CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 132, 1 May 1890, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

By ESlectri<?. Telegraph.— (^pyriglit /\r&% UNiTisu pb^ss Association jj &' %\ ' %\ London, April 29. \ r TheiCommiitee of thev,Mining Exhibition WX* held at the "Crystar Palace in the summer i« anxious for Victoria to exhibit, and are willing to extend the time for the receipt of exhibits until July. Before the Colonisation Committee on "Monday last, J»ir F. JD. Bell stated that a^priyate cbmpany had a better prospect of successful^ conducting an emigration scheme than the Imperial Government. 'The sailors On Messrs cJhaw, Savill and Albion Company's steamers have struck, demanding ,48f {hours as a week'B, work while the steamers are in harbour. The -New. Zealand shipping Company. .have; The deckers endorse the demand, made by the sailors, Much" alarm : is. Vicing felt in i .most European cities at the approaching labour ■ demonstrations on Thuraaay,. and va Vienna the residents are placing their valuables in the custody of the .banks. In the House of Commons to-day Mr J. Chamberlain advocated that the control jof the land "purchase in Ireland should b© placed in the hands of the County Councils. : ; Wheat is Is dearer on the week's prices. -An Australian cargo has been • sold ! at 35s lOJd. ; 7 The wool market is weak. The Americans; are buying good sorts freely. The present series will probably blbse on the lOthJ of May. v Mesßrs Swan Bros., iron brokers of Glasglow, have suspended payment. - 1 ! The majority of bootmakerß on strike have resumed ;w;ork on a basis proposed pj the masters. The tailors ; have given notice of .their intention 'tntgo'biit on strike on 4th May. Rome, April 28. A diplomatic rupture between Italy and Brazil is expeoted, owingto the -action , ,of the latter in stopping immigration. ' ( . > INbw' Yobk; Apnl 28. The difficulty with the Chicago carpenters is still unsettled. The masters are wiiling|to, conoede-the;men 'a demands rer ', gardinj> hdtlrst and| wagesj ibut decline th recogmse if a'de^tinionß^ " '•'■"'" '"*'* Vienna, April 28. The workmen's Executive Committee have; issued a manifesto, in which a request ja madeto the .men.to be havein^ an orderly manner during the labour i;ele-, ; brations on Ist May," and^alsq to us« their . »best endeaTours to perserve order. ,