CABLE NEWS

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 145, 30 May 1891, Page 2

CABLE NEWS

/ _^ . By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright (PER UNITED PRKSS A-vsOCl ATION.) London. M ay 27- . An injunction is sought to restrain Mr J. R. Kelly, treasurer of the Scottish Branch of the National League, paying over to Mr Justin McCarthy the money raised for the evicted tenants in Ireland. Mr Parnell has arranged to marry Mrs O'Sbea in a month or six weeks. The result of the Queensland loan surprised even the pessimists. Among the reasons alleged in this city for the astounding failure are the distrust of Queensland Republican tendencies, the refusal of the Colony to contribute to the naval defence scheme, and her disposition to follow an isolated policy on other questions. The Stock Exchange manifests delight at tbe failure, and predicts that the stock will be. secured at as low a price as 90. . Private E. Mawloy and Corporal Martin, of the Victorian Mounted Rifles, are at present the highest scorers at tbe Royal Military Tournament, and the first to accomplish the feat of cutting lemons while at full gallop. . "In the House of Lords to-day a Bill to enable persons charged with crime to give evidence, also to enable wives to give evidence on behalf of their husbands, passed its second reading. The exact amount tendered for the Queensland loan was £296,800. The Royal Commission on Labour opened its sittings to-day, and arranged the details of procedure. Earl Derby has been appointed Chairman of the transport section ; Mr Mundella, M.P., of the textile section ; and Mr David Dale, ironmaster, of the iron and coal sections. The present depression in New South Wales stocks causes City men to regard tbe prospects of conyersion as gloomy.' ' May 28. The general opinion in the city is that Queensland ought to issue short term Treasury billß, or renew the debentures for six month's.' It is reported that the Queensland National Bank was ready to ' subscribe if the public had offered half. ' " It is reported that the Chartered Company's ' forces defeated the Portuguese Volunteers on the River Fembe. Archbishop Cfoke, in a speech at Limerick, said he was greatly, afraid tha cause of Home Rule was lost. The people were utterly unfit to - rule if. they sympathised with Parnell. Sergeants W. Lnucklin, of the Violet Town (Victorian) Rifles, won the first prize, at the Military Tournament, for tilting at the ring. Private Mawleyi of ; Sale, in Gippsland, tied for first prize in tent pegging, with the highest possible ; score. Private Mawley and Corporal Martin, of Thorna, tied with three others for second prize at lemon cutting. St Johns, May 28. After passing ' the Bill agreeing to i the modus vivendi until the end of the I year, the Newfoundland Parliament, at : the request of the English Liberal 1 leaders, passed another extending its operation till 1893. i The French Admiral has prohibited I British residents in St. George's Bay - selling bait to the American vessels. ! Ottawa,' May 27. 1 By a fire at Montreal damage to "the , amount of 30,000 dollars was done. , The Queen bas decided that the Duke of Fife's daughter shall rank as a duchess. 1 . . ' Berlin, May 28. . I Dr Koch is engaged in making tuberculine free from all injurious substances. Sir John M acDonald, tbe Premier, who hat been suffering from paralysis of the throat, is 'dying." Capetown, v May 27, Owing to the recent emeote, the Portuguese authorities have again closed the Pungwe River. Lord R. Churchill has cabled that the. position of the - Chartered Company's police at Umtheli is critical. He also declares that the immediate occupation of the coa,st by the British is imperative. St. Petersburg, May 27. The Russian Government has refused the offer of the foreign bankers to issue the loan without the Rothchilds participating, in it. The Czar has arrived at Moscow. Theentire line of route was guarded by troops, the authorities fearing that advantage might be taken of the Czar's trip to assassinate him, ■ y '' . The Czar is determined to expel all . Jews from St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Odessa. Washington, May 27. Mr Fox, of the Police Gazette, New i York, offers to organise a regatta in con- ' nection with the Chicago World's Fair, if the Australian- and English oarsmen will compete for the championship purses. The. United States hove decided to intervene with a view to terminating the civil war m Chili. The citizens of Chicago are protesting against Jewish immigrants being allowed to land in the United States. ' ■'"'■ A wheat corner has been established in Mihneaopor<s,ahdit has secured 9,000,000 bushels. ; , Valparaiso, May 27. The tebels have recaptured Taltal. Mexico, May 27. The Government of Mexico has allowed the Esmeralda to coal at Acapulco. Vienna, May 27. Austria and Hungary have decided' to introduce a gold currency. Paris, May 27. The. Bordeaux Bank bas failed, with liabilities amounting to six million francs. Captain Tnpene, who was arrest3d on a charge of disclosing the secrets of the War office, has been released; butM. Turpin, accused of selling -the secret of his invention (melinite) to Sir W. Armstroeg and Co. has been detained. The Chamber of Deputies, has agreed to a Bill empowering the Minister of War to secure two month's stock of wheat and flour for ciyilians within the fortified • towns.