HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 188, 8 February 1895, Page 2

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

THE HAWAIIAN 'TROUBLE OVER GERMANS IN SAMOA. CARBINE'S PURCHASE. ARCTIC WEATHER. SUCCESSFUL FINANCING. (Per Press Association.) London, February 6. The Committee appointed by Great Britain. German? and America, to coneider the land claims in Samoa, recognise the most of the German claims and largely cnrtuil those of Great Britain and America The best of the land has been awarded to the Germans. A syndicate was arranging for the pnr chase of the racehorse Carbine, when the Duke of Portland stepped in and pnrchased ihe Musket— Mersey horse over their heads. Intense cold is being experienced in England and in parts of the midlands the thermometer is six degrees below zero. The Waihi Silvenon Mining Co. of New Zealand has extended its capital to £60,000 and the £10,000 offered" to the public has been subscribed Bolckow, Yaughan and Co. are the successful tenderers for 25,000 tons of steel rails for W. Australia. The price is extremely low. Dr. Percival, Muster of Rugby, has been appointed Bishop of Hereford. The themometer in London and the suburbs has fallen below zero. San Francisco, February 6. News has been received that the Queen of Hawaii has abdicated and declared her allegiance to the Republic Washington, February 7. Terrific cold weather is being experienced ih the Northern States, where the thermnm.'ter averages 25 degrees below zero, and 50 in Western Statu?. Lake Champlain is entirely frozen over It is reported that a syndicate including the Rothschilds, Morgans and Bel monts will take the whole of the American Bond issue. Mr Bland intends to introduce in the House a Free Silver Coinage Bill as a substitute for the Bond Bill.