CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 39, 29 September 1891, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

(PER ITNTn-Bo pflKss A«*cOCT.ATIO,.V ; .) v i^iu^uoN, Sep.^mbpr 26. The. (jrstietjv Tib^aLre, Liverpool, has been destrpyedilwifi'e- • • ;■■ §itvVifj,' Harcou t, speaking at Aifhjgty,, .cU^-'q l^ that if Mr Parreil reniupje^istiffmecked aud seditious he jeop avd.isedithSi.help of the Liberals in assisting .Ifelaud to secure Home Rule. It is reported tha'. only a small portion of the N«w South Wales loau has been pai I up at *t discount. Sir W. V. Harcourt. in tie course of a polit eal audress, said lie cuusiiieced the labour movement wa,s the greatest question of tiie day. Madrid. Senfemtoer26. Mr Seymour Lucas, the English painter, who was in the railway accident at Burgos, was not. killed, as at first reported, but is badly injured. '* •;■•'•'*; It turns out io be an unsalaried ap- ; pr>n r .cro' J8 who cau.ed the Burgos disas; er l>v ineffi-n-nt handling of the brakes. The driver 'of the ordinary train heroically tried to ; siyjv- down, but witho;t avail. He lived to say lie hoped he wa-i the only victim. The fireman became insa. c. Calcutta, Sepf ember 26 Thawba has collected a large band and is making an "ttack on Wunths. Reinforcements from India have been asked for. - '. , . The Ameer of' Afghanistan has opened his country to free commercial intercourse with Russia, owing to the good quality of its products. St Pktbbsbubg, Septpmlier 26. During the last week 2000 Russians Jews left Kieff and Odessa, for America and Australia, aud 7000 for the Argentine Republic. It is reported that Russia is concluding a treaty with Persia, virtually excluding other nations' commence and securing a practical protectorate. All the Ceutral Asian Khanates are federating under Russia. Paris, September 25. Serious floods have occurred in the A rdecb,e province, and a number of lives have been lost. Sep embsr 26. The stationmaster at St Maude, where the collision took place recently, resulting in sad loss of life, has been sentenced to fojir months' imprisonment, and the engine driver to two years. Hong Kong, September '26. A number of British subjects have been arrested at Chinkiang. on a charge of smuggling arms and dynamite into the country, to assist the Chin -se rebels, and hare been handed over to the .English officials. Four leaders of the riots hare bee:: executed, and 21 banished, while the i ecisioo. as to what punishment should be meted out to fife Mandarins has ?een reserved. Ottawa. September 26. The newspapers supporting the Hon. H. Mercier, Premier of Quebec, threatens that Quebec will be driven to independence or annexation to the United States if the Government of the Dominion attempts to dictate, or threatens the,r.expulsiou of the Government. The Canadian House of Commons has unanimously adopted an address to Her Majesty the Queen, asking her to abolish the most favoured nation clause in commercial treaties, at the same time pointing out that its retention obstructs the extention of Canadian trade. During the discussion on the motion, .the Hon. Mr J. J. Abbott, the Premier, declared that the scheme propounded by the British Empire Trade League was i^ost attractive, but impossible to carry~ont. Bcchaekst, September 26 Considerable alarm has been occasioned throughout Roumama at Russia massing 100.000 men at Bessarabia, on the borders of Roumnnia, and ih? G./v -rnment has ordered a lar^e force of cavalry to be sent to Upper Moldavia. . ; Beblin, September 26 The Berlin newspapers warn the &ermansagtii.istaxsistinfj to float the Russian loan, despite tiie fact that the Government is encouraging Messrs Mendelssohn and Waschayer to assist its issue. Tiie Czar and Czar na. pass tnrough Berlin on Friday ni^hc privately, .-?O£IA, SeDtember 26 The British, ,'.."lcai;an, and Austrian diplomatic agents here hnve been au(bo» rised to carry on. more free mte rcourse with Prince Ferdip'and. New Yobk, September 26. A bomb exploded during a fireworks display in New Jersey, killing four persons and injuring 30.