Cable Brevities

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 111, 9 March 1893, Page 2

Cable Brevities

— -r*-^ — :• - .■-••■■'■%. .| Accepting William Redmond's chut* longc lo repeat in the lobby the statement he made in the House implying that a* attempt at murder shortly followed the speech bj John Dillon, Colonel Sander* son repeated the utterance in the lobby in Redmond's presence. A scene occurred, and the members bad to intervene; to prevent violence. ; t s/ The Opposition will more that the Home Rule Bill be read six months hence. r : ~ The international football match between Scotland and England, under Rugby rule.*, was won by the former.' r The leader of the Central African Ex* pedition identifies the river hitherto known as the Lukuca, with: the Lualaba, proving that Lake Taagaaik* is coo* nectcd with the Congo river. TUo French gunboat La Bourbonnaise has been wrecked off the coast of Mada« gascar, and twenty -throe of the crew drowned. The Transvaal has been devastated by a destructive storm. -The damage is estimated at LIOO.OOO. Miners were flooded and farmhouses round Johannesburg de« molishcd. Many persons were drowned. It is reported that the Literals after passing the Home Bute Bill will eqdea* your to nationalise the lsnd in Ireland. 1 A gigantic meeting of licensed victuallers h,as been- held in London -in opposition to the Djiwt Yefp. Bill.' -The Government was denounced a« a 'herd of common thieves.' - ■ :;-^ Thomas Hillier Green, a New Zealand student, committed snioide at Croydon by taking poison. The reason wis an attack of smalNpox. i The Vatican is pressing Great Britain to establish diplomatic relations i with - it. The Figaro says the Triple Alliance concluded an agreement in January for the disposition of the German forces in c«»e of war with France. The plan .. is based on Germany assqmmg the def«n* SlVe. ' ■:;',{• =