Cable Brevities

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 133, 7 May 1892, Page 2

Cable Brevities

Another body of a woman, mutilated in the same way as Jack the Upper's victims, has been found in Chicago. This is the second ivithin a short period The London County Council intends | to ask Parliament to pass a measure j enabling women to occupy seats on the Council. In the English House of Commons Mr Cunningham Grahame accused Mr Asquith, Q.C , M.P., ot making a swindling speech in support of public companies. He was "named" by the Speaker and suspended. Mr Grahame declared that he was " named" brcause be was a supporter of Socialism, and left the House, saying he " did not care a d n," and the House of Com* ruons was swindle on Socialict questions. Twenty thousand women haye signed a petition to the Canadian Parliament asking for the suffrage. Premier ibbott, replying to a deputation, said he hoped female suffrage would become law in Canada. Mr William Grey, a relative of Sir G. Grey, has been successful in establishing his claim to the earldom of Stanford. The House of Commons hns rejected the Bill embodying the principle that locnl councils should be empowered to confiscate the unearned increment. The Liberal leaders supported it. Emm Pasha is suffering from smallpox. The Jewesses on trial at Vilna for in* fanticide hare been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment of from six to 20 years. The Manchester Chamber of Commerce, after three day's debate, resolved to urge the government to promote an international agreement securing a stable par of exchange between gold and silver. Mr J. Morley, in a speech in the House of Commons, ridiculed " labour quackeries " The Investors' Eeview asserts that the entire fabric of Australasian civilisation is built upon debt, another credit storm in London will possibly drive the colonies into bankruptcy. Fresh loans will be uenerally demanded, and they will be covered only on terms adverse to the balance of trade. The corporale and private debts of the colonies together are large enough for a population 20.* UOOOOO. Banks and rings of loan ruon« gers are partly responsible for this state of things, aud they are now loaded to an extent almost sufficient to destroy their credit were the facts disclosed. The Eeview urges that borrowing should be reduced to a minimum. This is only the beginning of bad times. Sir Havelock Allen, in the House of Commons, stated that at least 1000 Durham miners had become disfranchised owing to the acceptance of Poor Rates relief, and urged that a Bill should be introduced reinstating them. Mr. Ritchie replied that he did not expect that the course of business would allow such a measure to be brought in.