UTE TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 35, 8 September 1892, Page 2

UTE TELEGRAMS.

* 1 PER UNITED PRESB ASSOCIATION. 1 London, September 6. The Social Congress desires to prohibit wives from working. Mr Massey, of Adelaide, states that experiments made with sulphide ore from Broken Hill are a complete success By the new wet process calcining is not required, izuc, lead and »ilvor are extracted separately, and thc residue contains 12dwls of Mlver (? gold) io the ton. The cost is merely nominal. September 7. Mr J. Morrison Stobart, one of theDirecters, and Mr Richard Maxwell, secretary of the Colonial Bank of New Zealand who made a visit to thc colonies to in* spect the branches, have submitted their report. They stnte full provision has been made for the estimated loss, and that it is inadvisable to close any of the branches, but on the other hand it would probably be better to open new ones. ln the cricket matrh East v, West of England, played at Portsmouth. Woods took six wickets for fifteen runs in seven overs. A Liverpool steamer is ashore on the Isle of Man. Five hundred passengers a' d the crew were saved by means of the rocket apparatus. A split has taken place in the sections of the Parliamentary supporters of the Irish evicted tenants. One section is appealing for a Royal Commission to enquire into the question, alleging that the other section aro mipostcrs, and fear an inquiry. The strike among the salt workers has beon compromised. The Daily News asserts that it is not intended to reduce the number of British troops in Egypt. Washington, September 6. President Harrison advocates the con* struction of fast merchant vessels to assist thc navy in times of war. Mr Foster, the American Secretary for Foreign Affairs, declares that Venezuela is in a state of anarchy, and hns sent two warships to protect the interests of American citizens. J. G. Whittier, the poet, is dead. Paris, September 7. The Socialist Congress sitting at Tours, capital of the Department of Indre et Loire, approved a suggestion that men and women snould have equal political rights and equal wages. M. Grainier, clerk of the Minister of Marine Department, has been sentenced to twelve years' penal servitude and twenty yoars exile for selling naval secrets to 3erman officials. New York, September 7. An aerolite bearing gold fell in Idaho. The miner who found it claimed possession of it and sent it to the crushing machine, St Petersruro, September 7. The Novosti, replying to Professor Vambcry, says Russia's sole object is to find an outlet to ihe Indian Ocean. The Pamir* aro of no value as a strategic position, but Russia will not give up its claim to the eastern section. The Russians are excluding foreigners from the coasting trade along her shores. The Russian Government has forbidden meetings of the Stuudist sect. The leaders are being separated, and tueir followers sent to lunatic asylums on a charge of madness. Hong Kong, September 7. Outrages on Mission stations have been resumed and the murder of a missionary and a number of native Christians is reported from Shensi a mountainous provence in the North West of China. Tangiers, September 7. Twelve thousand additional troops have been despatched to operate against the Aughentes. Zanzjbak. September 7. Information has reached the coast that the native chief Moara controlls 20,000 men armed with rifles in Kutangat, and a strong expedition will be required to suppress him. Katanga is a famous gold and copper yielding district in Urra, . South Centra of Africa, between the Tuapula and Kamalondo rivers.