HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 246, 26 February 1894, Page 2

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

THE GUNBOAT WIDGEON SUPPOSED TO BE LOST. ANOTHER FALL IN THE PRICE OF SILVER. HOME POLITICS. (PEB PBBS9 ASSOCIATION ) Paris. Febroar? 24 Cauthier, who stabbed the Servian Minister at a banquet in the Opera House, has been sentenced to imprisonment for life. London. February 24 Fears are entertained for the safety of the gunboat Widgeon, as it is believed that she has been lost on the West Coast of Africa. The House of Lords has abandoned most of it i amendments to the Parish Councils Bill, but re-adopted an amendment relative to the acquisition of land, and also adopted an amendment by Lord Salisbury to restrict the number of elective trustees by Parish Charitable Societies. It is regarded as certain that the House of Commons will oppose the amendments, and once more return the measure to the House of Lords. The London Dock Company is making the experiment of discharging frozen meat direct from the steamer to the frozen stores. Hitherto the practice has been to distribute the meat to consignees, but it is| believed that under the new system the steamers can be discharged in three days instead of three weeks, thus reducing expense and expediting delivery. AiOKOCCo. February 24. The Sultan declines to name the time when he will fulfil the demands of Spain over the militia incident, and Marshal Comps, is returning to Spain apparently satisfied. In the final round for the Waterloo Cup Texture beat Falconer. Tho sale of i-30,000 worth of silver has disorganised the market and caused Friday's quotation to drop to 2s 3gd per ounce. Vienka, February 25. . Tho head cashier of the Austrian State Debt Department absconded with a hundred thousand florins. 1 .New York, >c pi em be 25 I Tho allied forces of the Nicaraguan and Honduras Liberals have captured Legucigalga, aud the war which has been raging in Honduras has ended. i3u߻os Atbes, February 24. Tho Court has quashed Jebez Bal four's motiou for his release, and the AttornnjGeneral has given advice that there are grounds for hut extradition to Eugl&nd to answer the charges of fraud to be pro terred again*? >im there