CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 65, 28 November 1891, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

(PEft UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, November 25. The crews of the Brighton and Shore* ham lifeboats ha ye been officially censured for apathy displayed at tho wreck of the ship Benvenue. The Bight Bey Harvey Goodwin, Bishop of Carlisle, is dead, setat 73. Lord Salisbury, in his address at Birmingham, said it was unjust to tax the landlords and exempt the mortgagees and debonture holders* He favoured a tax on all property except poor Innd which would not grow corn, The Union passed resolutions expressing unanimous sympathy with the of, labour candidates, agreed, to discuss on the floor of the House the claims of women to be granted the franchise, proposing to establish a Department of Labour favouring the disqualification of illiterate voters, offering the assistance in the establishment of small rural holdings, thus relieving the towns of surplus, labour, and condemning the principle of oneman one vote. November 26. Mr Chamberlain, speaking at the Birmingham Conference, said he neither expected nor desired re-union with the Liberals till Home Bule was obtained. The Bank of England invites holders of New Zealand debentures, bearing a high rate of interest, to convert them into 3£ ! per cent inscribed stock. | The Earl of Aberdeen has purchased 13,000 acres of land at Vernon in Canada, for the purpose of fruit culture. The price paid was £50,000. Pabis, November 25. Grant, the Dane, who was convicted of blackmailing ladies of position by threatening to murder them, was sen* tenced to 20 years' bard labour. On a further charge of forgery he received seven years. Experiments have been made with cocoanut celluloid for the interior pro* tection of warships. The inventor claims that the material cannot be pierced, and the Admiralty are enquiring into the merits of the discovery. Two Fnglishmen have been arrested at St Etienne on a charge ot espionage. They admitted having obtained the mechanism of the new rifle. Valparaiso, November 24. Tho Chillian Congress estimates the recent campaign will cost L3,Q00,000. Donna Juanna Edwards has given £175,000 towards the expenses of the victorious party. November 25. Don Concha, who held the portfolio of Minister of Justice under Balmaceds, having been refused an asylum in the American Legation, endeavoured to es» cape into the Argentine Republic, but wns captured in the Cordilleras and killed. Hong Kong, November 25. The Chinese Government is beheading the authors of the incendiary .placards posted about the town, News has been receiyed that a large force of Mongolian rebels is advancing on Pekin. The Imperial troops hare been despatched to meet them. Many converts were massacred at Kungchow. Capetown, November IS. A long belt, 30 miles wide, all of alluvial gold, has been discovered in Mashonaland. Ottawa, November 25. At a meeting at Woodstock, conrened to discuss the destiny of Canada, a resolution was passed favouring tho extension of trade with the United States, but repudiating annexation by the States. Canadian fishermnn have been re-fused bait at St. Johns, Newfoundland, and the Canadian Government propose te retaliate by imposing a duty on fish from St Johns, and refusing permission to fish in Canadian waters. Beeiin, November 25. The German. Government is making enquiries with a view to introducing legislation for the control of the bourses and stock exchanges, Bismarck has no wish to re-enter public life, as his bodily vigour is waning. The Emperor is reported to have addressed a body of recruits after his interview with Giers, and informed them he hoped that the only opportunity they would have of showing their bravery would be confined to peaceful times. His speech has caused some sensation. St. Petebsbtteg, November 25. Eight hundred exiled Nihilists are leaving Russia for America. The edict prohibiting the export of wheat has thrown 20,000 men out of employment in Odessa. A tram was thrown off the rails at Orel, in Eastern Eussia, and 20 persons were killed.