LATE TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 28, 2 August 1893, Page 2

LATE TELEGRAMS.

By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. THE AUSTRALIAN CRISIS. THE GREAT MINERS' STRIKE. THE RECENT FRACAS IN THE HOUSE. THE FINANCiII CRISIS IN AMERICA. > (per fbe9s assocatiok.) London, Jhlj 81. Lord Jersey has declined the presidency of the Agricultural Commission. Cardinal Moran is improying in health. At the annual meeting of the Union Bank of Australia, Mr A. Flower said the directors would always proudly remember the confidence shown in the bank by the public during the recent crisis. Fresh busicess was daily flowing is. The Hon Mr Mills was elected a director, in place of Lord Hillingdon. The other directors were re-elected. The Times thinks the British bondholders will accept Sir George Dibbs' scheme in its entirety if it includes the appointment of a Commission to administer the sinking fund. It suggests as members the Colouial Treasurer and the Auditor-Geuoral, with possibly the Governor of the Bank of England. The Belgium miners offer to co-operate with the strikers, with a view to bringing on an international strike. The coke burners have joined the strike. A section of the Yorkshire mine owners offer to withdraw the notices reducing the wages, and give a pledge not to attempt a reduction for a year. After receiving an apology from the Premier, and Mr Balfour, the Speaker buried the recent incident in a few well* chosen words. The newspapers are unanimous in expressing a feeling of relief that the matter has been amicably adjusted. August 1. The Prince of Wales* yacht Britannia, with the owner and the Emperor of Germany on board, won the forty 'ton race at Cowes' regatta ; Valkyrie, second ; and the American boat, Narahoe, third. The Emperor assisted ie setting the sails, and took his spell at the helm with the rest. Countess Howe had her jewels stolen at Plymouth when returning from Goodwood, where she had been to attend the races. Nelson Bros, have declared an interim dividend of 3 per cent. ■ The City of Melbourne Bank re-opens on Wednesday. Arrived — Cordillera from Lyttelton, March 22. Himalaya from Auckland, March 14. Constantinople, August 1. The Turkish Court of Appeal has maintained the sentence passed on five Armenians, but the sentence of the others was reduced. Washington, August 1. The run on the .New York Sayings Bank is subsiding. Three hundred thousand pounds in gold is expected at New York from London on Wednesday.