TO-DAY'S CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 62, 11 September 1893, Page 2

TO-DAY'S CABLES.

By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. THE EMPEROR WILLIAM. WARLIKE PREPARATIONS. j AN AUSTRALIAN MERCHANT ] ARRESTED. 1 11 1 [Per Press Association.! London, September 10. i McCready, the Australian merchant, ] who is charged with fraud, has been ad- j mitted to bail. A petition has been lodged against the \ return of Mr Cooke, the Conservative who ' defeated Sir J. Pulley (Home Ruler) for ■ the Hereford seat, vacated by Mr Greenfell. j Mr Mcßeady, the Melbourne partner of Mr Drew (recently arrested at Syd» ney), of Moßendy, Drew and Co., has been charged at Bow street with de* frauding Scheurer and Co., of Paris Mcßeadv alleges that Scheurer had been arrested in Paris six weeks ago, but he was released on condition that he would pay the sum of L4OOO by a certain date. , He has been remanded. Berlin, September 10. The Emperor William met with a prood reception on his arrival at Strasburgh in connection with the army manoeuvres. In the course of an address he highly praised the Stransbnrgans, An increase of fortresses in Lorraine has been ordered as the result of the military manoeuvres. Washington, September 6. The President refuses to make any compromise over the repeal of the Sherman Act. . Paris, September 9. It is reported that the French Government is offering permanent ports to the Russian Mediterranean Squadron, and that Italy retaliates by offering ports to Germany.