CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 3, 21 June 1890, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright JPKR UNITXD, PRESS ASSOCIATION. | London, June 18 j After four days' hearing the .case or j Miss Wiedemaiin y. It. Walpole Bais come i to a conclusion..- The defendant sought c to establish the position that the plaintift a was an adventuress. The detective c employed by him, however, supported t Miss Wiedemann's case, but nevevthless. the jury disagreed, and could not arrive \ at a verdict. i The postmen intend to prosecute the x Postmaster- General for stopping their f pay for atteudiug meetings. I The dissatisfaction amongst the police is spreading. c The opinions of the press vary as to { the cession of Heligoland to Germany. The St. James' Gazette considers that , England has made a bad bargain. The } Pall Mall Gazette calls it a shameful transaction. The Star stigmatises the , Premier as a traitor, and the Daily ( Chronicle speaks of it as ignominious. Mr Gladstone approves the cession of Heligoland. . The German press is jubilant. The J French press considers it a degrading arrangement. June 19. , It is considered unlikely that the ( members of the Opposition will oppose the settlement arnyed at between England and Germany with regard to East Africa. Members of police force olaim the right to retire after 25 years' service with a pension equal to two- thirds of their pay. The Australian Trading World suggests the consolidation of a portion of the Australasian debts at the rate of £10 per '■ head into federal three per cent, consuls ; jointly and severally secured by per- .i petuity, and so constitute an acceptable ' medium to the Trustees' Investment Bill. The Times considers the suggestion ingenious, and that it can be effected with-' out difficulty. Berlin, June 19. The Germans are extremely jubilant at the cession of Heligoland. General Von Capnvi has received from the Emperor the order of the Black Eagle. Washin&ton, June IS>. The Finance Committee has reported McKinley's Tariff Bill to the Senate with only slight changes in the duty on wool. Caieo, June 19. Small-pox is prevalent in Egypt. San Fban Cisco, June IS. Mount Shasta, a famous peak in the North of California over 13,000 ft in height, has yanished. The catastrophe is attributable to volcanic agency.