CABLEGRAMS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 379, 22 June 1889, Page 4

CABLEGRAMS.

London, June 16. Sir James Fergusson stated in the House iof Commons to-day 'ihat.tHe German Government did not approve ; of the action of the commander who arrested a British subject on board the steamer Richmond at Apia, and searched ,the< vessel for contraband cargo. He was informed the German authorities were considering the propi iety of compensating the owners of the vessel. The Government has given large orders for war jnaterial to Birmingham manufacturers. It is undeistood that the well-known/, Central Asian traveller, Arminius Yam-' 1 bery,who has been on a special mission to Turkey, was assured by the authorities at Constantinople that the Portewould remain neutral in the case of a rupture between England and Russia. It is expected that the outbreak of war will be deferred till the spring. It is considered that Austria is not likely to invade Servia this summer,, however provoking the behaviour of the regents may be, but that she will hold herself in readiness next spring, when war with Russia is fully expected. Germany, Russia, Austria, and Italy have sent a joint demand to the Swissto restrict the right of the Anarchists to make the Cantons an asylum. The Republic is disposed to agree to the request.

London, June 17. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, in addressing a large meeting of the nobility and influential gentlemen at Marlborough House, stated there were a quarter of a million of lepers in India, and he added that the disease was increasing, ( both in Africa and Australia. At the present time he said that 'a leper was engaged in the London meat market. The Archbishop of Canterbury and Cardinal Manning, who are members of the Damien Memorial Committee, also addressed the meeting, and the proposal for the establishment of a leper ward in a London hospital was approved. The Ceotral News Agency is informed that Frank Woodroffe, the waggoner who confessed to complicity in the murder of Dr. Cronin, has made a further confession, which implicates Arthur Sullivan, P. O'Sullivan, Detective Coughlin, and McDougall. Moroney and McDonald, who were arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of Dr. Cronin, have been discharged, as it was found impossible to identify them. Information has reached here that Stanley and Emm Bey are forcing their way in the direction of Mombassa, on the eastern coast through Massailand. Mr W. H. Smith has decided not to proceed with the Bill to ratify the Sugar Bounties Convention this session, as Mr Gladstone proposes to raise a debate on the question. The Government hope to complete the Irish Drainage and Eailways, Scotch Local Government, and Scotch Universities Bills, and prorogue by the middle of August.

*P abis, June 18. Admiral Kraniz, Minister of Marine, is reiuctant to give way to the pressure being brought to bear to induce the Government to increase the navy to a > stiength equal to the united fleets of Italy and Germany immediately. The outlay required to. give effect to such a scheme is estimated at fifty- million francs. The French Government have decided to re-form the Levant squadron, which was recently withdrawn. At the wool sales held by' Jacomb, Balme and Co. yesterday, 12,000 bales were offered, two-thirds of which were from New South Wales and New Zealand. There was a full attendance of buyers, and competition was brisk. Good merinos and fine cross-breds realised a halfpenny per pound above May quotations. Medium and inferior merinos and coarse crossbreds were unchanged. Obituary : The Maharaga of Benares.

St. P-ETERsbukg, June 16. - The " Journal cle St. Petersburg says the war panic which is arising i s groundless, and that Russia has non Q but pacific intentions. The Russian Government officially denies that any condition has been<^ entered into with Servia. '

Constantinople, June 16. Montenegro has demanded satisfac- 1 tiou from Turkey for the loss inflicted by the Albanian raids across the frontier.

Berlin, June 17. It is denied that the visit of the Czar to this city has been abandoned.

Warsaw, June 17. Fifty foreigners have been ejected from Warsaw.

New York, June 17., A terrible cyclone which (traversed, the State of Kansas was followed by serious floods. Uniontown was sweptaway.

Cape Town, June 17. Scenes of horrible barbarity have taken place at New Calabar, on the west coast of Africa. Scores of the inhabitants were sacrificed at the funeral of the King. \' " '> s '

. i . t v*. EW York, June 17. The Sullivan^Kilrain fight has been arranged to'take place on- July Bth. Tfte 1 •* contest is for. the championship of, Jhe/ ' world'and two thousand dollars.' l^t

Bucharest, , June 16. Rournania has officially declared she will take up a neutral attitude in the case of war between Russia and Austria. The Servian official press declare the story of a convention between Servia and Russia is a pure invention. The press reaffirm the statement that Russia and Servia have come to a secret agreement, but the Servian Premier has denied the existence of a secret contract.

Albany, June 20. Latkr news received here by mail states that the physicians who made the autopsy on Irving Bishop, the thoughtreader, justify their action on the ground that they were certain that life was extinct, and that scientific interest was of such an extraordinay character. Brain specialists expressed the opinion that Bishop was probably dead when the autopsy was made, but state, at the same time, that it was beyond medical power to declare with any degree of certainty that life was extinct until decomposition had taken place. Despite Bishop's precaution, the extreme hasfco to get the brain while it was warm defeated the care exercised, and the operation was performed before his relatives knew of his supposed death.

Thursda r sLAND, June 38. Particulars of the storm at Hongkong on May 29th show that its effects were most disastrous. The damage is estimated at &. million dollars. All business and shipping traffic were stopped. The lower parts of the town were deluged, and turned into immense lakes. The loss of life was considerable, and although the exact number is not known, it is probably not less than fifty. A shed composed chiefly of matting was struck by lightning, and eight of the occupants killed. Some idea of the nature of the storm may be gathered from the fact that in five hours 24 inches of rain fell. The total rainfall in three days was 43 inches,

Sydney, June 19. The country in the Albury district is in a fearful condition in consequence of a continuance of the floods. The roads are impassable, and traffic is at a standstill. Many farmers have abandoned all hope of getting- in full crops, and there will, consequently, be a very small area under cultivation this year. [Albury, sometimes known as the Federal City, is an important and flourishing town on the confines of New South Wales and Victoria, 35 1 miles S.W. of Sydney and 190 miles N.E. of Melbourne.] Wheat, chick, 3s 3d to 3s 8d New Zealand milling, 4s to 4s 4d. Flour : New Zealand stone ;£io 10s; roller, £10 15s to 5s j oats, nominal, 3s id to 3s sd, nothing doing 3 maize, declining, 3s to 3s 2(\ ; bailey, Cape, 3s ; English, 4s 6d, nominal ; bran, New Zealand, is ; pollard, dull, is id to is i/^d; peas, blue Prussian, inferior, 3s 9d ; best, 4s 3d ; chaff, New Zealand, £6 to £6 10s. Potatoes : New Zealand, £4 to £4 5s j circulars, £4. Onions: New Zealand, „£2O 5 Victorian, £19 ; butter, glutted, New Zealand, 7d to is ; cheese, glutted, New Zealand, 6d to 8d ; bacon, 8d to 9d 3 hams, New Zealand, is.

Melbourne, 3 une 19. Wheat, prime, 5s 6d, dull; oats, stout, 4s 3>£d; maize, 4s; barley, feed, 4s; bran, is 3d; sugar, strong and excited, white, 36. c The floods continue, and so far ther is" no signs of their coming to a speedy termination. Sir John Coode's scheme for opening the Gippsland Lakes, which are approachable from the sea at certain times through a narrow entrance in a belt of sand, and upon which many thousands of pounds had been expended, was the scene of a remarkable occurrence, the whole of the works, so far as they were completed, being carried out to sea during a heavy gale, A terrific sea broke over the bar, scouring out a channel to the depth required by the contract, and opening the channel to navigation.

Adelaide, June 19. Wheat is inactive ; farmers' parcels of Port Adelaide, 4s od ; shipping, 4s iod, nominal; flour, stone, 15s to ;£n; roller, 15s to £\z\ bran, is; pollard, is ij^d.

Brisbane, June 19. Sugar is very excited. Whites,

RICH DISCOVERY OF TIN. Perth, June 20. A rich discovery of tin has been made at the Blackwood River.