CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, 14 November 1891, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

(TKR IINITBD PItKSS ASSOCIATION.) London, November 11. Tlic Standard's Eussian correspondent snvs tlic famine will cost 125 millions. Sir M. Hicks Bench, President of the I Board of Trade, in reply to a deputation ' of shipowners, refused to interfere with ! Ibe power of nayal officers to prevent the 1 crimping of sailors. The Nonconformists of Wales demand the disondowment of the Episcopal Church, Sir J, Gorst, in the course of a speech, urged the workmen to insure against sickness and accident, and advised them not to look for great reforms and splen* did schemes. They could not expect State aid to any great amount, November 12. The lifeboat, while proceeding to the wreck of Ihe ship Ben venue, capsi2od» and several of the occupants were drowned. Seven ot those on board the ill* fated ship, including tho captain and his wife, have been drowned. The Bonyenue lies 300 yards from the shore. | The Dungeness lifeboat capsized, and five of its crew were drowned. Tho 21 of the crew of the ship Benvenue, who took to the musing, were rescued, after being 16 hours in their perilous position. A number of fishing smacks hailing from Lowestoft, Suffolk, have been wrecked during the pales, and 12 lives are lost. A French vessel has boon wrecked at Hjthe, Kent, nnd three of them drowned. It is believed that the Advance (sic) from New Zealand, has been wrecked at Hastings, Sussex Many acciden's occurred in the streets of London owing to the furious gale. A new herring bank, 100 miles long, has been discovered on the west coast of Newfouudlnnd. Cnrdinal Manning desires the French clergy to abandon the concord at, and regain liberty of action like the Irish hierarchy. Calcutta, November 11. Fuller particulars of the cyclone at the Andaman Islands show that the s.s Enterprise was unable to raise steam before the was hurled on the rocks. Convicts on the shore worked heroically in the endeavour to rescue those on board. Berlin, November 11. Both the Berlin and Vienna press arc pleased at the tone of Lord Salisbury's speech, which they consider renders it unnecessary to increase military expenditure. St. Petersburg, November 11. Typhoid fever is making alarming ravages in Hussia. The Government denies that the Sii berian railway works have beeu stopped, November 12. Fifty million pounds of grain are lyin^ idle in the Caucasus province, but it is impossible to transfer it to the faminestricken districts, owing to the rivers being frozen. Ottawa, November 11Professor Gold win. Smith asserts tint Canada is destined to become a part of the United States, and unless she speedily assents to a peaceable union forcible annexation will follow, Hong Kong, November 12. The Chinese Government has arranged a modus Vivendi with the Great Powers. New York, November 13. The police entered an extensive meeting of Anarchists in Chicago and insisted on the American flag being placed above the red flag. A scene of the wildest confusion ensued, but on the police drawing their revolvers the meeting broke up. News from Central and South America states there has been .serious rioting in Ecuador. A plot has been discovered to murder Ezeta, brother of the President of San Salvador. Rio de Janihro, November 13. The garrison, numbering 4000 strong, has risen against General Fonseca, and a conflict is feared between the ships and garrison.