CABLE NEWS.

Te Aroha News, Volume XI, Issue 1745, 26 June 1895, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

THE COLONIES AND MANCHESTER. NEW STEAMERS FOR COLONIAL PRODUCE. London/ Juno 22. A correspondent of the -Manchester Guardian states that London influences militate against the. efforts to open direct trade for colonial produce between Manchester aud Australia. A wealthy firm is prepared to build the necessary steamers for the trade and accept part payment in shares. The vessels are to touch at Capetown. London, June 23. A Manchester Colonial Steamship Company is being formed, to run produce steamers between New Zealand, Australia, and Manchester and Glasgow, calling at the Cape. The builders of the vessels are taking shares. The Manchester City News advises importers to offer equal financial facilities to London to secure the opening of trade. / * A ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY Sydney, June 23. A mysterious jewellery robbery is reported from Stewart Dawson and Co. A tray, with 43 diamond rings, valued at £ISOO, was locked in the safe at night. In the morning, Mr Kent, manager, missed several rings. Two brothers, named Gill, have been arrested in connection with the robbery. One of the brothers was caught pawning a missing ring set with diamonds; others broken up were, discovered in his possession. Those arrested are brothers of a man into whose death an enquiiy is being hold. The latter died after a severe - struggle with the detectives who were arresting him in connection with the recent stolen jewellery case.- /-

j Percy Gill remains in custody. His brother was temporarily detained, but released as there was no evidence against him. CHINA WAE INDEMITY _ _ Washington, June 21 The American financiers are arranging to offer to furnish China with two hundred million taels of silver to pay ( the war indemnity London, June 23. L The Pall Mall Gazette states that China, iff April, gave-a London bank : the option of arranging an indemnity loan and receiving an immediate advance of a million, and therefore hesitates to ratify the Rnsso-Chinese . loan. THE BEOKEN HILL MINE. / AN IMPEOVED PLANT Sydney,- June 23. As a result of exhaustive experiments the Broken Hill Proprietory Company intend to erect immediately a concentrating sulphide dressing plant, capable of treating 1400 tons of sulphides weekly. Experiments have ' shown that it is possible to save 85 per cent of lead and over 60 per ceut of silver. MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN ENGLAND - RESIGNATION OF THE PREMIER LORD SALISBURY SUMMONED HE AGREES TO FORM A MINISTRY EXPECTED COALITION CABINET London, June 23. « Lord Roseberry has resigned, and it is stated that the Marquis of Salisbury has been summoned to form a new Ministry. Later. With the assistance of the Duke of Devonshire, Lord Salisbury is forming a coalition Ministry from the Conservative and Unionist ranks rlt is expected the new Minister will go before tbeir constituents for re-election within five weeks. London, June 24. It is officially stated that the Queen has accepted Lord Roseberry’s resignation. . . Lord Salisbury was summoned to Windsor, and agreed to form a Ministry. A coalition Government of Conservatives and Liberal Unionists is regarded as certain. Lord Salisbury and the Duke of Devonshire will * have a meeting today. TWO MEN ACCIDENTALLY POISONED Melbourne June 24. Two men, Nettleberg snd Meyers, have died at Port Melbourne, of arsenical poisoning. They made drink from a bag labelled ‘ cream of tartar,’ and too late discovered It was arsenic. Nettleberg’s son also had a drink, but „ with medical aid recovered. THE SYDNEY ROBBERY, Sydney, June 24. The robbery at Stewart Dawson’s was cleverly effected. The safe was not tampered with, and the goods must have been extracted in daylight in the presence of the employees. The latter declares that no one answering the prisoner’s description, which is somewhat noticable, visited the shop. Only £IOO worth of the property has been recovered. BLACKS v CHINAMEN A GOLDMINING INCIDENT Brisbane, This Day. Reprisals are taking place on the Palmer Goldfield between blacks and Chinamen. One of the. latter has just been killed in revenge for tbo Chinese poisoning a number of blacks- with stiychinue placed iu flour to deter them from stealing provisions.