LATE TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 126, 16 April 1891, Page 2

LATE TELEGRAMS.

THE LATEST ENGLISH SCANDAL. LABOUR RIOTS AT HOME. THE MILITARY CHARGE THE MOB THE CUMMING SCANDAL. THE PRINCE OF WALES SUBPCENAED. I PER UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION, i London, April 14. Mr Edward S. W. De Cobain, M.P. for Belfast East, is the other member accused of being concerned in a grave criminal offence. Both he and Captain Verney have made their escape. Captain Vervey is accused of procuring females for immoral purposes, while Mr De Cobain is accused of committing unnatural offences. Rioting, which lasted many hours, took place at Bradford, where the mill hands ' have gone out on strike. The police questioned the right of the : men to hold a public meeting, and when they attempted to disperse the gathering 1 the strikers forcibly resented their interi ference. 1 The outcome was a general riot, and ■ the assistance of the military was evoked. The soldiers and police with fixed ; bayonets charged the rioters, and during > the souffle many of the latter were k wounded. Several of those in the crowd threw > open knives at the police. Twenty of the rioters were arrested. April 15. i The Himalaya takes out the reliefs for . H.M.S. Orlando. , Lord Salisbury has forwarded a protest i against Chili closing its free ports, which, 1 he contends, is unjustified, since there is r no blockade. Sir W. Cumming has subpoenaed tht Prince of Wales in the baccarat case. A cargo of wheat has been resold a1 l 40s 6d. r The Victorian Loan is quoted at %. dis 3 count. Rioting has been renewed at Bradforc and the streets are in darkness. Th< Mayor and many of the police were ih • jured by stones. The troops charged th( - rioters, many of whom were wounded. St. Petebsbubg, April 14 The mother of the Archduke Michae f has committed suicide with a poniard. ; ' ., & The cause is attributed to grief at th • disgrace of her son, who was recently de prived by the Czar of all military rank held by him in the Russian army, in con sequence of his secret marriage with thi daughter of the Duke of Nassau. ' Brisbane, April 15. During the trial of a Unionist a Charleville, considerable sensation wa caused by the production of an importan document proving his connection with tin f other prisoners. The sensation was in r tensified by the floor of the Courthous collapsing. No one was injured. j Four French escapees arrived at Thurs ,_ day Island in canoes, but they were cap t tured as soon as they landed. The yield of gold for the quarter wa 132,000 ounces, a decrease of 17,00 {. ounces. c Sydney, April 15. 6 A woman named Dalton was battere c to death with a branding iron at Surre. r Hills (a quarter of Sydney). The bod, rl was terribly mutilated. Her husband i ;. suspected. The man Dalton has been arrested oi if the charge of murdering his wife. Wanganui, April 14. The case against Harry Laing,- th " well -known fighting man. and Willian Noble, for alleged robbery from the per son, occupied the Kesident Magistrate' - Oourt all day. The case .has been ad V journed till Thursday week, for furthe - evidence to be obtained. Lyttelton, This Day. The Kahu, from Chathams, reports tha c a white-pine gaff, 23 feet long, 5 inche 1 thick, not painted, with a yard and ap i parently new canvas attached, was fount a at Tiraki, belonging to a vessel of 50 tons Supposed to be a part of the Kakanui' gear. The Kahu experienced very bai weather at the islands. Auckland, April 15. Bishop Selwyn is seriously ill at Nor folk Island from malarial sciatica. Thi Orlando calls there to take him to Syd ney. Arrived — Taupo, from Fiji. She re porta the wreck of the Tongan Govern I meat steamer Jiah Tafu near Fiji in i 3 gale. It is supposed all hands are lost > Captain Castles is in charge of wreckagf 1 ashore at Tatoga Island, Fiji. 9 John Sefton. an employee at Poland'! flaxmill, Tuakau, had his arm torn of ■ by the machine this morning. 1 Dunedin, April 15. Matthew Hayes, 72 years of age, fei 3 while walking in David street, Cayers. I ham, last night, ■ dying before medica! \ assistance could be summoned. Wellington, April 15. The Government do not intend to make public the report of the Commission oi ! the Shelly Bay explosion till the termination of the inquest. The latter, from all appearance, will drag on for some time i yet. i Requests have been received from Timaru, Oamaru, and Dunedin to put the unemployed on day wages instead of contract price, but the Hon Mr Seddon has refused on the ground that the Colony has never had fair value out of those employed at day work. Invebcabgill, April 15. The Temperance candidates for three of the Invercargill Licensing Committees were defeated by large majorities to-day. Thames, April 15. Colonel Fraser has definitely decided to contestTe Aroha, and has announced himself as a supporter of the present Government. Havelock, April 14. Matters are looking up at the diggings. Three men from the Wairarapa Claim got a dividend of £130 each last week. Golden Hope got 20oz, Greig's Claim 14oz, and Ross and party 50oz.