 23. ,Dr Cockburn, the Premier, in referring to Sir Henry Parkes', proposals for colonial Federation, states that he. will: not support any scheme for cutting the throat of the Federal Council, and cbnsiders-ther real practical objection lays in the-fact-that SoutK Australia , cannot surrender Protection. .The scheme suggested by the Premier of New South Wales is im^ - possible while provincial Protection is maintained. He thinks Victoria made a mistake in initiating a . policy of Protection, but having done so, she compelled' her "neighbours in self-defence to adopt the same policy. Received December 23, 12.30 p.m. London, D'*cember-23. The Queen of Sweeden, PrincessStephanie of Austria, President Camot, and many other. European notables haver fallen victims to influenza. The Emperor of Germany has recovered. One of the speakers at the meeting in Hyde Park adyocated the murder bf the - Chairman of the Metropolitan Gas Com' . pany, and his remarks 'were received with .applause. ; The gas stokers in the north of London - are being incited to strike. Ottawa. December 23. - Canada will not renew the temporary agreement regarding the fisheries dispute, owing to President Harrison's faction ■agitating for a permanent settlement./