THE LATEST.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 119, 5 April 1892, Page 2

THE LATEST.

(Received April 5, 10.30 a.m.) London, April 4. The strike of engineers on the Tyne and Wear continues, arbitration having failed. The trial of the Walsall Anarchists was concluded to-day. Battola, Cailles, and Charles were each sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. Deakin, who turned informer, to live years. The other two were acquitted. In the case of Mrs Montague, charged with manslaughter in causing the death of her child by ill-treatment, the jury found the prisoner guilty, but recommended her to mercy, and His Honor sentenced her to a year's imprisonment. St. Petersburg, April 4 A plot has been discovered in Odessa with branches in Belgrade, Constantinople, and other cities, to overthrow the Bulgarian Government. Paris, April, 4. A factory for the secret manufacture of dynamite has been discovered near Paris. Eavachal has confessed that he planned the murder of the members of the Chamber of Deputies who voted for capital punishment of dynamiters. Sydney, This Day. Heavy losses occasioned in the Grafton district by the floods which are, however, abating. The whole of the town of Lismore is covered by water and there 18 much distress. One fatality is reported. Owing to the dry weather in the country districts stock is perishing. At Narrandera it will be impossible to gather tb.9 crops without rainfalls, and' at Crookweel, where the grass is disappearing the prospect is gloomy. Melbourne. This Day. The Broken Hill Proprietary Mine has £350,000 worth of silver afloat which is affected by the fall in the price of silver and it is possible that the company will be unable to maintain a regular dividend until, or unless, silver regains its old price. Zanzibar, April 4. Reinforcements have been sent from here to Col. Rogers at Witu, New York, April 4. The New York Herald publishes a dispatch from Venezuela stating the rebels have defeated the Government troops with heavy loss on both sides. Buenos Ayees, April. The Radical leaders and forty of the officers of the Argentine Army have been deported in a warship to Terra- del fuego owintj to their being concerned in a plot to compass a revolution and by the aid of dynamite to murder the president, theCivilofficials.theheadsofthearmyand the leading citizens. Large quantities of dynamite had been widely distribut3d. Many bombs and incriminatory documents were seized. Cavalry patrol the city and the soldiers sleep in their uni<forms. Ihe army and navy both remain loyal and the city is quiet.

Wellington, This Day. The Territorial revenue for the year exceeds the estimate by one thousand pounds. The strike committee met last night and decided to rafer the tramway dispute to arbitration and a set of questions from the Trade Councils standpoint was drawn up to be placed before the avbntators. The police have received information that a man named Martin Mahoney was drowned in Lake Horowhenua on Friday last, owing to the capsizing of a canoe. The bod}' has not yet been recovered. Wanganui, This Day. The Supreme Court sessions opened this morning before Sir Jas. Prendergast. The libel case Hutchison y. Ballance commences to-morrow. Auckland, This Day. Arrived — Wa, from Samoa and Tonga. She reports that things are very unsettled in Samoa at present, and fears are entertained of native hostilities between the opposing factions of Malieta and Matnfa. It is said that no respect is entertained by the natives for the present form of Government, and that a firmer and wiser ruler is required before Samoa will be at peace. A great native meeting will be held at Apia this month to discuss political matters.