TO-DAY'S CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 198, 22 December 1893, Page 2

TO-DAY'S CABLES.

By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright THE UNITED STATES' DEFICIT. THE MATABELLE WAE. MORE FIGHTING AT 810. • TWO WARSHIPS CAPTYRED. THE GLUT IN THE BUTTER TRADE (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, December 21. The contention of (he defence in the Ardlambnt murder case is that Lieut Ham borough's gun exploded as he was in the act of jumping a dyke. The sum of £500,000 has been derived in France from the sale of Crown jewels, and this amount will be devoted to the establishment of a system of old-age pensions. A dynamite shell was picked up in Broadway, New York Fortunately the fuse had not been lighted, and it was easiiy removed. Towers, one of the persons accused with C. B. Harness with conspiring by false pretences and fraudulent advertisements to defraud in connection with the Medical Battery Company has been discharged, and will be called on as a witness for the prosecution. The House of Commons has refused, by a majority of 62 votes, to fcgree to the amendment inserted by the -House of Lords in the Employers' Liability Bill to enable workmen to contract themselves outside its provisions. It is expected that the House of Lords mil suggest a compromise. Owing to the continued glut in the butter market, the committee regulating the trade is trjing to prevent the dig* charge of the Ophir's ehipinent befoie Christmas The medical evidence called for the defence in the Ardlamont murder case insists that Lieutenant Hambrough shot himself accidentally as he was a very careless sportsman. Washington, December 21. The Secretary to the Treasury of the United States recommends the issue of L 20,000,000 worth of Government bonds in order to meet the deficit without impos* ing fresh taxation. Capetown, December 21. Information has been received that King Gaina who has been assisting the British, throughout the campaign fell into an ambuscade of Lobengula's men and was badly repulsed. Bio dk Janeiro, December 21. An unsuccessful attempt has been made by the Loyalists to retake Governador Island in the harbour. Many of the insurgents were killed in defending the island, while General Belles was wounded. Persistant reports are in circulation that a naval engagement' took place off the coast between warships, those engaged in the encounter being the Acmadaban and Republica belonging to the insurgents, and the Tiradentes and Bahia of the loyalists fleet. The two latter are said to have been captured. ■