LATE CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 109, 8 March 1890, Page 2

LATE CABLES.

By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. (per united press association.) . London, March 6. The Directors of the Bank of Australasia have declared 6 dividend of 14 per cent per annum. The owners of the barque River Indus, which left Newcastle for London on October 25th, have paid a premium of 10 guineas per oent to re* insure the vessel. Tichborne, the claimant, will be a caudidate for the constituency of Stoke upon-Trent, vacated by the resignation of Mr W. L. Bright. The Liverpool strike is declining, owing to the hundreds uf substitutes coming forward. The. engineers. will strike oh Monday for an hour's less labour per week. In the course of the debate on the Comurist-ionera' report, Sir C Lewis accused Mr Dillon of going to Australia in order to avoid being called as a witness. ! St. Petkbßbubc», March ft. In consequeuce of the authorities receiving a letter threatening the assassination of the Czar, the sentinels on the Royal Palace have been doubted. Ottawa, March 6. The recent murder of a tourist in Canada is ascribed to a system of decoying and murdering wealthy Englishmen. Pa bis, March 6. The French Ministry is about to resign in consequence of the result of the voting on the want of confidence this week. Word has been received here that the Dahomeyans have been attacked by a body of French at Kotoun. The encounter ended in the defeat of the Duhoineyans, who lost about 400 men, while the French loss was only nine. New Yobk, March 6. Oaudaur beat Harm, Teneyek, and Hosmer, over the mile course on Lake Cola, Florida. Received March 8, 12.30 p.m. ~ Fakirs March 7. I The Chamber of Deputies, by in immense majority, approved a proper, 1 that France should be represented at the Berlin Labor Conference. Pome, March 7. The Chamber of Deputies, by a large majority, approved of the Government's Bed Sea policy. Signor Crispi stated Italy was achieving a pacific conquest of Abyssinia. Bcda Pbbth, March' 7 It is reported Herr Tisza, the Hungarian premier, has resigned. London, March 7 The Queen starts for Aix-le-Bains, in Savoy, on March 25th. - Sir R. E. Webster said that though Sheridan had finally expressed himself willing to accept £10,000 to give evidence, The Times had declined to entertain his offer because it was found his story did not corroberate the evidence required for the defence in the Parneli-Tiines libel ac.tion. The seam of coal discovered at Dover i i eight ieet thick. The decision in Baird's action against the Pelican Club was that he was irregularly excluded, but the judge refused an injunction on the ground it was a proprietary club. Baird gave notice of appeal.