LATE CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 114, 20 March 1890, Page 2

LATE CABLES.

By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. (PER VKlTisb ffiESS AOSOCIATIotf.) London, March 18. ■ A strike in the boot trade has been arerted by the masters accepting the men's terms. . "-> . Thousands of operatirfii iv Lahoashire and Yorkshire have been thrown out of work by the colliers' strike. \ ' - 4 - ■^■"••■ v ii Lord Salisbury discredits the statement that Consul Buchanan has hoisted the British ensign in the Shire district/ He thinks it probable the flag has merely been hoisted on some vessel in the river* ; Lord Salisbury" declined a vote for the relief of the ataryuigr inhabitants ,o£ the JJoudan. " ', ' : ' . „_•.: 'Many of the miß» and; fi^ctories uj T Lancashire, the Midlands and Cheshir* are ceasing work owing to the decreased OBtpilt Of CPOal, •'-.■->• -$*■:■■ :'o: .-' T : .r^W r ■ '-\ v-;. ";■■ ; . WABHiNOToir r M arch-18. S ;U Thesentenoe of la months imprison* ' men* on Jv(iL- iStdlivancfbr fighting Xil- ; rain ha* been quashed by the Cotjrt of ■ s '~ : lifire at IndianepoliSr in.lnd»i** ' thirteen firemen were killed an^ nineteen r ' injured. . '•■..'.■' : .'■'■'"' r . ;;■ : ■■'-- Dtthbaw. Vtarch Is. " - •The Pottu^ttese offioiafe protestecl against the hoisting of the British flafc ia the Bhire r but did not forcibly oppose it. ' Caicttta. March 18. A rumour ias obtained publicity- to- th& effect that the Ameer of Afghanistan ha» been killed, together with several of hi» entourage, and that many, others hail escaped to Persia and Bokhara. - * Hobabt, March 191 ; . The Kaikoura sails for New Zealand at 10 to-morrow morning. ; f Beceiyed March 20. ji.#p,m. London, March 10. Mr W. H. Smith, on behalf of th» Government, will submit » motioii to* secure the closing of the session at ' an> earlier date, in the direction of Sir G» Trevelyan's resolufaont. The Governtr ment suffered a defeat by a small inajorV ity on a clause in the ßaghit^of - way Bill, Scotland. ' 18,00& imported; laborers s^et mrw emrr. ployed in Liverpool docks: .'■". ;;.'■. Another anonyniouß gift of £5000. ha» been received for the Convalescent Pa* ~~ tientsHome. - •. ..;.-, A Conference of the ConveMativepar^r • is summoned for ThuTßday, It has been discovered the hoisting of the British flag in the Shird distriotjboqk place outside the territory which Ebgland admits belongs to Portugal.- - The Duke of Manchester is in a critical condition at Naples, ; Lisbon, March 19. The Portuguese press express a dteairer to cease diplomatic relations with England, ' and publish an attack on the Prince of Wales, - ■;■-:■ • Paris, March 19. ; The Chamber of Deputies, by a major* -,' ity of 240, expressed confidence inFrey* cinet, x .;