CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 66, 1 December 1891, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

(I'EIl UNITED PIIRSS ASSOCIATION.) ; Losdon, November 27. It is reported that Bolt, the inventor 1 of the most recent type of pneumatic • gun. lias invented an npparatus for econ* i oniismg fuel which will have a wonderful i effect on the industry and commerce of the world. It is claimed that bis dis« corery will placetho coal deposits in the i relation they occupy to the world's demand whtro they were 20 ypnrs ago. [ At a meeting of the Union Mortgage , and Agency Company of Austiah'a. Mr C. Wigram, Chairman, said Europe would consume unlimited quantities of 1 Australian meat, if it could bo brought 1 to the doors of the labouring classes at a " cheap rate. November 28. 1 Messrs Edmund Yates, of "The World,"nnd Mr Cyrus Field, well known 1 in connection with telegraph extension in America, are seriously ill. i The Hon Mr Stuart, the Unionist , candidate for Dorset, has been elected by i a majority of 357 over Mr CJlynn, the Home liule representative. Parliament meets on February 9th. At a meeting of the New Zealand Mid* : land Railway Company, Mr Thomas Salt, i M.P., presiding, announced that the ■ taxes would not affect the Company ; also that definite contracts had been en- , tered into with the Government of the Colony. I The New Zealand Shipping Company and Shaw, Savill and Co. explain that the , mail subsidy is inadequate for the service of swift regular steamer j, and they would prefer to be left free. Mr Morley, in addressing a meeting, r declared the doctrine of the Honse of Lords was to drive the Honse of Commons to appeal to the couutry on every new question, which was monstrous. He ' likened the festivities at the recent Na--1 tional Union of Tories Association in Birmingham to Belshazzar's feast in the 1 Temple. He eulogised General Booth's colonisation scheme. The doctors admit that Prince George is suffering from a severe attack of fever. November 29. < A boat fouled the "Oriental's propeller ■ off Gravescnd nnd was capsized, three i Customhouse officers being drowned. 1 Ottawa, NoTerober 27. [ The Canadian Government is protest- ' ing against Lord Salisbury's action with regard to Newfoundland. ; November 28. The Dominion Government, in its ulti> ' matum, threatens to place the same duty on Newfoundland fish as foreigafish.ua' less Newfoundland agrees to abandon its irritating policy with regard to the herring fishery. Rio de Janeibo, November 28. The disbanding of the forces in Bio Grande has been suspended for the present, as the leaders assert that the pro.-, vince has not sufficient influence in the Ministry. 33ueno3 Atbes, November" 28 Twenty officers of the Eepublican army have been arrested on a charge of conspiracy. Mbxico, November 27. By the collapse of a building during a bull fight in Mexico, twelve persons were killed and nine seriously injured. Paris, November 29. The funeral service over the remains of the late Lord Lytton, which were removed to London, was attended by military honours, An enormous crowd lined the streets through which the cortege passed. More toops have been sent to Lille to overawo the miners. New York, November 28. Messrs Field and Lindley, bankers, of New York, hare found it necessary to suspend payment, owing to the '' bearing" of the corn market in Chicago. The liabilities of the bank are set down at a million dollars.