CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 157, 30 June 1891, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

_ ♦— : By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright (PBK UNITKH PHIiSS ASftOCIATIOA.) . London, June 25.-— r Mr Morley, M.P., ia jierioJWiyiudisposed. - '■"" - June 26. The Commission appointed to enquire into the alterations at Westminster Abbey recommend that the edifice should be enlarged. - A Committee of the English Bar has resolved to discourage sons practising be-f-.re theirtfathers, who are Judges. The Victorian grain trophy at the Doncaster A s^cultual show isagreatsuc.cess. Universal surprise is expressed at i he quality of the grain* . The Westminster Aquarium Company has recovered £250 damages from Mr Parkinson, a member of the London County Council, for libel in alleging that the marionette performance was indecent. June 27. Lord Brooke threatens to institute pro ceedmgs against any persons connecting his wife with the incidents arising out of the Trandy»Croft baccarat scandal.' - The* Radical opposition to the free education -proposals of the Government is increasing.'.' Mr Parnelpani MrsO'Shea will be re* ■married in fchuvch' towards the end of July. They propose -to' visit America in the autumn", , Mr Gladstone is improving in health. "V* Washington, "June 27. The United States Cabinet has decided to coin 5,000,000 worth of trade' dollars from bullion, and 20,000,000 dollars worth, of fractional silver into standard dollars. Meanwhile all the other silver coinage is to be suspended.- • "Government has ordered three United States warships to rendezvous at Shang : hai to 'prevent the persecution of Christians by the Chinese mob. Ottawa, Jane 25. The House of Commons has appointed a Commission to take into consideration the liquor traffic, and ascertain what effect prohibition would have on the revenue and the people of the Dominion. Jiihe 27. The estate of the late Sir" J. Macdonald has* been proved at under £17,000. The Parliamentary Committee of Privileges is still engaged taking evidence in connection with the charges of. corrupt practices brought against some members of Parliament. At to-day's sitting a contractor testified that he had paid the Hon. Sir Hector L. Langeyin, Minister oi Public Works, large sums of money for obtaining him the Quebec harbour contracts. In consequence of disclosures previously ' made, Sir Hector - Largevin was recently called upon by the Premier to resign his position in the Cabinet. Yalpabaiso, June 27. The insurgents are organising a final attack on the strongholds of the Government troops. Paris, June 25. The butchers, bakers, and- grocers' as> sistants are out on strike, and conflicts have' taken place between them and the police, resulting' in several of the strikers being arrested. June 26. The officials at the' prison of San Quintion discovered arms and ammunition within the precincts. The prisoners, oi whom there are 1400, had plotted to revolt. June 27 . Owine to electricity in the air the telegraph lines are unworkable, and tele phonic connection between Paris and London is interrupted. . Vienna, June 26. ■ s At' rrific thunderstorm was experienced in Austria proper. Three villages were fired by the lightning. . '• • , Vienna, June 26. The visit of the Emperor of Austria tc Fiumeis considered to indicate the eventual co-operation between Austria, England, and Italy for the defence of Con- ' stantinople. St. Petersburg, Jane 27. The Czarina and Czarewitch have arranged to yisit Paris in August next, and subsequently the Czarina will visit England to see her sister, the Princess oi Wales. Beeiin, June 27. The armies of the Powers forming the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria and Italy) will shortly be provided with steel cuirasses, impenetrable by a rifle bulletPrince Bismarck\s journal warns the Emperor against a too intimate friendship with England for fear of alienating the friendship of .Russia, , The Emperor visits London early next month. The agitation for the repeal of the corn duties is increasing. A serious collision occurred in the Boitzenburg tunnel on the Berlin Hamburg railway. So far as known at present only three persons were injured, but the details to hand are rery meagre. The excessive heat which was experienced after the recent thunderstorms continues throughout Germany. ~ A waterspout' broke over Soldin, province of Brandenburg, destroying the crops. The German Government propose to institute a State lottery of 8,000,000 marks to combat the slaye trade in Africa* Buenos A ybes, June 26. An insurrection has taken place in the Argentine provinco ot Catamarca. The Catamarca insurgents are victorious." So far seven lives have been lost, and many persons have been wounded. Spanish immigrants to the Argentine are deatifcude. Ten l boa -sand are learmg. i New Yobk, June 27 The fear of a Navajo rising is increased. The Navajos are a tribe of the famous Shoshonea and Apao'ie Ind'ans occupying a reservation in JSew Mexico and Arizona. They number nearly 10,000 Owing to improvement in the crops the prices of wheat in New York have fallen.