TO-DAY'S CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 37, 12 August 1893, Page 2

TO-DAY'S CABLES.

By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright, j DAIRY INSPECTOR FOR NEW ZEALAND. THE PANANMA CANAL COMPANY. FRENCH POLITICS. ♦— — RUSSIA AND CHINA. WARS TO BE SUPPRESSED. ACCIDENTS TO BRITISH WARSHIPS. ANOTHER NAVAL CATASTROPHE FEARED. THE SOCIALIST CONGRESS. ROWDY PROCEEDINGS. (PEB PBESS ASSOCATION.) London, August 11. Mr Valentine has been appointed Dairy Inspector for New Zealand. Sir U. K. Shuttleworth, Secretary to the Admiralty, in reply to a question in the House ot Commons, said there had been thirty accidents to British warships since 1890 owing to incorrect charts. Sir E. Gray said the three Powers intersted would discuss what was to be done with Mataafii, of Samoa. The bank rate of discount is 4 per cent., and three months' bills are discounted at 4\ per cent. Mr Hogan, M.P., in a letter to the press, says that Australia regards Samoa as an important outpost, which it will be necessary to occupy. A portion of the Scottish miners have ioined the strike. Twelve thousand more Yorkshiremen hive also goue out. Later. The Times states that notwithstanding the extended drought, the crop prospects in Great Britain have slightly improved, and it is estimated that the yield will be 84 7 of the average crop. H.M.S. Apollo, which has been engaged in the naval manoeuvres, has not yet returned, and fears are entertained for her safety. Pabis, August 11. In the Chamber of Deputies, further discussion took place on the charges levelled against M. C. Clemrnceau by the Marquis Drmores. AI. Ribot said that when lie was Premier he searched M. Clcmcnceau's house, hut discovered nothing of an incriminating nature. M . Clemenceau. in a powerful speech to hin constituent.", entirely denied ttie trulli o( the charges. U. Le Marquis, liquidator of the Panama Canal Company, intends to sue the members of the syndicate who floated the Panama loan for 100,000,000 francs (£4,000,000 sterling). He also sues the contractors for i' 2,000,000. The Archbishop of Aix has issued a manifesto renewing, in bitter terms, the attack on the Republic. He demands the recasting of the education and military laws, and asserts that the Pope does not ask the Roman Catholic clergy to accept the present Government. Nkw Yo'iK. August 11. Arrived barque Sh wander, from Wellington, April 28. News from South America states that a plot has been discover od to seizo President Nunez, of Colombia, and many arrests havo been tnado in consequence. St. Pktkbsbubg, August 11. In replying to a despatch from the Russian Government, the Chinese (joy« eminent states they intend to occupy the whole of the Chinese Pamirs. Buknos Aybek, August 11. The Radicals continue to advance, and hare entered La Plata. Zurich, August 11. The World's Socialist Congress have carried a resolution in favor of suppressiug wars by withholding supplies. Caibo. August 11 The Khedive and Ri&z Pasha, the premier, hare quarrelled, and a crisis is impending. Zubich, August 11. At the Socialists Congress to-day the Australian delegate was discussing the advisability of a universal " May day " when the Belgian Chairman enforced tho closure. This action enraged the Australian who withdrew shouting " Australia is worth ten Belgiums." Great uproar ensued