THE LATEST.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 86, 19 January 1892, Page 2

THE LATEST.

INFLUENZA STILL RAGING. MORE DEATHS. ANOTHER COLLIERY DISASTER. 100 MINERS ENTOMBED. CONSPIRACY IN TURKEY. THREE HUNDRED ARRESTS. ATTEMPTED MURDER. (Received January 19,10.30 a.m.) London, January 18. New South Wales is offering a million and a quarter's worth of treasury bills for two years at 4 per cent with a minimum of 99£. Mr F. 0. Licht, the sugar expert, in his monthly circular estimates that the four months' production will show a decrease of 24,000 tons. He also estimates the new campaign will give a decrease of 165,000 tons. Gisborne Harbor Board stock has fallen £2 10s. In the churches yesterday special prayers were offered for the abatement of influenza. It is officially announced that Sir Henry Drnmmond Wolff, British Minister at Teheran, has been appointed to succeed , Sir F. C. Ford, late of Madrid, who has been transferred to Constantinople. The Standard, in discussing the English report on coal, states that the high rate of wages paid to miners in Australia prevents serious competition on the part of New South Wales with English mines. A fire broke out in a colliery at Baillias ton, Glasgow, and it is reported that 100 miners are entombed. Sir Edwin Arnold, who has been suffering from influenza and pneumonia, is recovering. Obituaries — The Hon. Algernon Tollenaacbe, formerly of Wellington, New Zealand, and Mr Benjamin Scott, F.R.A.S. Both had suffered from influenza. Influenza continues severe both in Ger- : many and Great Britain, and thousands : of cases are reported. It is also spreading in France. The Standard says that China coal will : shortly monopolise the Eastern markets. The press generally recommend the appointment of a Royal Commission to enquire into the best means of arresting the , progress of influenza. The number of men engaged in the construction of the new warships at Sheerness are being increased, and an order has been issued to the effect that overtime is to be worked until the vessels are ready for sea. It is rumored that Sir John Gorst, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, will be appointed adviser to the new Khedive. The Socialists announce that they will hold a great free speech gathering at Walsall shortly. John Burns and other leading Socialists strongly oppose the step. Ottawa, January 18. The Toronto Globe has apologised for stating Baroness Macdonald had been implicated in wrongful land speculations. Bbblin, January 18. A Bill to suppress drunkenness has been introduced m the Reichstag. It confers stringent powers on the police and will seriously interfere with private life. Cairo, January 18. The British troops received the new Khedive on his arrival at Alexandria. In addressing the garrison Abba Bey said that during his late visit to Europe he was much impressed with the evidence of English supremacy. Constantinople, January 18. It is reported that a discovery has been made of the existence of a plot against the life of the Sultan. Three hundred persons have been arrested for complicity in the affair. Herat, January 18. It is reported that relief has been refused to members of the Stundist sect resident in the famine stricken districts. Paris, January 18. The Frenoh Leyantine squadron will shortly be re-established, and will proceed to Alexandria to salute the Khedive. - Switzerland, Austria, Holland, and Portugal are opposed to the French minimum tariff. Wellington, This Day. At the annual meeting of Sharland and Co. the not profit showed £2,484 equivalent to 14 per cent for teu months. It was decided to offer to the public the unallotted shares in the Company with a view to increase the Wellington business. The seamen's votes were counted with the following result : — McLean, 15 ; Bell, j 15; informal ten, and seven to whom electoral rights were issued did not yote. The electoral roll is being checked to ascertain the extent of dual voting at the recent election. So far about 25 instances have been discovered, and these will be struck off, and it is likely in more than one case prosecution will follow. About I one-fifth of the roll has yet to be checked. The Public Works Committee have recommended the Mayor to send a message of condolence to the Queen, and it was decided to close the office on the day of the funeral. The theatres close tomorrow as a mark of respect to the late Duke. The Health Officer at Port Chalmers wires that the Umyoti has smallpox on board. One man is convalescent and another died this morning. Tne vessel has been ordered into quarantine. The Premier will address the electors at Kai Iwi and Arauaoho during this week. New Plymouth, This Day. ! Informatipn has been received in town that a settler named Wm Jordan, of Inglewood, has been killed whilst bußhfelling.