CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2841, 7 March 1888, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

The European Situation. ' St PiixjiiiSßUKcij March 3, The Commissioners have been ordered lo expedite the work of collecting supplies for the array. It is expected that the Russian proposals in connection with Bulgaria, will not result in a satisfactory settlement, Sofia, .March o, Bulgaria has notified the Powers that she will reject any Turkish demand which might, if it were acceded to, have the effect of disturbing the condition of the country, St Petersburg, March 5, It is thought that the intensity of the present financial crisis in Russia, will have the effect of forcing the Czar's hand in European politics, Rome, March S. Signor Crispi, the. Italian Premier, lias demanded that 15 French infantry soldiers shall be punished for compelling a number of Italian railway officials on the frontier, to kneel to them at the point of the bayonet. Vienna, March 5, Count Kalnoky, Minister for Foreign Affairs, proposes that the regulars

shall be immediately increased to one million. Bucharest, March. 5v John C. BraHano, Premier of Eounmnia, has resigned. . Aristocratic Sunday Amusements London, March-i The Anglican Bishops are making strong protests against the practice which is growing up among the aristocracy, of devoting the Sabbath almost entirely to amusements. Among the richer classes theatrical entertainments, juggling exhibitions, boxing and tennis matches, and even dancing, occupy the greater part of tho day. The Bishops are appealing to their clergy throughout the kingdom to use their influence to remedy this growing evil, and to secure and maintain a proper observance of the Sabbath Day.

Emperor of Germany 111. Berlin, March 5. The Emperor is indisposed, and has taken to his bed. His illness is caused by a severe cold. The Crown Prince. London, March 5. Her Majesty the Queen has received a telegraphic message from the Crown Princess stating that tho Crown Prince has had a turn for the better, and that there is agjin room for hope tiiat he may survive his illness. Destructive Avalanches, Behne, March 5. There have been si,me very heavy avalanches in the Alps during the last few days, and it is reported here that several villages have been submerged, and that two hundred persons have been killed, A Grave Sensation. Melbourne, March G. The clergyman who was yesterday conducting the funeral of the Actor Fredericks, who died at the conclusion of a performance en Saturday night, fainted at the grave, The service was concluded by Charles Warner, the actor, Mrs Gordon Bailhe, Melboukne, March 0. Mrs Gordon Baillie had not obtained any actual concessions of land from tho Government on behalf of the crofters.' She had applied for 70,000 acresat Wilson's Promontory, but left suddenly before completing arrangements, it being subsequently ascertained, that she had victimised a lumber of tradesmen. The Public Meetings Question, Losdos, March 4. In view of the determination expressed by the House of Commons that no proposal can be entertained bearing on the right of the public to hold meetings in Trafalgar-square, a monster meeting is being organised for the purpose of asserting the right of the public to meet there.