NEWS BY CABLE.

Opunake Times, Volume I, Issue 42, 23 November 1894, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

HOME AN» FOREIGN. London, November 18. In a letter to The Times, Lord Rosebery, in alluding to his recent remarks respecting the action of the New Zealand Government with regard to Samoa, expresses regret that he used words beyond his meaning, and explains they referred to a message from Auckland, under date of October 25th, which apparently has no foundation ; in fact, to the effect that the leading member of the New Zealaud Cabinet was about to visit Samoa in connection with the proposal that New Zealand should assume control over the group. The Times, in discussing the Premier's letter, asserts that the official despatches fully sustain the statement of October 25th given as announced in New Zealand.

Owing to the adverse criticism of the Australian press, the Batter Committee has not fixed a price for this week. The members allege they have been unfairly treated/ and it is understood they have virtually agreed to disbaud. The prices for choicest Australian factory butter selling at 110 s to 112 s, Danish 1275. London, November 19. The floods in the Thames Valley are the highest for half a century. Eton school has had to be closed.

An expert" named Fuller dived from the roof of the Tower Bridge, a height of 250 feet, into tho water. He was injured internally, and before assistance arrived he was drowned. The Times, referring to the cablegram published, that tbe remarks of the Hon J. G. Ward in the closing hours of the New Zealand Parliament that the Ministers would visit Samoa were intended jocularly, condemns the behaviour of New Zealand politicians. London, November 20.

Sir C. A. Smith succeeds MajorGeneral Tullocb as Commander of the military forces in Victoria. The Butter Committee has not dissolved, but the members have agreed to sell independently. It has been ascertained that on account of the sudden summoning of the English Cabinet on October 4th, wben it was thought that diplomatic reflations with France were attained, the Canadian Government offered to despatch and maintain a regiment wherever required. Alan Ferguson, son of Sir James Ferguson, pleaded guilty to incendiarism at Trinity College in Glinalmond near Perth, in Scotland. The fire destroyed 18 rooms besides the museum attached to the college. St. Petersburg, November 20. Obituary—Anthon Rubenstein, the celebrated pianist and composer ; retat 64. Rome, November 19. Eighty persons were killed by an earthquake in Sicily and southern Italy. Washington, November 19. The President will submit his plan for a currency reform to the December meeting of the Congress. Constantinople, November 19. The Porte apologises for alleging that the British Consul at Vau incited the Armenians to revolt, and promises to make full enquiries into the outrage. Batavia, November 20.

The Dutch have stormed the stronghold of the Balinese insurgents in the Islaud of Tombok. Desperate resistance was offered by the natives (who a few weeks before had badly cut up the Dutch troops), but at length they were driven out with the loss of several hundred men. The assailants themselves lost one hundred and fifty. The Rajah was among those who escaped. Cairo, November 21.

Father Bossignote, after suffering ten years' captivity at the hands of the Madhi in Khartoum, managed to effect his escape, and has arrived here. Berlin, November 21.

The Cologne Gazette declares that England and Germany will come into collision if the former contiuues to hinder Germany's expansion of the colonies, and makes sprc"al reference to the attitude adopted with regard to Samoa and the New Hebrides. Paris, November 20. The Socialist members of the Chamber of Deputies created a scandalous scene in the Chamber, to-day. M. Guesde threatened that the Socialists would become revolutionary it they were not allowed to be reformists by resorting to bombs and the knife. The workers, he said, objected to the alliance with Cossack assassins. The Chamber, by a large majority, rejected the Collectivist doctrines. Brisbane, November 20. A quantity of wreckage, bearing the name " Coral Queen," in yellow letters on blue ground, has come ashore at Mackay, situated on the south bank of the Pioneer River, 625 miles north of here. In the Legislative Assembly Mr Glassey has given notice to move for the appointment of a Royal Commission to obtain information respecting the relations alleged to exist between the Government and the Queensland Bank. Sydney, November 20. The reason why the mine owners will not grant the request of the men for a conference is said to be due to the fact that both owners' and miners' associations are disorganised; therefore, each colliery proprietor must make what terms he can with the men.

The secretary of the Seamen's Union, addressing a maritime workers' meeting, urged them to organise and join the union, promising that immediate and determined efforts would be made to get an increase of wages. Sydney, November 21.

The Government have received news of a rich find of gold at Hargreaves, in the Mudges district. Thirty-eight pounds' weight of specimens yielded about 200 oz. A rich vein of quartz has been struck at a depth of 49 feet.