THE LATEST.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 51, 16 October 1890, Page 2

THE LATEST.

London, October 14. It is almost certain that the cargo of the ship Wellington will have to be discharged before the damage, which she sustained in the collision, can be repaired. The cargo of wheat ex barque Glenlora from Timaru has been sold at 34s 4£d. A procession of 6000 officers of the Salvatioa Army, including several from Australia, fallowed the remains of the late Mrs Booth to the grave. Dr Temple, Bishop of London, performed the ceremony of re-consecrating St. Paul's, rendered necessary by the suicide there last month. Dillon and O'Brien are in France, but all steamers leaving Ireland are being searched. It is expected that the O'Shea divorce case will be heard in the middle of November or towards the end of the month. It is reported here that the British war vessels have rammed sod sank one of the Portuguese go v boats patrolling off the mouth of the Zambesi Riv*r, but the Admiralty attach little credence to the statement. The Admiralty have thought it neces* sary to put forward an official denial of the rumour that a Portuguese gunboat had been sunk by a British man-of-war off the mouth of the Zambesi. Owinpf to short arrivals of wool, the next sales will probably be postponed till January. New Yobe, October 14. Preparations are being made here to afford a hearty reception to O'Brien and Dillon on their arrival. The operation of the McKinley Tariff BiU has caused increased shipments from America. Paris, October 14. A congress of Socialists is being held at Lille, in north-western France, at which 212 Trade Unions are represented. A resolution of sympathy with the Australian strikers was passed; also another lauding the Unions in Europe and America who are insisting on the legislation of the eight hours system. Received October 10, 10 a.m. London, October 15. Jones, the Sydney cricketer, was about to embark last night on his way home, but the boatmen lost their way in Ply month Harbor. Jones, who is in a precarious state of health, waß kept in the harbor in an open boat all night t and suffered a atms chill.