CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2868, 9 April 1888, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

Bismarck Thinks Better Qf It,

Beblin, April 6,

The official press announce that Prince Alexander of Battenburg has failed in his suit for the hand of Princess Yietoria. It is stated, though not officially, that the betrothal has been postponed, Prince Bismarck will r.ot resign. Settling the Irish Question, Dublin, April 5. An immense number of Irish people are emigrating to America, and over 1000 embarked to-day for New York, AUSTRALIAN, Adelaide, April 6. Goodfellow, the well-known athlete, who fired a rryolver at his sweetheart, but fortunately missed Uer, was charged

with the offence at the Supreme Court to-day. The prisoner alleged as the reason for the act that the girl had jilted him. He was sentenced to seven years' hard labor. During the trial, the revolver, which was produced in Court, accidentally exploded, the shot narrowly missing the Judge. Melbourne, April 6. The erection of a new fort at the entrance to the harbor has been comraeneed, It is expected that it will take eight years to complete the work, and that the fort will cost half a million April 7, The Premier, replying to the resolutions of the Farmers' Protection Association, expressed surprise at the demand for an export bounty and a reduction in the railway rates as well, They should, he thought, be alternative. He, however, favored the reduction in rates, and promised that a re-organisation of the Agricultural Department should be made. He also favored the encouragemont of the use of Victorian hops. ' Sydney, April 6. The child reported a few days ago affected with smallpox died of the contagion to-day. No fresh cases have been reported. April 7. • The plague of mice has spread to the Gundagai district, causing great annoy-' ance to the residents, and serious loss to the farmers. •