CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2820, 11 February 1888, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

Criminal Members of Parliament.

..London, February 8. It is announced that the Government intend to makea proposition that any member of Parliament against whom a conviction is recorded under the Crimes Act shall be disqualified, from sitting." ' ,

Recent Disastrous Floods.

Hong Kong, February ,7,

The amount of destitution caused by the recent disastrous floods ,ou the Hoang-Ho Siver has now been estimated, and fully 2,000,000 inhabitants have been utterly deprived of their possessions.

The Wool Market.

London, February 8.

Inferior greasy, unchanged ; superior a halfpenny rise. Orossbreds, especially coarse, are in strong demand,

The Crown Prince at a crisis.

San Beno, February 9.

The physicians in attendance upon His. Imperial Highness, the Crown Prince, after consultation,, deemed it' imperative to resort to tracheotomy, and the operation was performed with pronounced success. His Imperial Highness is now doing well. ■ :

Irish.Home Rule.

London, February 8.

.Mr Gladstone, speaking at Thorncliff, declared that Southern Enplane alone opposed the desire of Ireland foi Home Rule. The European Situation.

London, February 9. The European feeling is less con-, fident that peace can be maintained, and increasing activity is being displayed by France. Paris, February 8. It is announced that the Government intend to reduce the French squadrons on foreign stations in order to increase the strength of those in European waters, London, February 8. Sir Charles Dilke, in a letter, states that the abandonment of Turkey by Prince Bismarck looks ominous, and the idea of a rush on Stamboul by Russia is now quite feasible. He also expresses the opinion that if Italy should be compelled to join in the fight to maintain her Mediterranean rights, it is doubtful whether England would assist lief, although Lord Salisbury had almost given a promise to do so.