CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 43, 8 October 1891, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

(PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, October 5. The Shipping Federation and other carrying Unions are considering a pro* posal to federate with similar Associa* tions in Australia and America. If the labour block is effeetiye to morrow, overtures for a settlement of the dispute will be made to employers, or they will be requested to confine the quarrel to its present area. The Labour Federation has instructed the Unions to boycott goods from the Carron and Hermitage wharves wherever found. Seventy thousand miners in South Wales are negotiating with a view to "join the Labour Federation. The Sailors' and Firemen's Unions have had a conference, at which Mr Samuel Plimsoll presided. Complaints were made of bad food provided by shipowners, and an agitation is being set on foot to compel inspection by the authorities. October 6. The Coroner who enquired into the death of the chorus girl, Lydia Manton, denies that there was any secrecy about it. The Court was filled with reporters and the public. The Pesther Lloyds says troops are swarming on the Russian bank of the river truth. Large quantities of gum, bark, cotton and tallow were burned in the Tooley street fire yesterday. It began at Leach and Co.'s warehouse, which, along with five others, was gutted. The Eight Hon W. H. Smith, First Lord of the Treasury, has succumbed to his illness; setat66. The seriousness of Mr W. H. Smith's condition was suppressed by the wish of the Government. Death, was tho resulfi of overwork. Intense regret is expressed by both parties. The insinuation that the Bake of Clarence and Avondale was connected with the Gaiety chorus girl tragedy is generally disbelieved. Tom Mann has publicly stated that the men are on the eve of a terrible disaster unless caution is displayed in the negotiations at the present juncture. The ship Wolviston, from Bristol to New York, was sunk by an iceberg, and twelve of those on board were drownedThe barque Mirmelkin has been wrecked off the coast of and 23 drowned. The massacre of Crampel's expedition is confirmed. Details received show that 3000 negroes attacked a band of five whites and 150 blacks. Only one white and ten of tho black men escaped. ViENNA,October 5A bomb with tho fuse alight was found in the Archbishop's palace at Trieste, but no explosion occurred. The perpetrators of the outrage are unbraced. October 6. Alarming reports are persistently published in Vienna respecting the concentration of Russian troops in Bessarabia and along the entire Western frontier. Sx. PETEBSBtTEG, October 6. The Russian loan wili be devoted to the construction of railways. The Czar has announced his intention to give up balls and court festivities, and devote the money thus saved to the relief of the famine* stricken people. Thousands of peasants are dying of want. October 7.' In consequence of the terrible state of the pesantry, Eussians of the upper class have resolved not to indulge in coitly pleasures. The officers of the army and navy will give up drinking champagne, and the high officials are giving part of their salaries to the relief fund. Paei<3, October 6. The Paris correspondent of The Times states that M. Kibot, Minister of Foreign Affairs, after sounding the Chamber of Deputies, intends promptly to conclude a written compact specifying the arrangement which has been come to between France and Russia. It is expected that the treaty will be signed in a few weeks despite Russian attempts to too closely identify France with Russian interests. Washington, October 5. The boiler of a steam tug exploded at Chicago, killing eight persons and injuring many others. October 6. There is bitter antagonism between the English and Americans in Hawaii, each of them intriguing for the control of the country. Vaepabaiso, October 5. Rumours are afloat that Balmaceda is not dead, but concealed in the American Legation.