LATE TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 78, 20 December 1892, Page 2

LATE TELEGRAMS.

By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. (FEE PBESS ASSOCIATION). London, December 19. OS-coast cargoes of Australian wheat are quoted at 325. The New Zealand Trust and Loan Co. have declared a dividend of 12s 6d per share on preference shares. Obituary— Sir Richard Oweta the celebrated comparative anatomist^' in his 89th year. Scott Saunders, an ex army surgeon, who pleaded guilty at the laefc aesaiona to charges of forgery to the extent of £15,---000 has been sentenced to six years' imprisonment. Messrs Dillon and Redmond have agreed, and if their political parties approve to devote £21,000 of the funds in Paris to assist the evicted tenants m Ireland and distribute the remaining £14,---000 among prior claimants including £5000 to Mr ParneH's widow. Truth denounces the conduct of a Dublin Judge, who passed a sentence of only 18 months on a labourer named Egnn, who killi d his wife and threw bis child into the fire, wliereby it, too, met its death The proprietors of Pearson's Weekly Newspaper have beeu ordered to withhold the sum of L 20,000, prize money in ' missing word' competitions. The Hon H. H. Asquith, Home Secre tary, and Lord Rosebery, Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, sup port the demand for the taxation of ground rents. It is proposed to held a World's Fair in London in 1895. Sir Thomas Mcllwraitb. in a letter to the Times, states that Australian beef has been successfully introduced into Egypt, and the trade is developing. San Fbancisco, December 18. Tiie eruption of Alauna Loa was ac» companied by a severe earthquake. The lava flow ' threatens to destroy two villages. New York, December 18. Dr. Talmage's Tabernacle has been seized for debt. An enormous shipment of gold has been made from New York to Europe. Mexico, Decembor 18. The Mexican Government demands that the United States shall suppress an Indian revolt on the Texas frontier. The country is being laid waste, and eleven Mexicans have been killed. Valparaiso, December 18. Two officers were shot on a charge of conspiracy to kill President Moutt. Calcutta, December 18. The Kachins are raiding British tern tory. Lieutenant Bent and a small detachment were cut off by these marauders and killed. Captain Younghuebaud has reached the Yasim frontier. Colonel Yanoff is reported to have returned to St Petersburg, leaving a garrison in the Pamirs. Cairo, December 19. Ostnaa Digaa has retreated from Kassala, which it was intended to attack. Trade between Suakin and Berber has been re- opened.