CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 50, 24 October 1891, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

fruit WNITKD I'ftKSS A SSOCIATION'-.) jjONDONi-Octbbeir 2 ti The Frceman'sd'Journ'al Ihinks that it is hopeless to look*: for union between the two sections of the Irish Party, Mr Parnell died intestate. ; A (The DaUy;.^CKrjam'cle's.-_;*.-Romc corrc "spondent consul era "that the stoppage of pilgrimages to Rome severs the Pope from the Catholic world; - -■-■■-■*■-■•. -y-.-Oam'aru Harbour ßoard debentures are quoted at 60. The Financial Neyrs.says that the Harbour Board are engaged upon' works quite beyond thn needs of their business, and udds'tkatthis is in- the true colonial way .. - ..-. . . .. • _ *. ... • The.former Oamaru loan has fallen 6 percent, .\nnd the Municipal loanT-7 ; pcsr cent. >„ * y d y.-A'A j) AA A'ASsR ;'.'■■'■ A** Cnptaln^Sliaw.'-rfceivcsda." pen&ion 'p,f £100(3 on his 'refinement from tlie Super intendeicy o£':t|io Metropolitan Fire-B.H-gade.- :o : • :■ , .'/ ; '. • .' ' . '.. . ',- ' y '," .; y•d. . : .'Ocjtober ; '-22;The peribjlical ,Pan-Britannic } contest has excited; the; sympathy Of ilie Prjbce'q'f. Wales, jatfd it may possibly .be worked-in conjunction.- with; d : the r imperial"'lnstiWte' v Sevefal leading- c'6l6hists'?filspMy6tir the' idea..". . y A A'AA.. 'J A ; '.' ;. '•';"•' •. '*- '"' y A If NewiZealand farmers ywilli provide cargoes ;'of dairy-prbdhce arid^dzeh .meat for . shipment* >tb fLiWrpopl, the Sliawj Sttville, and* Albipn : \C6mpany I will -find the; ships.'-'' ■■■ A'A'A' .'A ' ' Sir YernoatHarcpur.fr has' lost the sight of one eye; aud the other is likely. to beconie affoctedA .-_■.-.. ".:" ,-.'A A- A.". The-l RevrDr. vClutterbucli:; lias- been arraigned on a charge of obtaining £1600 from a lady by means of false, pretenc&s? It is alleged that the accused .told tho lady tbnt the^G'oyerument were issuing a ten per cent loan, pnd that he would invest the money for. her. It also-oame out in evidence that- accused obtained money- while administering the Sacrament to a lady when she was on the eve of undergoing a dangerous operation^ Mr Goschcn, Chancellor of the Ex« chequer, was a witness . in tho case. Accused was remanded. Mr Chapman, of Af essrs McLean Bros . and Risg, a -'welt-known ironmongery firm in Sow South Wall's* in letters to the press suggests that Great Britain should give a substantial bonus to the staple industries of the colonies if the colonies reduce the duties ef British goods 50, per cent, in advance bf 'the amount proposed' by* the Commercial Union. Mr J. Chamberlain, M.P. for Birmingham, speaking at Sunderland, declared tliat if Mr Gladstone was victorious at the general election, England would be« como involved in foreign complications and Ireland would relapse into a state of anarchy. Mr Gladstone will attend the Conference which will meet in this city to considers the condition of farm labourer. In the course of a sermon Dr Moor, hoiiae said he saw no objection to cycling on Sundays, and expressed his opinion that the opening of art galleries and museums to the public on Sundays would do positive good. Mr John Bedmond, M.P., has been elected leader of the Party formerly led by the late Mr Parnell. Mr Parnell died intestate, through neglect to renew bequests to Mrs O'Shea after their marriage. October 23. The Financial Times contains a scathing article on the failure of the Oamaru Harbor Board to meet its engagements. Mr P. W.. Clayden, writing in the Daily News, remarks that the progress made by New Zealand under Mr Balance's administration should encourage tbg Radicals in England to persue a similar policy. Paris, October 22. The French Cabinet has accepted the .suggestion of the Chamber of Deputies to impose a tax of twenty francs on salt meats. Ho.vg Kong, October 21. It is asserted in Shanghai that the Kolao«Hui Society has announced its intention of exterminating foreign mis? sions. This is the secret society to which tho recent. an'i* foreign outtages m the Yang tse-Kiang Valley are attributed, and is one of the most powerful and troublesome organi.*-ations in China, October 22. An Englishman named Mason has been sentenced by the Shanghai Court to two years's imprisonment and ordered to pay ■£5000 for smuggling arms to Chinese rebels. The insurgents captured „Thima after a three .days' siege, large numbers being killed on both : sides. Prisoners were butchered, and the victorious rebels subsequently abandoned the city. ' Cholera is raging in the army, and upwards of one hundred ; deaths' have occurred sinc9 the outbreak of the. epidemic. Ottawa^ October 21> The Government liave arrested Mr Senecal at Montreal, on a charge of fraud. The Marquis of* Salisbury has called upon the Canadian Government to furnish a report on the- state of the defences of the Dominion. The organ which supports M. Mcrcier, Premier of Quebec,; violently attacks GovernorxGeneral Stanley, and goes on to say that unless Britain protects her subjects in Canada they will look elsewhere for protection A* It is expected that Governor-General Stanley will dismiss M, Mcrcier from office. October 22. The Chief of Police has. been sent to Quebec to effect the iramodiate arrest of several of those connected with the recent scandals. Nbw York. October 21. A train was derailed at Monmouth, in Illinois, ten persons being killed and many injured. Berlin, October 23. The German Government has given orders for the construction of anew type of torpedo boat, and. thirteen large wardships. Washington, October 21. It is believed that the next Methodist Conference will be held in Australia. St. Petersburg, October 22. Auti- Jewish riots have brpken out at Tchoamgaff, near ' Kiev. During the fight 30 Jews were killed and 500 injured. Tho causo is attributed to the belief held by the peasants that tho Jews aro responsible for tho famine. Russian troops in Bessarabia aro being withdrawn, owing to a serious outbreak of typhus fever among the men. Rain has fallen in the southern, dis tricts, reviving tho crops. The Czar has directed the reri-rves of grain lying in the Government stores to bo giyen to the peasants in the famine strioken districts, and the officials, being afraid to admit that many of the stores aro empty, are distributing instead the contents of the military granaries. Constantinople, October 22. Brigands in the neighbourhood of San. Stefano haye murdered an Armenian' Prince named Salvador, belonging to*tho Russian Embassy in Constantinople,