HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 302, 1 May 1894, Page 2

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

DEPORTING BRAZILIAN REBELS. ' A NEW SUGAR DUTY. A SHOT FIRED AT ARCHDUKE JOSEPH. ! RUMOURED RESIGNATION OF SIR W. V. HARCOURT. THE PACIFIC CABLE. FRENCH NAVAL OFFICERS ARRESTED. SMALL-POX EPIDEMIC IN CHICAGO. THE CHOLERA EPIDEMIC. 'per press association;. London, April 30. Michael Austin. James Maudesley, and Torn Mann, representing the minority on the Government Labor Commission, have now submitted their report. They advocate a system of State Socialism, recogni tion of the eight hours principle, abolition of contractors, and the carrying out of public works under trade union conditions with a minimum rate of wages Colonial butter is quoted at 95s percwt. A section of the evicted tenants denounce the bill for their relief as a delusion and a snare. Tho National Observer says that Sir W. V. Harcourt, will resign before the next Budget speech has to be delivered. The House of Commons has passed the second reading of the Scotch Committee Bill by a majority of 25 votes. The Economist considers the charges of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company exorbitant, but thinks it unlikely that Great Britain will subsidise the Pacific cable. The Queen has returned to Windsor. Capetown, April 30. The Queen of Swaziland refuses to sanction the transfer of her country to the Transvaal. Vienna, April 30. A bullet struck a railway carriage occupied by Archduke Joseph while on his way to Gratz. It is believed the shot was intended for him. Buenos Ayhes, April 30 The Portuguese are deporting the remainder of the Brazilian rebels to Asuncion, in Paraguay. I Washington, April 30. The new sugar duties impose a tax of 40 per cent, on ail sugar, with one-eighth per cent, per lb additional on refined sorts. The new imposts come into operation in January. Belgrade, April 30. The King of Servia has restored his mother and father to their full rights. Constantinople, April 29. Some French naval officers who visited the old Seraglio in the Turkish capital were arrested, but afterwards liberated. The French Embassy demands an apology for their treatment. Chicago. April 29 Owing to the insanitary condition of the city, an epidemic of small-pox has broken out. Two hundred cases have been reported. All the schools have been closed. Lisbon, April 29. The cholera epidemic is extending in Portugal.