HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 260, 10 March 1894, Page 2

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

RUSSIA AND GERMANY. THE PACIFIC CABLE. AMERICAN TARIFF BILL. THE CBONIN MURDER. THE VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT. ENGLISH TEAM OF CRICKETFRS FOR AUSTRALIA. MR GLADSTONE'S HEALTH BETTER. THE BRITISH AND PORTUGUESE IN AFRICA. COLONIAL PRODUCE AT HOME. BRITISH OPERATIONS IN WEST. AFRICA. (per press association ] Berlin, March 8. The Counnittee of the Reichstag has approved a commercial treaty with Russia. Washington, March 8 The American Post Office officials declare it will be impossible to support the Pacific cable unless it touches at 'Frisco It is expected the tariff, as amended by the Finance Committee, will pass the Senate, but raw wool will reruuin free. The Bill is to come into operation on June 30. Coghlin, charged with participation in this murder of Dr Cronin, was acquitted. Loxdo.v. March 9. Lord Hopetoun has asked for time to communicate with his agents in Scotland before finally deciding whether he will re sign. Lord Ripen has acceded to the request. The Bank of Australasia carries forward £11,300. Roberts defeated Memmoth at billiards by 600 paints. The Australian received 1000 oat of 20,000. Lord Twfedmouth takes the Privy Seal, Lord Reay the Under-Secretarfship for India, and G. W Russell the Under Secretaryship of the Home Office. Mr Gardner denies that he has retired from the Presidency of the Board of Agriculture. The Times considers the true policy of Great Britain is to join Canada and Australia in assisting the Pacific cable. Information has been received that the s.fi. Duke of Westminster, which left Port ( Mialiners for London on January 14, has put in at St Vincent, one of the Cape de Verde Inlands, having sustained some damage to her machinery. ?>he proceeds' to Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, where repairs will be effected. Attention has been called here to the heavj postage rates for newspapers between Australia and England as compared with the rates between New Zea land and England. The cricket team which Mr A E. Stoddart is getting together to visit the Australian Colonies next season, will include vtacgregor. Brig4!=, Ward, Peel, Lockwood, |J. Hearne, ar.d possibly Mold. Gunn and Shrewsbury, however, abeo lutely decline to accompany the team. Mr Gladstone has almost recovered from his recent attack of illness. The Corporation has deckled, by the casting vote of the Mayor, to open on Sundays the Guildhall pictures and museum to the public. Mr Reid suggests that Victoria should exhibit butter and other produce at the Royal Agricultural Society's show in June. The mill? of the gunboats assisting the troops near Bathurst is dangerous to the laud forces owing to the scrub hiding <horn from view. The natives, who are armed with Martinis, are giving much trouble. The Paruellites have issued a manifesto declaring that they have no confidence in Li rd Rrceberj, and urging Irishmen to terminate tne police of fuberviencc to English political parties. Pabis, March 9. The French Chamber has resolved to reduce the duties on wine. M. Marty, Minister of Commerce, promised to bring in a Bill to encourage wine culture and export, and to try and replace artificial by natural wine. Capetown, March 9. The Portuguese at Teti, on the Zambesi, inflicted a series of petty annoy - Biices on the Englishmen engaged on the telegraph line, and finished up by firing oti them. The latter replied and a number of shots passed.