NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2716, 4 October 1887, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

[By Electric Telegraph.] 1 ' London, ( >etoliei\ 2 Muir of Dumimrton. uhoikLh u> Wu\ a yaebt.to compete for the [Amoricau Cup.next year. ■•,■.■'■ ■■. ....'.-. Severe fighting has taken.'•p]ace;-;in the Soo'ioo lalandß betweerf the natives 1 and the Spanish troops, the latter com" fag off victorious, ~( . ...... It is'' officially 'announced.'that; the War Office is willing to allow 'general' officers to. inspect Australian«: forcea. every two yeais ' ; v. '■ \ Four Scotch whisky fir.ma bavecalled. meetings ofcreditors. Other firms are expected to follow. 'Forty .'•: million' gallons of whiblcy aro bonded iii Scot-, land,

The beetroot crop pf France and Germany is smaller than usual, but the yield-will be immaterially reduced owing to a larger- area being under cultivation.

, Mr W. O'Brien aud MrSulliVan, the Lord- Mayor of Dublin, have been summoned to appear on Thursday, for publishing in the. newspapers, United. Ireland and The Nation, reports of the doings of suppressed branches of the. National League. : The Emperor of Germany has ordered the release of Mr Schiiabolle aud the payment of compensation to. 1 the widow of tho ganiekeoper'shot on the frontier. .• The Guardian,stateß-that: if Sir Alfred Stephen's Divorce Bill in. New' South -Wales is not vetoed,.the clergy, will have the right to refuse to re-marry divorced pet sons or allow the. rights, of communion. The Daily News con-" siders it would boa serious step to veto divorce,' and would lead to grave animalism.

THE INTERNATIONAL YATCH RACE.

London, October;],

The second race between tho ytit'chsj Thistle and Volunteer was sailed today. At the start the weather was foggy,.with a fresh breeze, and when half the course had boen sailed the .Volunteer was leading by 17 minutes, and was gaining rapidly from tho Thistle, which appeared to be carrying too much canvas. On the run home ■ the wind increased to half a gale/ and a heavy sea was encountered,. which seemed to suit the Thistle, as she improved her position, but could never overtake the Volunteer, which won'by. II minuteii, TURF SCANDAL' Losdon', September 30i ■■ •The Jockey, Club have ..warned the Marquis of Ailesbury and John Tyler, his trainer,'off the turf for life owing to the suspicious running"of the" hora9 ■ Everett in tbe Harewiwd PUto >ut York'.' • October 1. Tbe Joekey Ohio, are satisfied that - the Marquis of Ailesbury. has previously boen guilty of ; unfair running. .Ihe Times considers that the,Marquio. should be Excluded from tho' Houao of .Lords. .'■.'• .. ! .:.;": . . ~'' " i ".' AUSTRALIAN REVENUE.' ; .! ■Sydney, October-2. •The revenue for the quarter ending 80th September shows an/increase.- of £204,000 as compared with the corresponding period of last year,,, .and', an increase ou the year of £628,000. The returns from most sources show ahincrease. BmsBANE, October 2, The Queensland. revenue- returns for tho past quarter show an increase of £BI,OOO. AN UNLICENSED BREWER. (Press Association,) Gbeymouth, October 1. Malaolii Taylor, brewer, at Brunnerton, will be proceeded against on Tuesday before the Resident Magistrate for a breach of the' Beer Duty Act, 1880, for brewing without a license. A BYCIOLE RECOED. (Press Association.) Ohristoh'urch, October 1. On Saturday evening Mr R, Bargrove, of the Pioneer. Bioyole Club, finished a 24 Hours' ride, doing 210f miles, and beating the record by 13 miles, The course was between Leeston and Christchurch. -Bargrove now holds all the Cyclists' Alliance records, viz., 50 miles in 3 hours 85 minutes; 100 miles 11 hours 9 minutes; and 24 hours, 210f miles.

RESPONSIBILITY OF WEALTH,

No man of wealth can satisfy a genorous nature or au honest conscience by-mere Service in production, If the exigence of busiue,s3 .will not pormit any withdrawal of .capital for philanthropic .enterprise, then let him curtail luxurious personal expenditure for the sake of such enterprise, man, without leaving astain upon -his. memory, can. die rioh, unless he. has either duriug'Jiis life) or • will at death, benefitted society, in other .than -industrial ways. ; '••No.' man can"hope to escape the awfnl pgr'ils of greed and oppression, and all low trickeries and dishonesties which compass the path of the getting and the care of wealth, except by putting himself strongly,' by means of his. money, into the moral, intejleotnal, spiritual life of hifl community and his lin.o. " Charge them," said the inspired St. Paul, " charge them that are rich in this world " that their trust be not in wealth,. but in God, and thai they do good, they communicate— that.is, have largo sympa-thies-tbafc heart and hand alike train wealth to noble, social, human uses? It is for you and Buch as you, this, favored land over, to.say whether increasing wealth shall curse us or bless us, degrade or elevato as, It Jb for yon to say whether the stains "of injustice and oppression shall be taken off your capitalism, whether selfishness shall be turned into an enlightened

self-love, sweetened and made tender! and righteous by a Christian regardfor others' rights, and a Christian sympathy for.others',needs; whether eduo!ition, : art, morality, religion, and a wider distribution of all industrial biiiietits, shall raiso the masses of Immunity to higher levels of character, and ccfn'dirion; What will you.say. I What; tfiil you do? '■ How-will' you treat your noble trust ? Ho*' meet your, suprenje': reaponsibility.. to sooietv and'toGb'iJt Tott can meet it Ottly-'by': an;hprieat"admihutmtito.of ; ydtit wealth as a trust given you for the, .tfortbiesl social ; 'ends;^Ohristian ;