LATE CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 97, 8 February 1890, Page 2

LATE CABLES.

By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. I PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. | ■ . London, February ,B. The shippers, fearing a^stralredare withol.ding goods from the control of the Dock Companies. -. The dockers have : asked -Mfc:.' Hayes' to give theui ; piecework,- at [' & ipnce virtually covering meal-times. . If:refused the dickers will try, and arrange the old terms, iv order to gain time/ during Jwhich the Unions will be strengthened, with a view of renewing the struggle in the summer. . Quotations for frozen meat and wool retnaiu unchanged. The Dean of Windsor has refused the Bishopric of Durham. '"'•'.' It is officially announced- that the Marquis of Salisbury is suffering from weakness, the.-jresjult of inuueuza. It is expected that H.M.S. Iris will replace the Opal, and the Cordelia the Calliope, iv Austral iau waters. It is reported that L»rd Salisbury is makiug preparations for the immediate occupation,' of Mak'olo country and the district along the Shire River, by British troops. The shipmeut of butter by the s.s. Austral was mostly damaged. Superior sorts are quoted at 98s to 108s ; inferior, 50s to 60s. The rumor charges against Benzou have beeu settled, and it is expected he will receiye a light sentence on the charge of forgery. Tbe Finaucial news doprecutes the passing of the Trust Fuuds Invest ment Bill in view of the lavish bor rowing of the col mies, and tbeir possible separation from the Mother Country. f Washington, February 6 Dynamite has been discovered in the capital, but it was removed before it exploded. - 3onstantinoplb, February 7. j The Powers buya 1 warued Greece that if she interferes, iv. the Cretan dispute she must sub .nit to the conse quences. Sir W. A. White, British Ambassador to Turkey, has proteste.l against the acquittal of Moussa By, the Kurdish chieftain,' charged with in human atrocities in Armenia. . Pa ttis, February Q. France next year-will build 10 iron cl ads, 11. cruisers, and a large number of torpedo boats. Berlin, February 7. The Emperor of Germany declares his firm resolve to ameliorate the condition of the- working classes and try to modify the evil effects of international compel ition. He is anxious to promote peaceful relations between the, employers and employed, and regrets that Germany does not possess England's countless millions to promote and develop colonisation. Adelaide, February 4. All the captains in the Militia have resigned tbeir commissions, as a protest, against the appointment of a certain Major to the command of the Third Battalion. Sydney, Februnry 7. A train motor, while running to Botany Bay thre morning, -capsized, and the driver, a man named Logan, was terribly injured, being h terry crushed to death under the boiler. The fireman had a miraculous escape. ' : : . MELBOURNE.iFebrnary 7, The average beat during. January^wajs five degrees higher than in auy month since records have been kept, and/was quite unparalleled throughout Australia.'