CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2867, 7 April 1888, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

Affairs in Europe.

London, April 5. Mr A. B. Forwood, Secretary to the Admiralty, speaking at Roscott, said the British navy was now stronger than the navies of any two combined European powers. Sistova, April 5, It is stated that three Russian warships are fitting at Nicqlaieff, and that they will shortly blockade Bourgas.

- • Berlin, April 5. ( Germany is purchasing large quantities of gold.

April 4. The Emperor has issued au address to the Reichstag, in ,which be states that he will give unremitting attention to the affairs of the State, and will ensure the maintenance of the efficiency of the army, fle suggests numerous changes in the organisation of the army. < The Irish Trouble. Rome,. April .5.Tlie Duke of Norfolk's mission to the Pope has failed, inasmuch as His. Holiness declines to offer any opposition to the Irish National movement. GENERAL. London, April 4. H.M.S. Royalist will replace H.M.S. Diamond on the Australian station. The Colonial Office has virtually promised Captain Strachan possession of Strachan Island, New Guinea, as a reward for his labors in the cause of geographical exploration. April 5. Her Majesty the Queen will exhibit the paintings in her possession, representing the marriages of the frince of Wales and the Princess Royal of England, at the Melbourne exhibition. ; Sir Morell McKenzie will shortly return to London.

The Standard, in the course of au article to-day, asserts that the population is deserting Key Zealand and going to Victoria.

Mr John Morley, speaking at New-castle-on-Tyne, said the fortunes of the Liberal party were in a critical condition.

The new French Ministry is generally distrusted.

Berlin, April 4. Prince Bismark, who attained the age of 73 on Ist April, received upwards of 2000 birthday greetings. London, April 4, The New Zealand Beaches Gold Company, with £50,000 capital, and the Champion Gold and Silver Company of New Zealand, with £75,000 capital, have been registered. Constantinople, April 4. ■ The Porte has under consideration a modified convention which limits the Egyptian frontier on the Red Sea to Sinai Peninsula, and gives the east coast ports to Turkey, - _ _ London, April 5, The Lusitauia's frozen meat is selling at 3f d. Suakim, April 4. The Mahdi is rallying the Soudanese, and meditates an invasion of Egypt. New York, April 4. The operatives on the railway lines running into Chicago refuse to touch the rolling stock on the Quincy line, where the strike among the railway employes still continues. Wholesale discharges are being made, and several strikes _ have resulted. The situation is considered critical, and serious disturbances are feared.