CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 76, 24 December 1891, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

(PER UNITED PJUSSS ASSOCIATION.) London, December 21. The annual report of the New Zealand and River Plate Mortgage Agency shows that sufficient profit has been made to linre allowed 5 per cent dividend being declared, but tlic directors had decided that the amount should he carried to a detained dividend fund. The Duke of Devonshire, ©tat 83, is dead. December 22: The Unionist press eulogise the late Duke of Devonshire, and deplore the necessity for the transfer of the Marquis of Hartmgton to the House of Lords. Mr Hastings, M.P. for Worcester, who is charged with obtaining a large sum. of money by frauds, has been remanded, bail being refused. Liverpool has refused to confer the freedom of the city on Mr Gladstone. Severe frosts are being experienced throughout England, and skating is general. A hundred miles of ice extend be. tween Northampton and Wisbeach (in Cambridgeshire), the- country having lately been flooded. Lady Blyth, widow of the late Sir Arthur Blyth, died at Eastbourne, having only survived the death of her husband by a fortnight. Mrs Osborne has sued Major and Mrs Bar«reaves, of Torquay, for slander in alleging that she had stolen and sold to Spinks, diamond merchant, Mrs Har» greaves pearls during a visit. Petails were complex, but a letter addressed to the Judge and handed to counsel led to the discovery that Mrs Osborne had negociated Spinks' bank note, whereupon her solicitor retired from the base. The case created quite a sensation. Tho s.s Duke of Westminster has left London for Port Chalmers and northern ports. Bbfssels, December 22. The Vicar Apostolic in China telegraphs to Father Minn that a thousand Austrians were murdered in Mongolia. Protection has now arrived and the Belgians are safe, St. P.BTEESEUBO, December 22. Three Grand Dukes have subscribed 130,000 roubles to the famine relief fund, and the Czarewitch has given a donation of 50.000 roubles. Extensive relief works are being organised and will be ready by spring. Washington, December 22. The United States military forces on the Canadian frontier will be trebled within the next six months, this step being taken by way of precaution. The Secretary of State has assured General Monte, President of Chili, that he is confident that an amicable settlement ot the difficulty will be made after a complete enquiry into tho disturbance. The Tribune confirms the statement that tho United States Navy is preparing for war. Rio de Janbibo, December 21. A skirmish between the Federal troops, and the National Guard has taken place m Rio GrandeCaiko, December 21. The refugees from Khartoum state that for nine yoars they were in ignorance of the events of the world. Khartoum, they say, is in ruins, and a small force could easily capture the Soudan. Bbblih, December 21. Several million marks haye been sub« scribed to erect a national monument to Prince Bismarck-