TO-DAY'S CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 206, 4 January 1894, Page 2

TO-DAY'S CABLES.

By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright BUSINESS IN. THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. THE DISTRESS IN LONDON. RUSSIA'S BALTIC FLEET. THE SICILIAN REVOLT. THE SITUATION IN EUROPE. (PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, January 3. It is reported that the Government propose to limit the debate on the next Address in Reply to the Speech from the Throne, to three days. The Lord Mayor appeals for additional funds for London charities, and to provide relief for the unemployed. The Union Steamship Company's shares are .£"8 ss. The total qnantity of wheat and floar afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,928,---000 quarters, and for the Continent one million quarters. H.M.S. Satellite, Commander Allen, has been commissioned for servico on the Pacific station. It is announced that the Duke and Duchess of York cannot visit Australia this year. Mr Henry Vizitelly, the well-known publisher is dead. Paris. January 2 The President, at an official reception of the Papal Nuncio, said France's most cherished wish was for universal jeice. St Petersburg, January 3. The Czar has ordered the construction of 30 torpedo boats to strengthen tbe Baltic fleet. Rome, January 3 ; At his New Year's reception, the King of Italy said tlie prospect of Europe promised the greatest security and the continuance of peace. Sicily is virtually in a state of revolt, and General Maria has been invested with plenary powers to suppress the disorder.