LITE TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, 19 November 1891, Page 2

LITE TELEGRAMS.

j 4. By Electric Telegraph. — Copyriglit (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, November 18. Captain Parkes, of the Soyal Artillery, has been selected as Commander of the forces in New Zealand, and sails, this month. There is a groat epidemic of typhoid fever in Dublin. Tho fever is taking its normal course with Prmee George, and the symptoms generally are favourable. The cavalry barracks at Canterbury have been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £10,000. Gisborne Harbour stock has fallen £2 and Otago Harbour Board Jjl. Prince George of Wales is improving, but it is expected that his illness will cause the "Princess of Wales -to return from Liyadia (Greece), . where she has been staying for the past fortnight. The bookbinders employed by Waterlow and Sons and Shaw and Sparks have struck, demanding eight hours -per day. Ottawa, November 17* It is reported that the Government o* the Dominion will ofler a subsidy at 1,000;000 dollars for a fast line of steamers between Canada and England. ; . . TbKbHAMAiTNovember 18. * Terrible distress .'is; caused 'by the recent earthquake in Japan, and assistance is being sought, from England. Washington, November 18. A balloon carrying : two hundred pounds of dynamite Was exploded,- among the clouds, and- 'produced "a heavy, downpour of rainr . "}::-y n Bubno3.Atb]bs, November 17. The Budget 'shows a x small surplus, but the Minister' of Finance states that the Argentine is at, present, unable to resume 'payment of the : ; National debt. The value of the wool crop is estimated at 6,000,000 sterling,. The damage by the tornado is estimated at a quarter of a million. c ,_ ■"'•' Pahis, November 18. Ifc is understood that an American syndicate is anxious to purchase the Panama Canal works, but that Congress is opposed, being convinced that the future of navigation to China andAus tralia by the American route would best be served by the Nicaraguan scheme, which is now well under way. The Anarchists painted the ' words '.' Long Live Anarchy," in red, upon the Italian Embassy in Fans. St. Pktebsbubg, November 18. The financial crisis is severely felt, and is affecting even the .Imperial Bank. HobabTi November 38. Parnham, manager, and Home, ac conntant, of the Launceston branch 0 the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, have been charged with embez zlement and defalcations are said to amount to L3OOO. ,> Sydney, November 18. A sea monster, "thirty feet long, *vith a head shaped like a dog's, pursued a divei at Newcastle. He was hauled to '! the surface before it could overtake him and two men afterwards speared it but let it escape. ■ . . The Legislative Assembly resumed its sittings to day, when the ' Hon. Mr Dibbs, the Premier, made a short statement. Owing to failing health Sir H. Parkes has definitely declined to take the' leadership of the Opposition, ; and Mr G.;H. Reid was . •unanimously; !plected~Vto that . position. He made a statement in >.. the House today to the ; effecfr tMt. thS'-Free; trade party would assist' the Governnieni to their utmost in passing usfe'fuk legislation, but would strongly . Oppose ; the Protection policy. ?.. .-.',-. ■•'•}' • ■•-.;, ■' ■;•■.

(Received, November. 19, 10.80, a.m.) Paeis, November 18. The number of miners on strike in Northern France is 34,000. The French Government has granted a million francs to assist in eradicating phylloxera. Vancouver, November '18. The Alaska court has. ordered the confiscation of the schooner Ethel, seized while sealing in the Behring Sea. The ownei'3 of the vessel have appealed against the decision and considerable interest is manifested in the case as the validity oi the modus vivendi is involved. Capetown, November 18. Fighting has, taken place between the rival factions in Damaraland, resulting in 54 persons being killed. fJ ' London, NovemVer~lß. The total quantity .of wheat and flour afloat : for the JJnifed Kingdom i55,7J.6,000 quarters, and for the Continent fj884,000 For off coast cargoes of New Zealand wheat 43s is offered. Auckland Harbour stock has fallen £2, and the Napiet Board's £1. Victorian butter is selling at 108s to 116s per cwt., best quality'realising 120s. '' "' '-' j Stj>net, This Day. Latest Samoan news received here state that the only effect of declaring Matafa a rebel has been to give his partj fresh impetus. Matafa has hoisted o flag at Malic, which he has declared tc be the flag of his party. ?: Influenza is very severe in: tthe Island and there is much mortality among the natives. . : Melboubne, This Day. The Salvation Army self-denial week realised £10,000. New Zealand's contribution was J;l,500. : ' ■■ The Legislative Council has passed the Constitution Amendment Act. The question has been asked in both branches of the Legislature whether the sentiments expressed by Lord Carrington in his Bristol speech on Lord Knutsford's administration of the Colonial office ever existed in Victoria. Sir F. T. Sargood strongly defended Lord Knutsford, and declared that Lord Carrington's strictures were both unfortunate and unwarranted. Several other members of the Council also defended the Colonial office and went so far as to say that the cablegram was trumped up for party purposes. In the House of Assembly the Premier regretted Lord Carrington's attack, and Mr Gillies defended Lord Knutsford. After a brief discussion the matter dropped in both chambers. At the Australian Charity Conference Miss Twopenny read a paper on the industrial school and boarding out system in yogue in New Zealand.