CABLEGRAMS. HEED YOUR WORDS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 399, 4 September 1889, Page 6

CABLEGRAMS.

HEED YOUR WORDS.

London^ August 27. Thousands of tons of New Zealand frozen meat are rotting in the holds of vessels in port, and prices are consequently doubling. The Kaikoura has 32,000 and the Fifeshiie 25,000 carcases of sheep on board. It is feared the latter's cargo will be destroyed unless coal can be obtained to keep the refrigerating machinery at work, but the Kaikoura has ten days' coal on board, and is out of danger for the present. It is hoped her cargo will be saved. The epidemic of striking is expected to extend to the provinces. At Southampton the men are already assuming a threatening attitude, and tne legular despatch of the Australian mails is imperilled; It is suspected the Socialists are planning a national labour revolt. Foitv thousand rents in the east of London were not paid on Monday, and the landlords aie powerless to obtain their money. The gasmen have threatened to strike and ieave London in darkness they have been warned that they will be held criminally liable unless a week's notice is given. Lightermen, coalmen, firemen, engineers, powers, jam and biscuit makers, carters, and postal carmen are now all on strike. The strikers demand the abolition of middlemen and direct engagement of labourers at 6d per hour in the daytime and 8d per hour overtime. The directors of the dock companies refuse to agree to these terms. It is reported that Burns, the Socialist leader, is using his influence to prevent arson, turmoil, and pillage. The London Chamber of Commerce urges that the dispute should be settled by arbitration, fearing that permanent injury will be done to the trade of the port. Intimidation of new hands is reported to be inci easing. The wharfingers support the abolition of sweating and middlemen. The Liguria's firemen have struck and the Ruapehu's are threatening to follow suit. Nine thousand coal hands in London have also struck. Messrs Nelson Brothers landed 180 carcases from the Fifeshire, but the strikers compelled them to desist from fuither operations. New Zealand mutton has risen 2d per lb. The London shippers applaud Mr Triiton's suggestion that a London' dock trust should supersede the dock companies. Alderman Isaacs, the Mayor-elect, promises to try and give effect to the proposal. The dock directors assert that the strikeis lefuse to agree to arbitration. Scavengers, milkmen, punters, labourers, and 7,000 ironworkers have joined the strikers. The Government have conceded the postal carmen's demands. The house of a tenant at Woodford, County Gal way, who had paid his rent, was fired in revenge, and the owner burned to death along with a servant. The Antwerp wool sales opened riim. There was a large attendance, and the opening biddings showed an advance of five centimes for good River Plate. Medium qualities and lambs' are unchanged. Inferior descriptions are very lnegular. The market rate of discount is 3^ ptr cent., and the bank rate 3 per cent. New Zealand mutton is 6^d. Contracts have been made with the French Government for a large supply. Messrs William OBrien and J. Gilhooly, M.P.'s, haye been sentenced to two months' and six weeks' imprisonment respectively, for inciting to nonpayment of rent. On completion of the sentences they are to find sureties for their good behaviour, or, in default, undergo another two months' imprisonment. The Indian native press emphatically condemns the policy enunciated by the Government of Cashmere, and declares that their policy is thinlyveiled annexation. Mr W. H. Smith, in reply to a question in the House of Commons, said it was scarcely just at the end of the - session, and in a thin House, to ask for the second reading of the Western AustnlianJJill. It would show more respect to the colonies, and be more in accordance with the interests of Western Australia itself to introduce early next session the Bill the Government now felt compelled to withdraw. Loxdox, August 29. The Austral has airived at Plymouth, and has been ordered to Gravesend, The Liguria is loading at Plymouth. The wharfingers threaten that unless the dock companies virtually concede the men's demands they will proceed to work the wharves and unload ships in the river instead of at the dock. The strikers have agreed to this course, but the companies adhere to the determination arrived at yesterday, not to grant an increase of wages. The strikers have permitted the Fifeshire and Kaikoura' to unload their mutton, and the market is consequently abundantly stocked for the time being, and business is flat. The New Zealand Shipping Company's clerks are loading the Hurunui. The Strike Committee describe the Companies' concessions as a farce, and announce that they will call labour of

all grades and descriptions out on strike on Monday unless the demands of the men are conceded in full by noon on Saturday. The naval manoeuvres are finished. The Galatea captured the Arethusa, one of Admiral Bairds Squadron, in the Mersey, where it had been preying on the Atlantic steamers. The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,960,000 quarters, and for the continent 244,000 bushels. The American visible wheat supply is 14.250,000 bushels. Money is hardening, owing to an expected early advance of the bank rate of discount on three-months' bills to 3 per cent. New Zealand mutton ; Prices are the same as last week. The Bank rate of interest has been raised to 4 per cent. London, August 30. Parliament has been prorogued till the 1 6th of November. The Queen, in her Speech from the throne, said that the nation's relations with other Powers were most cordial, and the Government were confident that they would remain unbroken and European peace be maintained. It was stated that at the suggestion of England, King Leopold, of Belgium, has convened a conference of representatives of European Powera to be held at Brussels in the autumn to consider the subject of arresting slavery by land and sea. The boundaries of the French and English colonies in West Africa had been adjusted, Her Majesty said. The Government regretted that the great pressure of time prevented the passing of the Western Australian Enabling Bill this session. They hoped, however, that this very desirable object would be effected at an early period. Signs of growing prosperity in trade, the speech maintained, were everywhere discernible. The great dock strike still continuesThe sailors and firemen on board vessels, to the number of sixty thousand, have now offered to come out on strike, in sympathy with the dock labourers. News has been received of destructive typhoons and floods in Japan, and attended by tenible mortality. Ten thousand people lost their lives through the gales and floods, and 20,000 others were rendered homeless. Great distress prevails in the devastated localities. The reserve in the Bank of England is £12,300,000, and the percentage of reserve to liabilities 40^. Consols, New Zealand 4 per cents., 108, active. Australian wheat, ex warehouse, 40s, quiet. New Zealand long berry in store, 38s 6d. Business very restricted; Sugar, German, 14s c;d ; Java, 18s. Iron, 46s 9d. Tallow, best mutlon, 28s to 28s 6d. Beef, 27s to 27s 6d. London*, August 31. Bukns, the Socialist leader, states that • 150,000 strikers aic determined to prevent the employment of Belgian labourers to the exclusion of British subjects. The joint committee of companies and strikers has advised the abolition of middlemen and an increase in wages. The directors of the Dock companies have agreed to concede the former, but refuse any monetary increase. Mr T. Sutherland, chairman of the P. and O. Cjmpany,states thatche principal shipping companies are discussing a proposal to construct a ( co-operative dock. The Thames wharfingers have accepted the strikers' terms, and it is expected that many of rhe men will resume work to-day. Several coal carters at the King's Cross railway-station have been sentenced to terms nf imprisonment for rioting and intimidation. The dock owners have held a conference, at which it was decided to agree to everything except the demand for sixpence an hour. The dockmen refused to accept the compromise, and Burns is engaged in negotiating a settlement. The wharfingers will unload on to the wharves from mid-steam, and boycott the docks. Three thousand Belgians have offered their services ac 4|d an hour. Burns telegraphed to the Belgian labour leaders to .scop coal carters from coming, and was successful in inducing them to do so. Seventy thousand carcases of Australian mutton have been landed. The Glasgow dock labourers are demanding an advance of £d per hour. The stevedores have published a mani- \ festo, in which they say they do not complain themselves, but sympathise with the dockmen. Thousands similarly situated are striking daily, and the river side factories and foundaries and warehouses are confined to unskilled labour. Men who do not belong to unions are totally without means, and frightful privation has been caused by this labour crisis. The payments from the atrike funds average £1,000 per day. There are a hundred thousand married men on strike, and their allowance is limited to eighteen pennyworth of food daily lor each family. The pickets get 2s per day. Thousands of women and children besiege the food depots, where the scenes are perfectly harrowing. The Committee beg that the strike may be confined to the riverside labourers, otherwise they fear the movement will collapse from its own inherent weakness. It is expected that General Boulanger will return to Paris before the general elections next month. San Francisco, August 29. The local Chamber of Commerce is promoting the proposed Pacific cable, via Honolulu, Tutuila, and New Zealand. The cost is estimated at ten million dollars. St. Petersburg, August 30 i The Armenians in Russia are urging ; their oppressed countrymen to appeal to the Czar to save them from Khurdish cruelty.

Paris, August 30th. The awards made at the Exhibition to Australian wines have aroused public curiosity on the subject, and have served to bring these colonial beverages into prominence. The sales of Australian wines are rapidly increasing. ■> The following additional awards are announced: — New Zealand wools — gold medals : Campbell and Sons, Rowley, Hamilton, McLean; silver medals: Auckland Chamber of Commerce, Hastie, Holmes, Williams, Joseph and Phillips, Reid ; bronze medals : Crowe, Noaller, Allen, Dixon ; honourable mention : Redfern, Alexander. Wheat — Gold medals : Government, Farmers' Co-operative Association, Auckland Roller Mills ; silver medals : Turton, Gresswell, Holmes, J. T. Meek. Photos — Gold medal — Martin ; silver medal : Burton Bros ; bronze medals : New Zealand Commis--sion, Cotean ; hon. mention : Bock, Moss, Stuart.

1 Ottawa, August 29. Admiral Heneage, who is in command of the Pacific Squadron, forcibly removed the German barque from its anchorage at Esquimau without assigning any reason. The harbourmaster declares the Admiral exceeded his authority, and ordered the baique to return to its position.

Sydney, August 29. News has just arrived from the Islands, stating that H.M.s. Cormorant recently proceeded from Tahiti, and hoisted the British flag on Penrhyn Island, or Tongarewa, thus annexing it to the English Crown. Penrhyn Island; or Tongarewa, as its native inhabitants call it, is a coral islet nine miles long by five miles wide, situated in South lat. 8 5 5, and W. long. 158-6. it is a very fertile spot, thickly inhabited by natives, and is nowhere more than fifty feet above the sea level. Is is an ordinary lagoon atoll, with an extensive lagoon and a good entrance into it. On the north-west side is a continuous village, with cocoanut and banana groves throughout its extent. Pearl-shell and valuable bechede-mer abound. Good anchorage of from 20 to 2' fathoms is obtainable all over the lagoon. Penrhyn is a considerable distance due south of the Guano Islands of Maiden and Storebrick, and north of the Society Islands. It is another rather valuable addition to England's Pacific stations, The sculling race between C. Stephens, of New Zealand, and J. Kemp, brother of the champion, for a-side, was won by the former. Time, 20min 24j4sec.

Sydney, August 30. The steamer Lubeck has arrived from Samoa. The German gunboat Wolf has been ordered to the China station. The returned King Malietoa declines to resume the position of king and take the control of Samoan affairs till he hears something more definite from the Berlin Conference. Malietoa appears to be much broken down physically and mentally, and wishes to spend his days free from political troubles. Mataafa still occupies the throne. Assaults and crime on the part of the natives show an alarming increase. The German Consul has ordered the planters not to carry firearms. The steamer Centennial, of the Ellis line, which sank in the harbour on Friday night, has been abandoned to the underwriters. There is a hole twelve feet wide about eighteen feet from the stem. The Marine Board find that the collision between the Kanahooka and Centennial was caused by the neglect of the captain of the latter in keeping on the wrong side. He has accordingly been cited to appear on Monday to show cause why his certificate should not be cancelled or suspended. Mr Taylor, a leading accountant in this city, has been arrested at Colombo on a charge of absconding with intent to defraud his creditors. His liabilities amount to half a million. X Several banks have been swindled to the extent altogether of Numerous other frauds have been unearthed,

That the tongue is not steel, yet it cuts. That cheerfulness is the weather of the heart. That sleep is the best stimulant, a nervine safe for all to take. That it is better to learn to say • no ' than to be able, to learn to read Latin. That cold air is n 0 necessarily pure, nor warm air necessari impure. That a cheerful face is nearly good for an invalid as healthy weather. That there are men whose friends are more to be pitied than their enemies. That advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give, but hard enough to take. That wealth may bring luxuries, but luxuries do not always bring happiness. That grand temples are built of small stones, and great lives of trifling events. That nature is a rag merchant, who works up every shred, and rag, and end into new creations. That an open mind, an open hand and an open heart would everywhere find an open door. That it is not enough to keep the poor man in mind ; give him something to keep you in mind. That men often preach from the housetops while the devil is crawling in at the basement below. That life's real heroes and heroines are those who bear their own burdens bravely, and give a helping hand to those around them. That hasty words often rankle in the wound which injury gives, and that soft words assuage it; thab forgiveness cures, and forgetfulness takes away the scar.

The road to ruin leads through the wicket g»te. The wages of sin is death, and there is nostriking for higher wages. The surgeon is the only man who cuts friend and fos indiscriminately. It is found tlmb vinegar imparts an act mimble out-of-town stain to a bell-pull.

County) is not ompleted so as to enable the roads to be gazetted ; this Council therefore, request that Government, without loss of time •will supply the funds to complete the survey so as to have the road gazetted ; also to env power this Council to compensate, if so required, Mr Herries and others for ltnd taken to form the road outside the Tauranga County. The Chairman asked Mr Gray, the contractor, who was in attendance, if he could give the Council any information. Mr Gray said he could not give positive information, as it was some time since he had seen Mr Herries, but when he did see him, Mr Henies told him lie wished his land to be and fenced, Some of his land was cultivated and borne not. A few days ago Mr llerrien had put up a wiie fen^e, preventing him going on with his conn act. The Chairman — Had received a wire from Mr Herries, that " he had fenced the road off, and should hold the Council responsible for any illegal acts." The contractor had been stopped, and he wished to know from Mr Gray how much of the road had still to be completed, Mr Gray — About 9 miles, and he could finish about the end of September, The dispute with Mr Berries would have to be settled before that time, as his contract time would end then, and any reasonable itrrangemeut the Council would propose, he would assist in. Cr Pratt thought the best way would be for tha Chairman to go to Wellington and interview tho propei authorities. Cr Killen lemarked trie Council con* sidered, when the contract was signed, that Government had surveyed the road and gazetted it. He considered the best way would be for some of the Councillore to interview Mr Herries, as Mr Cox had agreed that if his land were fenced he would ask for no compensation, and this was agreed to . Cr Pratt — The Council could not spend any money out of the County. Chairman — He had taken legal advice, and it was that the Council could not spend any of their funds out of the County. He thought there was a little shame in their position in agreeing to fence a property out of the County, aud as far as he could see, unless Government help, they were in a hole, and must get Government to relieve them. Cr Armstrong thought it would be better to form a committee to confer with Mr Gray. Engineer : Would read his report on Thompson's Track. Several gentlemen at last meeting had made some strong remarks about this road, and he wished to state that he had saved the Council £200 in not having passed the road, as there were muny slips and angles which the contractor would have to remove before the final certilioate would be given. With regard to moving pegs, these hud to be removed Wuen certain deviations had to be made, aud in the contract it was specified that pe^js cnuid be removed when required. Kesolved, on the motion of Ci M.icinillari seconded by Cr Killen, that Mr Gray's proposal to finish the nine milea of road nuw parti} m.ule be accepted, un the un«lei landing th.it he is to got a finul certificate tor that }>•>! tion of the ruad, Mr <Tiay fuifliei jgn cinq to suit the convenience of ihe Council as to the time «!ieu ihe i cumining portion of the road is to be com pic ltd, but not to exceed three jnonths. iiehohed, un the motion of Cr Killen, fcejonded by Cr Pratt, that the letter read b} the Chairman be sent to Government )e r J houipson's Tiaclc. — Bay of Plenty Times.