LATE CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 144, 29 May 1890, Page 2

LATE CABLES.

By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. j I'ER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) : i ; ; i London, May 27. The B.M.S. Kaikoura arrived at Plynouth yesterday with her passengers all well and her cargo of frozen meat in good :ondition. . . sThe Zalniski gun was tested at West- ■: point to-day, when it achieved a range of 1100 feet, which ia 600 feet in excess of bhat specified in the contract : an eight* inch projectile containing lOOlbs of dynamite was used. Messrs Shaw, Saville and Co. believe that the ship Marlborough, now overdue bm Lyttelton, -has collided with an iceberg and foundered; - } { The friction between the authorities . rod the people at Tipperary has-been renewed ■--•: : : " ;■ : '-. , , ■■•'• : .; "' ' ■" . ' I Mr Dillon says his tour through Aus- . x J* fcrah'a has convinced him of the undying nationalism of the Irish people, -, : V May 28. The passengers by the ill-fated steamer Dacca declare that Dr Suckling showed remarkable coolness and energy at the bime of the. wreck. : •. ; . . Major Dane is lecturing in London on Australia. :. : The. Hon. Francis Abigail, of New BoutVWales, is arranging with the Ulster Loyalist Union to send' delegates to Australia to controvert the results of the Home' Rule mission. ; • Durban, May 26. A Portuguese expedition marching on Behe Ballundo has been compelled to retreat, and Senhor Porto, commander of the district, is reported to have committed suicide. . The crew of. the barque Marie have reached here in safety. They report that the vessel, which was. bound" from Mozambique to Adelaide, ,.- S.A. was wrecked on the coast of Madagascar, and afterward plundered by the natives. Berlin, May 27. The Emperor, who was thrown from his carriage at Potsdam on Sunday sprained Ma right foot. . . / It is- asserted that the German telegraph offices were forbidden to transmit Bismarck's attacks on the Government. '■ Cardinal Lavigerie denies that the prießts are conniving at the German tactics in connection with Uganda. ,•• ■ Sydney, May 28. The New Zealander. athletic team are in active training. J. H. Hempton is not running well, but H. M. Beeves has, improved. B. B. Lusk and B. Whiter are • expected to make a great race in the hurdles. P. Morrison is the- fittest man in the team, and the. only competitor likely to push him is Fergusson, of Queensland. McKelvie is believed to have a really good thing in the walking -events. . • ■ Owing to a lump appearing in his side, Stansbury, who is preparing for his race with O'Connor, has been compelled to cease training for a short time ■ '- Received May 29, 1 p.m. Stsnby, This; Day. _ A mail train to Bourke was derailed yesterday, at Glenariff, and almost completely wrecked. Four passengers were seriously injured,* and many badly shaken. MBLBOVBjre'^This j>aj. The charges against the auditors of the Premier Permanent Building Society Are based on a statement by the liquidator that the accounts have been unduly inflated in order to deceive the public. The sum of has apparently vanished altogether. .