CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2802, 20 January 1888, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

Auckland Loan Floated, A Fearful Gale, London, January 17. Tenders for the Auckland , Municipal 5 per cent loan of 115,000 were opened to-day. The amount subscribed was £160,000. Tenders at 104f will receive 30 per cent, The minimum was fixed at £lO4. San Franscisco, January 17. A destructive" blizzard" has been experienced in the Western States. The damage to property by the gale is heavy. Member of Cabinet resigns, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach has retired from the Cabinet. Affairs in Europe. Berlin, January 17. It is believed that M. Pleurens will fail in his efforts to effect an arrangements with Russia and England, The official military journal refutes the statistics published by Russian papers showing the extent of German i war preparations.

Russia's Massed Troops, Berlin, January 18. It is officially stated by military aU' thorities that the Russian troops on the frontier far outnumber those oi Germany and Austria..

Russia's Pacific Protestations Ridiculed, Vienna, January 17. The Austrian Press ridicules the optimist statements contained in the Russian budget, and thinks that so far from being a proof of peace, they are rather a blind to the true intentions of the Kussian Government. The War in Abyssinia. The Italian troops Defensive, Suakim, January 17. The Italian troops have been ordered to await the assault of the enemy, and not take any offensive action, The garrison will remain on the defensive, and all outposts are now being strongly entrenched.

Fighting in the Soudan, Cairo, January 17. News lias been received that a foroe of 500 friendlies and some cavalry surprised Osman Digna atHandoub, and captured his camp. The rebels subsequently rallied and recaptured it, and the assailants were forced to retreat to Suakim, wliioh tliey reached after close fighting. During the skirmishing which took "place close to the latter town, Colonel Kitohener and Major Macmurdo'were slightly injured.

Australian News • Overtaken bv a Bush Fire, Sydney, January 18. ' A man, whilst attempting to drive in a buggy through a bush at Albury, in which a fire Waß raging, was over-, taken by the flames and perished,

Horse Sale.

Sydney, January 18. At the sale of Hobartville yearling the prices realised were moderate, th total being 7060 guineas. The higlioe waa 275 guineas for a trotter,

Ketch caught at Foxton. . Kefccli Amateur. wliile being tbwed ; out Foxton River yesterday, got ashore : on the'south apit, aiid is likefe to become a total wreck. The ™ were landed safely. > A Miner Killed. Greymoi'ih, January 20. James Ward, miner kt Nelson creek was killed yesterday by falling off his race. A Sentimental " Ped." Melbourne; January 18. • Swan, the pedestrian, attempted to commit suicide to-day by taking poison. He is now in the hospital.. The cause I of the rash act is attributed to the [ death of his sweetheart Haying affected his mind, .