CABLEGRAMS.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 243, 25 February 1888, Page 1

CABLEGRAMS.

London*, February 4. Intelligence has been received that 4,000 miners in the Rio Tinfco district •of Spain have gone out on strike with the object of securing advanced wages London, February 6. Serious riots have ensued from the miners' strike at Kio Tinto, for tiie suppression of which the military have been called out, As the miners did not immediately disperse, they were fired upon by the troops, and ten of their number were killed.

London, February 7. Mr Sexton has recovered from his . recent severe indisposition.

London, February 16. j The Rev. Charles Spurgeon has delivered an outspoken sermon, denouncing modern profligacy in a most uncompromising manner.

London, February 16. A nephew of M. Pasteur will leave for Australia in the steamer Cuzeo, taking with him a quantity of microbes for experimenting in New South Wales in exterminating rabbits.

London, February 16. The appointment of Mr Gowan as musical conductor at the Melbourne ! Exhibition has been confirmed. He will be allowed for expenses, and is under an engagement for ten i months. I

London, February 16. j In the House of Commons, Sir James I Fergusson has made further ambiguous | replies as to England's engagements ' with Austria and Italy, and, in reply to frequent demands from members, i he has refused to produce any documents.

London, February 17. , The proposed new Rule of Procedure of business in the House of Commons has been religated to a committee who recommend that the closure majority be reduced to 100, and that the Speaker be pmpowered to euspend and expel members guilty of grossly unruly conduct.

Lovnos", February 17. Mr William OBrien has made a violent attack on Mr Balfour, Secretary for Ireland, in the House of Commons. Mr^Morley, in a speech, exulted over the failure of the Government in pacifying Ireland.

London, February 17. Mr Firth, a Separatist, has been returned as member of the House of Commons for Dundee, Scotland, by a majority of 3,000 votes over Mr Daly, the Unionist candidate.

London, February 17. Under the provisions of the Fisheries Treaty between the United States and Canada the free admission of fish to the States and commercial reciprocity uras not conceded. Secretary Bayard is satisfied with the treaty. i

London, February 17. By a colliery explosion at Camphauseo, forty miners lost their lives.

London February' lB. In consequence of the action of Eng land in annexing auriferous country to the eastward of Caroni River, in Venezuela, diplomatic relations between England and Venezuela are strained.

London, February 18. ; ,It is stated that England is annexing auriferous territory to the eastward of the Caroni river in Venezuela, and that the Venezuelan Government threaten resistance if England persists in her action. Mr Gladstone, speaking in tlie House of Commons, attributed the diminution of crime in Ireland to the operation of , the Land Act. He held that the Plan of Campaign had proved triumphant, and that the Land League was in.creasing. in vigour and was, he contended entirely free from complicity in crime with which it had been charged. Gladstone concluded his remarks with an eloquent appeal to the Government 1 and Parliament to give Ireland Home Rule, which he confidently believed would result in producing the desire of the age — namely, a truly United Iftngdom. Mr Goschen, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said Mr Gladstone's attitude towards the Government with regard to Irish affairs had seriously heightened the difficulties in enforcing the law in Ireland. Mis^ : Cornwall, well-known i.n Australia as a mining speculator, has purchased the Australian rights of a portable electric light, suitable for use in mwes.

London, February 18. The Earl of Dufi'urju will succeed the Bight Hon. Sir John Saville Lumley, G.C.8., as British Ambassador at Bome.ip,AugUBt,-_. ,

London', February 18. It is believed in official circles that the prospects of Avar aro worse. A number of German residents on the frontier aie now leaving for the inland towns. It is reported that Prince Bismarck has arranged an alliance with Belgium, Holland and Spain. As one of the terms of the agreement with Spain, it is believed that the latter Power will occupy part of Morocco without hindrance on the part of Germany in the event of a European war. on don, February 18. The British Government are arranging for the registration of horses avail able for army purposes in time of war. It is intended to subsidise the owners for the use of their animals.

Londox, February 18. Mr K. C. Graham, M.P., and Mr Burns, the Socialist, . have been re leased from prison after undergoing sentence for participation in the Trafalgar Square riots. They were met by a crowd of their supporters, and Mr Burns, in addressing them, urged the masses to capture Trafalgar Square and to destroy Pentonville Prison. London, February 18. The replies received by Lord Sandhurst from colonial Ministries to inquiries made by him with reference to colonisation are chiefly of an unfavourable nature.

London, February 18. The debate on Mr Parnell's amendment to the Address-in-Reply has not revealed any new aspect of the Irish question. Mr Gladstone, in supporting Mr OBrien, emphasised his sympathy with the plan of campaign and the tactics of the Land League. He declaredthatMessrsParnelland OBrien were the representatives of a nation, of which the Government were only & party. Mr Balfour, in his speech, answered the statements of Mr OBrien respecting the state of Ireland, and cited stiong facts to show the improvement that had taken place in Ireland. Mr Goschen charged Mr Gladstone and the Parnellites with making direct endeavours to thwart the operation of the law. A division was taken on Mr Parnell's amendment, resulting in its rejection by 317 votes to 229.

London, February 18. The election for the Southwark seat, rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr A. Cohen, resulted in the return of Mr Causton, Home Rule supporter, who polled 3,638 votes against 2,444 votes received by Mr Augustus Beddall, Conservative. The election for the Edinburgh West seat resulted in the return of Mr Buchanan, a Home Rule supporter. Mr Buchanan polled 3,294 votes; Mr Raleigh, a Unionist, received 3,248 votes.

Londok, February 18. Mr Wilfred Blunt brought an action claiming £50,000 damages against Mr Byrne, the magistrate at Woodford who sentenced Blunt to two months' imprisonment in October last, for taking part in a proclaimed Home Rule meeting. The Judge, on charging the jury, said that the plan of campaign was clearly illegal. The jury were unabio to arrive at a verdict.

London, February 18. In the House of Commons, to-day,, Mr Thomas Burt. M.P., asked the Government if Rear-Admiral Hewitt had any authority for stating at Genoa that the friendship between England and Italy might result in a union of the fleets of those countries. Lord George Hamilton replied that RearAdmiral Hewitt had no such authority, but Government attached no importance to the ! Admiral's remarks, consideririg they were merely an expression of kindly sentiment.

London, February 21. The Secretary for the Colonies has been pressed ,by Sir C. B. Mitchell, lately Governor of Fiji, to accelerate the return of the Wesleyans to Tonga, j as it is hoped that the oppression to | which they were recently subjected has ceased.

London, February 20. At the opening of the Roumanian' Parliament, the King, in a speech, advised the strengthening of the army.

1 London, February 20. ! The British Minister,, at Venezuela has boen withdrawn; A British fle,et ! has been despatched fo, .enforce the demand for an, indemnity /of .^6|oop which had been made.

* London^ February 20. In the House of Commons Sir James Fergusson, Under-Secretory for. Foreign Affairs, replying to a question, said tho French troops would be vf ithdrawrn from the New He^r^ea within four months frQOi Novembqi 16tii.

London, February 20. Spurred by the judge's remarks , when dismissing the appeal made byMr Wilfred Blunt against his conviction for taking part in proclaimed meetings, that he, Blunt, had not come into Court with clean hands, and was really guilty of acts of insurrection, the police have been industriously collecting evidence against Mr Blunt, and it is said have now obtained evidence of a most damaging character, showing that he was a principal in organising boycotting on the Marquis of Clanricardo'sestates, and, further, that through his action 3 and incitement to resistance eighc murders were committed in thirteen months. Considerable sympathy is felt for Mr Blunt throughout Great Britain as well as Ireland.

Loxdok, February 20. Terrible snowstorms have been experienced in Cumberland, and five trains have been imbedded, and traffic of all kinds interrupted. A large number of sheep were frozen to death.

London, February 21. The Archbishop of Canterbury, in the course of an address delivered at the opening of the new church at Bothnel Green, said that the chief evils of the social condition of those residing in the East End of London were drink and early marriages.

London, February 21. The Australian Brokenhill Consul Silver Mining Company has been registered with a capital of half a million.