CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 82, 9 January 1892, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

« .—- --fI'ICH UNITED PIIICSS ASSOCIATION.) London. January 7. The returns for the month of December show a decease of £1,500,000 in I lie ex ports and an increase of £2,080,000 in the imports. Mr M. Davitt has issued a writ against the Dublin Independent, claiming £5000 for alleged libel. A secret official enquiry is being held into the explosion at Dublin Castle. AtLochmaben, a burgh of Scotland, eight miles E.N.E., of Dumfries, the death rate from influenea is 51 in 1000. New York, January 6. The Tribune says that settlement of the Behring Sea difficulty has been delayed, owing to a demand by Great Britain for the modification of (he agreement made in November last. The report that the Chilian Government had apologised for the attack on American men-of-war-men is denied, and it is mentioned that some difficulty i 3 being experienced in adjusting the dispute. St. Petersburg, January 6. A large number of Eussian Methodists are emigrating to America. Athens, January 6. A serious outbreak of typhoid fever, attributed to the defective system of drainage, has broken out here. Berlin, January 7. The most stringent Bills, initiated by the Emperor, for the suppression of drunkenness are about to be introduced in the Reichstag. # Cairo, Jamiary 7. Escapes from Khartoum confirm the manner of Gordon's death, and that Osman Digna ordered mutilation of the body, and exposed the head for 20 days. Calcutta, January 7, The British have captured Sardoii in Burmah. In the fight the Kachins lost 14 killed and their leader was taken prisoner. Two of the British force were killed. Bio de Janeiro, January 7. Yellow fever continues with unabated fury. A hundred deaths daily are reported here and in Bahia and Santos respectively. St. Petersburg, January 7. Fifteen deaths have occurred at Lodz, in Poland, from trichinosis, and 40 other persons are dangerously ill.