NEWS BY CABLE

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2543, 8 March 1887, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE

(BY ELEStSTO TpTj^GaAPH-—OOPYRIGHT)

! _ i* I * } . RATER'S tEIEORAHS, ' Stonet, March 7. Mr Foster, who was asked to stand for the Speakership of the Assembly, has definitely declined to do so. • \ ■ Mr Thomson,'consulting engirieer to the Treasury, has retired fto&the public »'ic.e. ' ;§^ ( Mi 6. .., Among those sentenced to death fop participation in the recent rising at" Eustcliiik 1 are Colonel Tiloff, r jlajo): Q.uzoitfioff, and a Eussian civilian liatiied Bolmann. The European consuls at Rustchuk have recommended that an appeal for mercy on their behall be made to the Bcgeate &li Sofia.

v London, March o. >; ' "New Zdaland mutton is selling at 4|d!per ll) on the SmithfielcT market. ■Austraiiairbeef tallow, Is lower, 24s 6d; mutton-tallow, Is lower; 28s.; ;: V .. Sofia, March 6. 'The sentence of,death for rebellion, was to-day carried out at Bjwtchukjin

the .case's ■of Majors Ouzonoff and Ponoff, one captain- and four lieutenants of- the Bulgarian army, and two

civilians, all of whom were shot. Sentence of imprisonment for 16 years has :been ;p^a^;ttpou.|^;lioUtenMt3-and ; two civilians. M. Bolmann, the Eua'sianj who was found guilty of participation in-tho rising, and cteaiE, has teeiT delivered over to the Russian Consul at Rustchuk. Sentence has been deferred in the case of Colonel Filoff, . who. took part in the , rebellion and was amongst thoss'condemned to death. BonA.'Maroh 6. The German Diplomats Agent at Ruatchuk, has on behalf ofthe JJustian Government, demanded the release of, six of the prisoners who were sentenced , to death for participating in the revolts at Rustohnk, alleging that they are Russian subjects because furnished with Russian : passports'. ' Among; those whose release-is demanded are Colonel Tiiloff and Major Ouzonoff. Ijokdok, March 7. " It is officially asjounced that Her Majesty the Queen will lay the foundation stone of the Imperial Institute during the forthcoming summer. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, wlio has resigned his position as Secretary of State for Ireland, will remain, in the Cabinet without portfolio.