LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 187, 3 March 1893, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Auckland, Friday, noon. Imperial Federation. Gladstone will receive a deputation from the Imperial Federation League after Easter. At the banquet in connection with the Colonial Institute, Lord Rosebery said the real solution of Imperial Federation would be found in a Colonial Conference, though the piesent time was inopportune to sum tnons such gatherings owing to depression in colonies and political crisis in Great Britain,

He expressed his opinion that penny postage contained the first germ of Imperial unity. Lord Onslow in the course of hi* remarks said that Colonial federation was not within measureable distance, nor had the foundation been laid. Home Rule. At a meeting of fifteen thousand of the citizens of Belfast it was resolved to resist Home Rule if the Bill passed Great en thusiasm was shown ; the audionce singing the National Anthem.

The Irish Constabulary have been informed tha they will he liberally pensioned in the event of the Home Rule Bill passing. The Archbishop of Canterbury recommends the reading of a special collect for the fifth, sixth, and twenty-second Sundays after Trinity in view of Home Rule, but refuses to order special prayer. Canadian Orangemen are preparing an arms shipment to Ulster. Tory Disagreements. A difference has ar'sen among the members of the front Opposition bench in the House of Commons owing to jealousy of Lord Randolph Churchill. Fire on s s. Ruahine The fire on the direct steamer Ruahine was confined to one hold. Queensland Relief. Two thousand pounds more have been cabled from London towards Queensland relief funds. Queen Victoria subscribed .£SO to fund for relief of sufferers by Queensland floods. Miners’ Difficulties. At the Miners’ Federation Conference the advice of the Executive for a month’s general stoppage to assist miners on strike was rejected, N. Zealand Looking up. The Australian and New Zealand Mortgage Company has declared a dividend of seven per cent and carried forward £2,000. N- S. Wales Looking Down. At a meeting of the Australian Agricultural and Coal Company the chairman stated that the financial position in New South Wales had killed enterprise Local batiks and financial societies held fortythree millions of deposits. Not Free to Speak. The Bishop of Ternova, in Bulgaria, has been arrested for preaching resistance to the Government, and is confined in a monastery in the Balkans, The Panama Frauds. The Paris Figaro publishes the evidence given by Charles DeLessep at the enquiry presided over by Judge Franqueville showing that Clemenceau, Freycinct, and Floquet exerted pressure to induce the Panama Canal Company to give Reinach an additional sum of eight million francs to avoid public trial. The Company partly yielded to pressure and gave five million francs. The Silver Question. Caprivi has declined to think about resuming the Monetary Conference unless England is in favour of a similar course. Still AgitatedRussia intends to increase her garrison on the Austrian frontier. Hawaii. The United States Senate refuses to hold an executive session to consider the treaty of Hawaii. This virtually shelves the treaty of annexation suggested by the President. The Berlin press calls ou the German Government to resist the annexation of Hawaii by the United States. Natal Constitution. Owing to the reversal of four elections the party favouring responsible government in Natal have secured a triumph. The Markets. The Maize market is quiet at 3s lid ; Oats are firm at 2s fid ; Potatoes £3 to £3 10s. Hams and bacon are very scarce Caudles have advanced one quarter ail round. Soap has advanced £2 per ton on some lines. Butter 7d to Bd, Eggs lOd to a Is. Kauri gum : Poor ordinary, 36s to 455; Ordinary, 48s to 51s; East Coast, 68s. The Liquor Traffic. The Government Liquor Veto Bill gives the power to a two-thirds majority of the ratepayers to veto tfie issue of new licenses, and. to a hare majority to insist on Sunday closing. Sir W. V. Harcourt has introduced the Local Control Bill, the provisions of which are on the fines already cabled. It will not come into operation for three years except in regard to Sunday closing, the provisions appertaining to which will come Into force

mmediately the measure becomes law, The Bill does not provide for compensation. The first reading was agreed to. The Unionist press characterises the Bill as a crude production. It does not apply to Ireland.

Replying to a question in the Reichstag as to whether Germany would be prepared to join England and America in referring special disputes to arbitration, Von Caprivi said the Government would be willing to do so, except in regard to Alsace, which Germany would shed her last drop of blood to keep. The river Danube overflowed its banks in Hungary with such rapidity that villages were submerged in a few minutes, and many families were drowned. Great Britain will complete the constuction of twenty-six war vessels this year. Terrific gales have been experienced along tha Western Australian coast. The barque Alastor is ashore at Freemantel. The tide at Hatnelin Pools was the highest on record. The sea invaded the settlement, and twenty-five cutters were driven ashore. Eight vessels disappeared altogether, but fortunately their crews were not on board. Eleven cutters are missing at Shark’s Bay. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Ruahine, which left London for Auckland ou February 4th, has arrived at the Island of St. Helena. Captain Bone reports that the caro-o caught on fire, and it was found necessary to flood the hold to extinguish the flames.