CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 52, 29 October 1891, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

(PEII UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, October 26. Tbo gentlemen who went bail for the ■Rev Dr Olutterbuck, have nsked to bo rehevoil, and tho rev doctor has been rearrestod. A further charge is pending against him. On the Stock Exchange the feeling today is incredulous at tho possibility of the issue of another Victorian loan. In the present temper of financiers there is but littlo chance of it being successfully floated except at a low minimum. It is reported that the leading banks decline to issue any early colonial loans. Mrs Parnell warned the Parisian bankers not to part with llic funds deposited in. their banks by her late husband. The Australian Trading World urges the exchange of Oamaru Harbour Boord Bonds for Government Stocks, on the ground that the railways have destroyed the revenue of the Board. The Commercial Steam Shipping Company's steamer Boston collided with nnd sank tho iron barque Charlwood in the English Channel to-day. The captain and 15 of the crew of the latter vessel went down with her. Eight thousand nailmakers in the Midland Counties have struck against a reduction of 10 per cent, in their wages. Sir John Gorst, speaking to his consti tuents, said the crux of the labour question was to keep the people on the land, and unless the present situation was amended he felt that the end would be revolt. October 27. The London Times deprecates President Harrison's bluster and threats towards tho Chilians. The windows of tho National Press, Dublin, were smashed by a dynamite bomb, but no one was injured. Michael Davztt declines to stand for election. Beelin, October 27. General Wissaman has resigned. He disagrees with the Soudan operations of the German East Africa Company, which, have resulted in heayy loss for tho year. New York, October 26. Edison's invention is being applied to the railways, and under h\a system three stationary engines will be adequate to control the whole of the traffic on the New York and Philadelphia line at whatever speed is desired. It is proposed to run electric trains between Milwaukee and Chicago during the World's Fair. The rails will be utilised for transmitting the electric currents, and the whole system can be worked with perfect snfety. St. Petersburg, October 27. Anti« Jewish rioters haye pillaged four million roubles worth of properly from the Jews, and twenty-two Jews were killed and two hundred wounded. In six other districts cf Tehermigov thirty Jews liiivo been killed and two h nnd red and fifty wounded. The Nihilists are trying to increase the disorder. Calcutta, October 28. Jacobs, a Calcutta jeweller, has been committed fov trial for defrauding the Nizam of Hyderabad. Bttenos Ayres, October 27. During the election riots at Cardova and Tucuman the Argentine police fired upon the crowd, killing and wounding many. Hong Kong, October 27. The anti-foreign movement is spreading at Hunan, and many generals and mandarins are joining the rebels. Washington, Occober 27. Chili is disposed to make reparation to the United States, otherwise the monitor Meantonimah will be sent to Valparaiso. Valparaiso, October 27. The Chilian Navy ia in a crippled condition. The Chilian Judge, who is enquiring into the cause of the trouble between the Chilians and the American sailors, declares that it originated in a fight. Many Americans consider President Harrison's action premature. Paris, October 26. Tho Archbishop of Aix has received numerous expressions of sympathy, and the general opinion is that it will be a mistake for the French croyornment to prosecute him. October 27. Severe floods are being experienced in the South of France, Galicia, northern Italy, and Spain. A tram has been derailed at Mocrarie, near Glenoble, and fifteen persons were killed and forty injured. Rome, October 26. In a circular to Her Majesty, the Pope ftites that the sanctity of the august temple was violated by the visitors, the Pontiff rudely and bitterly insulted, and tho Catholic name loaded with abuse.