CABLEGRAMS. BRITISH & FOREING.

Te Aroha News, Issue 166, 21 August 1886, Page 3 (Supplement)

CABLEGRAMS.

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~~ t ' !l ' » </v"/ v " ' !t ? 'j ;,Parnellite. now^papers^of J i*ela ? t»d, { ; in? their articles tVdaV^ont^ePrenaier'aspbech 7 at the, Mansion House last, night, generally' -jegard Lord Salisbury's, state'mentk ,a'^ Jto; jthe course,. to, be' pursuei^iri^lrelahdias.a declaration war, arid declare ttiat the 1 tru'de between Irish* Nationalists arid the Exe j cutive is thereby ended, ' •' , , ' : \ " London, August 17. — Russia is heaVily fortifying Batoutn, x>n the Black Sea ? ; and strong reinforcements are being despatched there. ' ( *• - ; "News from Afghanetan states that the Afghans declare that they will not yield Kala-i khumb, a town on the Afghan frontier, to Russia. , London, August 16. —^Seventy thousand Socialists paraded the streets of Brußsells, demanding universal ruffage. London, August 8. ' The rule nisi granted by the Divorce Court in the case of 'Crawfbrd v. Crawford and Dilke has been made absolute, and the dissolution oi marriage formally decreed. Chelsea Liberal Association, after a discussion with regard to Sir Charles Dilke's connection with this case has passed 'a resolution, with five dissentients, recording its belief that the correspondent was innocent of the charge laid against him. It is considered improbable that any steps will be taken towards- prosecuting Sir Charles Dilke for perjury in connection with his evidence in the divorce suit. Chicago, August 17. — The Irish National Convention meet hore to-morrow. It is stated that discord has arisen between the Parnellites and the Dynamite party. Naples, August 12. - Cholera has broken out in this city. Four deaths have already occurred. London, August 12.— The English postal authorities favour the establishment of a twopenny post- card system with Australia. General Ignatieff states that Russia and France are eager for revenge against Germany. Intelligence has been received from Texas [ th&t a large number of Texans threaten to make a raid on Mexico, for the purpose of [ releasing an American journalist who has been imprisoned there for libel. It is reported that the White Star line ! offer to establish a twenty six and a half days 1 service to Adelaide. An alarming colliery explosion occurred yesterday at Woodend, in Lancashire j Thirty miners are entombed, and serious fears are ehtertained for their safety. i The Salisbury Government will not ask any unusual powers for the government of Ireland. The «* Standard " announces that owing to the difficulty which has arisen between England and Russia in the settlement of the Afghan Frontier question, the British Commission will be recalled forthwith from Afghanistan. Rome, August 12 — The cholera epidemic is increasing all along the Adriatic, and is spreading into the interior. Paris, August 12.— The "Libert^," in an article to-day on the New Hebrides question, insists that the occupation of these islands by the French troops is temporary, and ?tates that the forces will be withdrawn when their presence there is unnecessary in the interests of the French subjects resident in the New Hebrides. The " National " and other journals express the opinion that Australia had better recog nise that France will not evacuate the New Hebrides. Londun, August, 16. — The sculling match for the championship of England took place to-day between Neil Matterson, of Sydney, and George Perkins, of Rotherhithe, and resulted in the defeat of the latter. The " Times" advises the Conservative Government to remodel the church, the I House of Lords, an the Land Laws. Irish tenants in Tyrone are not paying rents. Capetown, August 16 — Intelligence is to hand from Bechuanaland that Lieutenant Bethel, of the mounted police, has been foully murdered by Kaffers while hunting. Paris, August 11. — The " Republique Francaise," in an article to-dny, says it is convinced that the French will not withdraw from the New Hebrides. Melbourne, August 16th.— The dispute between the ironmasters and men being still unsettled, a partial lock-out takes place tomorrow. 200 ironworkers are affected.