LATE TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 97, 4 February 1893, Page 2

LATE TELEGRAMS.

- I By liiecfciic Telegraph. — Copyright. PKB PBK3S ASSOCIATION). j London. February 2. The Court lias issued a denial of the Puke of York's engagement to the Princess May. Tiio Court of Queen's Bench has decided Mint .John Morley. Chief Secretary for Ireland, i 9 liable to becrirnin illy prosecuted for issuing an order refuting to allow the poMce to protect sheriffs while executing work at uight. New Zealaod long- berried wheat, cX warehouse, flat, at 3ls 9d. Oitntorbury frozen mutton. 4yl per lb ; Wellington ditto, 4d ; other meat quota I tions unchanged.', [ February 3. In the House of Lords, Lord Onslon* has introduced a Bill, the provisions of which are to prevent English or River Plate mutton being sold as the production of New Zealand. Hanlon rows Bubear on the Tyne for £400. Paris, February 2. Tin- French Government proposes to "ce>ij>y Sheik Said, opposite the Island <>f Penm. at the entrance to the Red Sea. Tiie survivors of the ship Thekla, who killed and ate oue of their number, have been arrested February 3. In the Chamber of Deputies M. Develle said that while anxious to remain friendly with England, France would not abandon her interest in Egypt. If Mr Gladstone would reopen the question of occupation, France would parley in a friendly spirit. He hinted that if the present position became definite it would be a cause of trouble, and possibly conflict. Washington, February 2. The Irish National League of America has tss>ied a manifesto declaring thai the Home liule Bill, judging from what has leaked out about it, will be a mass of verbiage and a mere excuse for shelving the question. A band of women lynchers in Texas tortured a negro with hot irons, kerosene, and iire for outraging a child, Oai«o, February 2. Attacks on the Christians m Egypt are being fomeutei by agitators. The posit on is auain critical. Athkns, January 3. Another severe shock of earthquake has been experienced at Zaute completing the damage caused by previous shocks. Tea thousand of the inhabitants are homeless and the suffering of unfortunate people are enhanced by a hurricane which is blowing, accompanied by heavy rain, hail, and thunderbolts.