LATE CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 150, 12 June 1890, Page 2

LATE CAB LES.

_ * — _ — By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. |I'KR .NIXED PKKSS ASS(.CI ATION. I London, June 10. r Three thousand dock labourers at Gloucester have struck work, owiug to an alleged breach of the agreement on the part of the employers. Great irritation is being manifested at Several other ports, and it is likely the action of the employers will lead to more strikes. Mr. H. H. Champion,- the -labour agitator, who was about to visit Australia on a lecturing tour in connection with the Trades Union, has postponed his departure,:. ion account of his having received a commission from Emperor William of Germany to report on Trade Unions in Europe. The Globe says that the hulls of the Australian cruisers require ptrengtboning in order to withstand the shock of the continuous and quick-firing guns with which they are armed. Mr Eaikes, Postmaster-General, is making preparation • for giving effect to the reduction to 2£d in ocean postage rates. . In the House of Commons to-day j Mr Dillon's motion censuring the Government for, their conduct in connection with the recent meetings at Tipperary and Gashel was rejected by a large majority. Beelin, June 11. ' General yon Caprivi has declared ' that as the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine have not advanced since , their incorporation with the German Empire, the passport system must continue. Emperor William refuses to prosecute Prince Bismarck for divulging. State secrets, i Stdnkt, June 11. Mr Punch has offered to back O'Connor for the Sculling Championship for a stake of £200 aside and a I side wager of £300. The Kemp pjtrty j are agreeable to these terms.' . . i The Wharf Labourers Union issued f an. appeal to the various trades unions -* throughout Australasia for support in the event of any struggle taking place with employers.

Received June 12, noon. London, June 11. With a view to overcome obstrucf tion to the Tithes Irish Land Purchase t and Local Government Bill the Gor vernment proposes that the: House shall take this up next session at the stage they have reached by the end of the present session. V.. Washington, June 11. The Senate is likely to pass its own t Silver Bill in .preference to that agreed • to in the Lower House. Paris, Jnne "ll; 1 M. Si iot states the French Government will consent to an -Egyptian , conversion scheme if the Powers are 0 allowed to decide on the best means 1 of applying the savings thus effected.