CABLEGRAMS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 457, 26 March 1890, Page 5

CABLEGRAMS.

London, March 19. Lieutenant Frederick Owen Pike, who obtained his commission in 1875 and was lately promoted to the rank of commander, has been appointed a commander on board H.M.s. Orlando, flagship on the Australian naval station. He will most likely supersede the Hon. Lieut. Egerton, who at present holds a position as commander on the Orlando. Captain B. J. Barlow’s position as captain of the Orlando is, of course, not affected by this appointment of a new officer. Mr Campbell Baumann has withdrawn his motion in the House of Commons, by which he proposed to make Roman Catholics eligible for the offices of Lord Chancellor and Viceroy of Ireland. Search for the men still missing in the Aorfa colliery has been abandoned. Further disturbances have been caused by the employment of nonunion dockers. Troops were marched to the docks, and will remain billeted there until the strike is over. Coal stocks are low, and coal is being retailed in London at £2 per ton. Shipping at Hull is largely affected by the strikes. The strike has resulted in 30,000 mill-hands being thrown out of work. Einploy< rs assert that the work in hand has been covered, and that the strike is practically ended. London, March 20. A million and a half of the Cape loan was applied for at an average of £IOO 3s. The highest tenders were £lO3. The managers of the Australian banks are conferring as to the advisability of placing the Victorian loan on the market. The disease reported from Northern Italy, during which sufferers appear in a deathlike trance, has made its appearance in London. It is said that Mr Gladstone has declined the invitation to visit Ireland, as he fears that it may exasperate the Ulster party. A bill has been introduced into the House of Commons to amend the colonial register of the Companies Act. It permits register to be made in any colony. Sir Hercules Robinson denies that h 6 has any intention of becoming acandidate for the House of Commons in the Home Rule interest. The Prince of Wales and Prince George of Wales have started for Berlin. The colliers are jubilant at the result of the strike and the resumption of work at the increased rate of remuneration. The Court of Queen’s Bench has ordered Messrs Rothschild to disclose their relations with the Societe des Meteaux and the Compton- d’Escompte, which failed twelve months ago. Owing to the miners’ strike half a million men have been thrown out of employment in Lancashire. Tens of thousands of cotton looms are idle. The supply of gas in the north is becoming reduced in many places. Half the Yorkshire colliery owners have now yielded the terms dictated by the strikers. The engineers’ strike is spreading to Hartlepool and Middlebro. Later. The colliery strike is ended, the masters having yielded the amended terms. The English press doubts whether the Emperor William is able to dispense with Prince Bismarck. It is reported that Lord Wolseley has been appointed Commander of the forces in Ireland.

Iddeson, the cricketer, is dead. London, March 21. Messrs Buxton and Ronald, wool brokers, have issued a circular directed against Australian purchasers of wool. They state that the colonial market, being as a rule under relative European values, seriously prejudices the Home industry, and that there is little chance of a healthier tone till colonial purchases have been absorbed.

The vegetables received by the Lusitania have nob realised enough to pay freight. The Royal Commission on the Army and Navy advise the abolition of Cambridge port and the substitution of a general officer commanding Britain. China is settling the Sikkim difficulty. The New Zealand Antimony Company refused to adopt the annual report, and appointed a Committee of Inquiry. The Bill providing for Colonial Courts in connection with the Admiralty has passed the House of Lords. Sir Jas. Fergusson says tho vivendi arrived at in connection with the Newfoundland fisheries, refers to this season only. Mr Goschen, Chancellor of the Ex chequer, stated in the House of Commons to-day that it was intended to proceed with the rehabilitation of the gold coinage of Victoria.

Mr Beach, M.P., stated in the House of Commons to-day that the Board of Trade would be unable bo institute an inquiry into the Quetta disaster until they heard if an inquiry had been held in Queensland.

The amount subscribed for the Queensland loan is £6,000,000. Two hundred tenderers offered £97 13s 6d.

Forty-one per cent of the above will be allotted in full.

The Bank of England reserve is £17,408,000, and tho percentage of reserve 5%. Consols 97, ex dividend.

New Zealand Fours 108, active. Australian wheat, ex warehouse, 38s 6d ; New Zealand long-berried, in store, 37s 6d, quiet. Sugar: German beet, 12s 3d, quiet; Java, 15a 3d, nominal. Iron, 31s 3d, steady. Tallow : Best beef, 24s ; mutton, 25s 6d. New Zealand frozen mutton, 4gd. Hemp is unchanged. Berlin, March 19. Caprivi, late Chief of the Admiralty, who is mentioned as likely to succeed Piince Bismarck, and Von Boetticber ; Secretary of State for the Interior, have had an audience with the Emperor William.

The “Gazette * A just issued contains no reference to the resignation of Bjstnarck. * %’he Qoupgil of State has met.

Berlin, March 20. The Prince of Wales and Prince George, on their arrival at Berlin on Friday, will be accorded a military reception. It now transpires that Bismarck considered himself slighted by the Emperor not having consulted him on all points of policy. The crisis has caused a heavy fall in the Paris and Vienna Bourses, and a slight fall at London. The political situation in Germany occasions uneasiness throughout Europe, except in Germany itself. The acceptance of Bismarck’s resignation is delayed pending the consent of the German States. Count Herbert Bismarck insists on resigning the office of Secretary of State and forefgn affairs, and De Kado Witz, formerly German Ambassador at Constantinople, and Count Hatzfeldt, Ambassador in London, are among those mentioned as likely to succeed him. Count Waldersee, Chief of the German Army, will probably resign, owing to a difference with the Emperor. The resignation of Prince Bismarck has been gazetted. The Emperor William has issued special orders in which he states that he regretted the separation of Prince Bismarck, whose services would ever be held in grateful memory where ever a wise, and energetic policy of peace was called for. The Emperor has presented Prince Bismarck with a life-size painting of himstlf. Bismarck has been created a Duke, and Laurenburg has been appointed a Field Marshall. The French delegates remain at Berlin. The appointment of M. Caprivi as successor to Prince Bismarck is regarded as hopeful of approval. The Berlin bourse is recovering. LATER. The Emperor in referring to the resignation of Prince Bismarck, said it was impossible to repay jthe unequalled services rendered by the statesman. He also intimated that Bismarck would continue to advise in the maintenance of a policy of peace. The ultimate cause of Bismark’s resignation was the Emperor insisting that Ministers should be held responsible apart from the Premier. Caprini is regarded as a capable and popular successor to Bismarck. Count Herbert Bismarck will in the interim continue at the head of the Foreign Office. Berlin, March 21. A meeting of workmen, held at a suburb of Berlin to discuss the eight hours’ movement, culminated in disorder. Gendarmes were stoned and were compelled to charge the mob with drawn swords, injuring many men and women. Two gendarmes were beaten to death, and others were wounded. Rioting continues, and a regiment has been dispatched to the scene. Paris, March 20. Frenchmen on the road to Abomey, iD Dahomey County, have been placed in irons and ill-treated by the natives. Cabul, March 20. Isbak Khan is carrying out his threat and has commenced an invasion of Afghanistan territory. Washington, March 20. Congress is doubtful whether it has the power to enact a revision of the tariff. The Republican Committee proposed a reduction in the tariff of x 1 cents per pound on clothing wools, 12 cents in combing, and cents on carpet wools of the value of 12 cents or less; with a reduction of 8 cents if the value is over 12 cents, making an increase of one half-cent, after giving the manufacturer compensatory allowance for duty upon wools. The total revision of the tariff will involve a reduction of sixty million dollars. San Francisco, March 20. The American Federation of Labour have directed carpenters to demand that eight hours should be a day’s work, and that, if the carpenters are successful, other trade shall follow. Sydney, March 20. A serious accident occurred on the railway to-day. Mrs Parsons, wife of a settler at Penrith, was attempting to cross the line when the buffer of an approaching train caught her arm. She was dragged round under the engine and cut to pieces. Death was instantaneous. An attempt was made lastnight todestroy a stable in the city by dynamite. The explosion led to an examination of the premises, when eight charges of dynamite were discovered in the wall. There were a hundred horses in the building at the time. Brisbane, March 22. News has beeu received here that ibe Papuans murdered all hands belonging to the Brisbane cutter Isabel, and burned the vessel.