LATE TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 2, 5 July 1892, Page 2

LATE TELEGRAMS.

* I PIRATES IN TOXQUIN. By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. (t'Ktt t'NiTKii pmksh a^ociation.) London. July 4 The Two-Year-Old Plate resulted as follows :— Moon Flower 1, Bestmun 2, Gambogt; 8. Tbe members ol the New Zealand athletic team were entertained at a dinner on Saturday evening by the, London Amateur Athletic Association. The speakers hoped the Colonials would renew their visit, and assured theni they would meet with every welcome. Mr W. O'Brien left Limerick secretly by special train in order to avoid the mob Severe faction fights have taken place tn Ballina, Duodalk, and Ncwry, and many persons have been injured. Germany is introducing Chinese coolies into its territory in East Africa. The Customs revenue collected in the United States for the fiscal year shows a decline of two million dollars. The Lancet says that Joshua's Australian brandy is perfection in quality. Cyrus Field is dying. It is reported that the United States Cabinet has signed a petition for the rel-ase of Mrs May brick. Canada is discussing the propriety rif establishing an Orange colony within its borders as a refuge for Ulslermen. The Queen received Mr Dibbs with cordiality, and made a number of enquiries about the colonies. The Inman liner City of Chicago went ashore on the Head of Kin sale during a fog. Four hundred passengers were safely landed in boats. It is expected that the Inman litior City of Chicago will be floated off tno Head of Kinsale to-day. Hong Kong, July 3. A French detachment dislodged a strongly entrenched body of Tonguinese pirates, near Kilnat, with heavy loss. Fifteen of the French were killed. Madrid, July 3. The Madrid Bourse is closed, the brokers haying struck as a protest against the taxation imposed on them. The Civil Guard of Madrid fired on a mob of rioters, chiefly market women, many of whom were wounded. St. Peti'l'sbcbg, July 4. The cholera continues to spread in ihe Trans Caucasian Provinces, and groat mortality is reported, The Czar's brother, the Grand Duke Vladimir, fell from a train near Nijui, Novgorod, and was seriously injured. Pari*. July 4, Lowry Den mono", a merchant in tlie city, has committed .suicide. His defalcations are said to amount to £130.000. Washington, July 3. No less than 150,000 bootmakers have struck at Pittsburgh. Calcutta, July 4. Increasing anxiety is felt about the attitude of the Ameer, and troubles ap pear to be looming ahead from several directions The British have warned him not to int°* , r9rc '.r. D.ij.iui, « -jiouuuiinotis "district on the north-western frouticr ot India. The Viceroy of India has warned the Ameer of Afghanistan to prevent Russia encroaching ou the frontier. Washington, July 3. The American Prohibitionists have nomiuated G-eueral Bidwell for the Presidency.