LATE TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 64, 17 November 1892, Page 2

LATE TELEGRAMS.

By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. (PEE PBESS ASSOCIATION). London November 16. Mr H. M. Stanley advises England to loin with Germany in the construction of a railway to Uganda. He says that Australia knows the value of railways better than England. Mr G. E. Foster, of Canada, speaking at a meeting of the London Chamber of Commerce, said there was plenty of loom in Canada for the English unemployed. The exports had risen three million since { the McKinley Tariff came into force, and Great Britain was her greatest market. Mr Montague Williams, the well* known barrister and magistrate, is in a critical condition. The Hon H: H. Fowler. President of the Local Government Board, has issued a circular to the local bodies, recom* mending them to provide work for the unemployed by undertaking public works. Professor Munro, who contested the East Division of Manchester in the Liberal interest, against the Hon. A. J . Balfour, and who is petitioning against the latter's return, has abandoned the charges of intimidation and undue infill* ence, and will rely on unseating the hon. member on the ground of bribery and general treating. A fire broke out in the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Co.'s shop, in Regent Street, and much damage was done before the flames were extinguished. The fire was caused by the electric light wires fusing. The Paris correspondent of the Standard says that the Lou bet Government will also be assailed on the Press Bill and other measures. Ministers are ac« cased of bribing the press to conceal the real facts about the Panama Canal and allowing the contractors to charge for work they had not done. F. Mann, giving evidence before the Labour Commission, said he looked forward to even seven or six hours per day limit, in order to absort the unemployed but he was not prepared at present to recommend a universal eight hours system. Lady Jersey writes, urging that colonial authors deserve more recognition at Home than they get. Australia affords topics fresh and unhackneyed for des» criptive writers. The Chronicle, commenting on the Makin case, points out that the British law prevents baby farming on the scale carried on in Sydney. Most of the cotton mills in Lancashire, and adjoining counties, have agreed to work half time in order to prevent the operatives assisting the strikers. Pabis, November 16The Chamber of Deputies has abol ished the import duty on wine when free from adulteration. The French Government has been ordered to prosecute the Panama Canal Cempany Directors. De Lesseps is deeply affected at the prospect of having to undergo the indignity of a trial, but states that he does not fear the result. King Behanzin and 1700 soldiers are besieged in Abomey ; the King offers to pay France fifteen million franca if she will abandon the whole coast. The prosecution of the two Lesseps and the other directors of the Panama Canal Company, for breach of trust and malversation of funds of the Company, has caused a great sensation in the city, and it is very much regretted such an extreme step has been taken. The trial will probably take place early in December. The concession to the Panama Canal Company has been renewed for a year. Borne, November 16. The Vatican declares it will bitterly the Hungarian Government until obligatory civil marriages are removed. St. Pbtebßbcbg, November 16. There is a revival of cholera in this city. The Novoe Vremya says Russia does not intend to sacrifice its interests for the sake of Austria's friendship. The Novosti says the Czarewitch's visit to Vienna is the first sign of the abolition of the difficulty created by the Triple Alliance. .Russia demands an apology from Boumania for firing on a steamer at the mouth of the Danube. Vienna, November 16. The number of men out of work in Vienna is estimated at 50,000. New York, November 16, Further severe restrictions haye been taken to prevent the immigration of foreigners to New York. A telegram received from Chicago states that Jim Wall, the Australian bookmaker, is missing, and it is feared he has been murdered.