CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 113, 17 March 1891, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

■By Electric Te-Jegraph. — Copyright ■ (J* KII UNITED PIIUSS ASnOCIATION.) : • London", March 13. Sir John Gorst will riot be' a member ; the Labour Commission, a section of fche . Cabinet objecting to him on the ground | that his views are too advanced. 1 The Lord High Chancellor (Baron Halsbury); is opposed to. any great changes oeing made in th& law as to- the relations of employer and employe. Yesterday: fche Bank at Monte- Carlo ! lost a million francs; A group of Englishmen playing at one table won 700,000 francs, and the bank was broken three times in succession. The British Government has guaranteed a railway loan of £2,000,000 for caryingon certain railway works in Newfoundland. Mr W. O'Brien, M.P.,. has been declared bankrupt on the petition of the Marquis of Salisbury. ,'r^ March 14. At a great Imperial ' Federation meeting held at Leeds, Lordyßrassey. urged the Boyal Commission should be appointed to enquire regarding a Customs Union between the colonies and Great Britain. He advised the holding at an early date of an Imperial Conference on this subject and defence, and that an advisory council: be appointed to the Colonial Ofß.ce, or else that the colonies be admitted to share m fche conduction of Imperial affairs. The Oxford crew has rowed over the championship course in 19ihins. 17secs., beating the record. The betting is 5 to. 2\ on Oxford. Tbe Newfoundland arbitration will Be confined to the lobster fisheries. Mr Parnell's manifesto appeals to the Irish Americans to assert their power and. quell the mutiny and disloyalty of theparty.' The difficulty has been created by the hastyjand meddlesome interference of English politicians, aided by a panic among the young recruits, and seconded by malcontents and ofiice seekers. Berlin, March 13. It is rumoured that the security of General Von Caprivi's position aa Chancellor has been shaken during the past few weeks, and an impression is gaining ground that he will be succeeded by General Waldersee, who is at present in command of the army corps. March 14. Obituary — Herr Windthorst, the distinguished statesman, and Parliamentary leader of the Catholic party. St. John's, March 13. The French are erecting additional lobster factories on the shores of Port auPorfc Bay and their action is causing great irritation among the residents in all parts ofthe island. Paris, March 17. The Societe Depots Comptes- Courts is stated to be in difficulties, owing to the financial crisis in the Argentine Republic. M. Bouvier, Minister of Finance, has requested the Bank of France to advance sixty million francs pending a joint guarantee from the various banks. The Wood Paving Company in this city has suspended payment. The liabilities amount to about 3,000,000 francs. - Buenos Ayres, March 14. The Argentine Banks have re-opened, and the panic has subsided. Washington, March 14. Fifteen thousand hands have struck in Pennsylvania for the eight hours system. This is the beginning of a movement which is expected to involve 125,000 per. sons by May next. An asylum at Nashville has been burnt and 500 lunatics are at large. The militia are pursuing them. A cigar factory and 35 buildings have been burned at Syracuse (New York State). The damages are estimated at two million dollars.