CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 108, 5 March 1891, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright (I'EIl UNITED PIIKSS ASSOCIATION.) London, March - 2..A . Tliere is a rivivisl of the rumours nffpciinii the money market, chiefly o\v« ing to the state of affairs in the Argentine. A telegram from San Francisco states that during a hurricane in Japan 27 vessels nnd 300 lives were lust. d The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company ihave declared a dividend of 10 per cent. - The Wesley centenary was celebrated by a special week of services throughout the country. Archdeacon Farrar de-divered-an eloquent speech at the unveiling.of the statute of Wesley. ' ; A difiiculty has arisen in the African negotiations, Portugal having been asked to concede a free route from British territory to the sea. The Chronicle says there is every prospect of the May brick case being reopened. ..' i : . Mr Parnell, speaking at Cayan, said that before long he would expel the seceders from Ireland and thedHouse of Commons.' He speaks in London on Wednesday. March 3. Sir W. Cumming claims damages against each of the five defend-, ants in theliberactidn. Lord Sheffield's cricket team which is to visit Australia, will probably include W. G.' -Grace, -Shrewsbury, Attewell, Gunn, Lahmann, Bi'iggs, Pell, Sherwm, 'and several amateurs. The Times has been making an exhaustive enquiry into the capacity ofthe Navy for^sudden mobilisation, as the result of which it declares the standard of efficiency has not been attained. Many ships are useless, and there is a want of guns. d •Miss Frances Chew, of Auckland, has been admitted as a violin scholar to the Royal College of Music. The' Opposition is dismayed at the Success of Mr Parnell's campaign in Ireland, andifears he will secure a majority. The committeee on Trades Treaties report that the proposed French tariff prohibits the import of numbers of British j woollens, worked and other textile manufacturers, and injures trade ; in a humber of other articles. Paris, March 3. Prince Napoleon is improving. The frosts in France have ruined five million acres of crops, and caused a loss estimated at a hundred million francs. Hong Kong, March 3. The Chinese Government objects to Mr Blair, the hewflAmeficah Minister at Pekin, on the ground of his activity against Chinese immigration into America. Calcutta. March 2. The Wonthro rebellion in Bnrmah has been suppressed, and the ruler has sub mitted to the Government. Capetown, March 2. R.M.S. Rimutaka sailed to-day for Hobart and Wellington.