LATE CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 119, 1 April 1890, Page 2

LATE CABLES.

By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright, (PEB UNITED PKEBS ASSOCIATION.) London. March 29. Viscount Doerburst offered to pay 5s m the £, but his creditors refuse to accept this, ■ ■ :;.■■■•.■ - The Standard says that the situation betwesn- Russia and China regarding the Chinese frontier is critical. . Sir J. Fergusson m reply to a question in the House of Commons, said he was hopeful that the popular agitation m Newfoundland would be allayed when the terms of temporary arrangement > were made public. The delegates from St. John would be welcomed by the Government. The late Duke oi Manchester desired to be cremated, ; A Police Bill is projected, one protision _. of which will forbid colonial, meat being sold as British. It i» currently repartee! that Lord Hartingtbn " will marry the Dowager, Duchess of Manchester. It has long been asserted lit society circles that he* remained single for her sake. March 81. The New Zealand Shipping Company's ship Waitangi is loading for Auckland, and the Wairoa, for Lyfctelton: A sensational scandal in high life is on the tapis, although strenuous efforts are beingmade to induce the wife to foregodivorce proceedings. The husband is a prominent member of the Government. The warehouse of Lister and Co., manufacturers of 'sewing silks, has been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at L 60,000 :.-•-:. y Bebhn, if arch 29. The Kaiser is hopeful pi eventually bringing round the French and Swiss delegates to the views of the Labour Conference. ■ The latter further recommends that differences between mine owners and col. liers should be settled by arbitration, and • that the inspection of irilnes should be improved. Children under 1 2 should not be employed in factories, and wbmpn under 21 should not be allowed to work . at night, or on Sundays. All the dele-* gates except those from France, voted in fayour of Sunday as a day of rest. March 30SirJ. Gorst, speaking at the Labour Conference said women and children would have reason to bless the Kaiser. - Count Herbert Bismarck has been decorated, and Prince Bismarck pensioned. The latter is compiling his memoires. It is alleged that the Emperor purposely worried Bismarck into resigning. St. Pbtbbsbubg, March 29. ; A tram laden with petroleum exploded at Batoum, a pott on the Black Sea. Ottawa, March 30. Other Englishmen are reported to bo missing in Canada. . : St. Johns, March 29. '. An immense meeting is being held here to protest against encroachment ' on' the Newfoundland fisheries. Delegates were appointed to proceed to Lou- - don and insist on tho French fishermen being excluded. The American flag, was **" displayed amid cheering. . San PBAMcrsoo, March 30. - ; _ The^ California Athletic : Club has offered a purse of 20,000 dollars for a boxing match between^ Sullivan and Jackson. „ ■* , . Pabis, March 29. News has been received here thai; French troops have defeated the Dahomeyansiu another engagement. ' . President Carnot yesterday received Miss *Myra Kemble, the Australian actress. New Yoke, March 31. -\ An American cutter captured the Pathfinder, but Mr W. TiVindom, th« Secre- - tary of the Treasury, ordered her release. Lisbon, March 31The general election has resulted in a large majority in favour of the Govern.? ment. Major Pinto was elected for Lisbon. . ■ Melboubnb, March 31. Twenty per cent of the residents of Williamstown have been attacked with influenza. ' Sydney, March 31Owing to the recent heavy rams the towns of Tetmani situated on the banks of the Eiver Mclntyre, and 433 miles north of Sydney, is submerged. Mrs Schultze and a boy have been drowned*. Capetown:, March 28. The R.M.S. Tongariro sailed for New Zealand to-day, and the s.s. IJuke of Buckingham leaves Algoa Bay to-mor-row. . •

Eeceiyed April 1, 12.15 p.m; London, March 31. . A Victorian loan of two 'millions is announced. Tenders will be opened on "Wednesday. Si? Petebsb.ubg. March 31. It is stated the cruelties to the political | prisoners in Siberia provoked the students' movements, Buenos Ayres, March 31. It is estimated the Argentine wool clipwill he fifty thousand bales short, but thequality, is superior. - Mabhid, March 31. A Bill confirming universal suffrage inSpain has been finally passed. Seventy thousand trade unionists afc Catalonia, a province in the northeast o€ Spain, have gone out on strike. ; Sydney, This Dtof. The revenue of N.SW. for the- quarter shows an increase of £51,000. McLean has covered O'Connor's; deposit for the sculling match. Melbourne, This Day. The Revenue for the quarter shows *. decrease of £65,000 compared 1 with the same period last year. The fallings off is partly accounted for by a decrease of .£31,000 in stamps, owing to> reductions ix* postage rates. \ . A fiill court has decided the National Bank must bear the loss earned % the-flflj Oregon frauds. Ai>Bi,An>E,ThißApa3r. . An audacious robbery of £2600 toot place yesterday at the counter of the Commercial Bank. The thief got dear away. The total amount of wheat exported to date is 9300 tons. This is within 3000 tons of the whole of last year's export. ; ; Bbisbanb, Thin Bay. %^.\ Owing to the ravages by the storm and\f flood out west, a famine among the set- %- tiers is. threatened. . '; %