CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 78, 31 December 1891, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

(PER UNITE© rilfess ASSOCIATION.);*! i^LosrboK. December 29,^ Mr F. Ceilie? diedjafter finishing the music to " The-Mbuntebank," whioh is to be produced on Thursday night. The Times states that the colliers and and miners in the South of Wales have quarrelled on- the subject ojphe basis of o^the^slidingtseale paymenolmd unless tt'cbmpromise^iisJarranged before the end of the year 100,000 colliers will be idle. The Marquis of Harrington, who has succeeded to the title of Duke of Devon^ shire," will remain lead er -'brthe'Liberal 31 Unionists, and Mr Chamberlain will be leader of the party in the House v ,of Com^ mons. The Standard asserts that Lord Randolph Churchill aspires to the position of a diplomatic representative', and may possibly be^ appointed to St, Petersburg to succeed Sir R. Mbrier, ! who has' been transferred to Rome. It, hbwever'i coh> ! , siders that it would be rather a risky ex-i perirueut. . ;. . - . .^. Prince Christian was not shooting; but simply, advising his spn.when ; a shot;froih the Duke of Connpught's gun glanced on* a tree and. struck him in the,eye. He is progressing fairly well. '• '•. -.?'"•.»?*• " Mißiiibi December 29. *!» The Spanish loan ot 2So : rnillibn pesetas has been-Bubcessffl .;'' A storm has jßeeoexpl^e^edf^l^e:: coast of Va7enpia:^Min'g^#Kich-15 yessels,' were drowned. ' •-'- ..''viv^&v^'-.^V '■■.; PabisV Dee'etnber ;29, In the Chamber of .Deputies to-day. M. Ribot, Minister of Foreigh;jAfiairs^inreferring .to. the .difficulty with; Bulgaria;" stated that the French Government would: take a determined attitude in tho mattenNbw YbßK,?December -&9F^ An mfuriated mob, rescued from ii the 1 custody ,of the sheriff seven outlaws charged with robbery in Alabama, and hanged the whole of them, • , I. ; • Twenty thousand v ; cnses .of'innuenzaj have been reported during' the ja.it few days in the state of Ohio. - !,lv -Vahpabaiso,' December 28.. The Chilian Government is' -'likely to propose that the dispute with' 'the .United States shall be referred to arbitration. ' December .29, The Chilian Government interpret the absence pf the- United States:" Minister from the ceremony at. the proclamation of the hew Chilian President, as ah act of discourtesy. . - - ■ : ' ; ' - The followers, of the late, General Bal- . maceda are holding secret meetings, Capetown, December 28. ■> De Brazza, with 200 men, has started up the Congo river to : explore Jhb "Upper Sanga'distriot; -_...-- Delagoa, December 28. Major Johnston/ leader of the chartered South African Company's expedition, and Captain McGuire, _qn board a steamer, have arrived at Upper Shire. The party captured Makagira. after, twp>days' fighting, and released 300' slavesi .They then 'proceeded' to' Lake Nyaßsoj " where many ' more slaves were set' free. 1 ' '■'• '■'■ '"' Calcutta, December 29. The British forces at Gilgit, in Western; Thibit, which was threatened by the Pamir tribesmen, gallantly stormed several positions near Fort Nilt without losing a man, while the loss oh the side, of the enemy was 70 killed and 120 taken prisoners. The tribesmen fled to Nagar, where their chiefs submitted. Beblin, December 28. Sir W. A. White, British Ambassador at Constantinople, died in this city of in- • fluenza. St. Pbtebsbprg, December 29. The Governor of Moscow has refused > to renew the permits which, were issued to Jews some time ago allowing them to reside in the province. One hundred thousand Jews in other districts are reduced to a state of beggary by the strict enforcement of harsh decrees.