CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2878, 20 April 1888, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

The State of Europe,

St. Petersburg, April 18,

The Minister of War 'urges the necessity for mobilising 100,000 _ reserves to undergo a month's training,

The Emperor of Germany.

Berlin, April 18,

• The specialists declare that the Emperor's lungs are inflamed. 1 The fever returned at midnight. Sir Morell Mankenzie attributes the abscesses to an affection of the trachea. An official bulletin states the fever from which the Emperor has been suffering is gradually abating, and the danger of pneumonia is alsolessening. The general condition of his Majesty is reported as more satisfactory.

The French Crisis

Paris, April 17,

The Boulanger excitement is increasing, and extensive precautions have been taken to prevent' any disturbance arising out of the crisis.

The Government will actively interpose to prevent Boulanger assuming the Dictatorship.

General.

London, April 18.

Mr Dillon, M.P., has arrived at Dublin, and has been admitted to bail. He will be tried on 9th May for criminal conspiracy. Many ot the manufacturers of machinery who had intended to exhibit at the Melbourne Exhibition now threaten to withdraw, owing to the delay in allotting space for their exhibits, The American Government claim Christmas Island, and protest against its annexation by England. Berlin, April 17.

The dispute over the betrothal of Prince Alexander to Princess Victoria has embittered the Germans again; England,

Madrid, April 18. The Government are inviting the Powers to a conference in May next in reference to affairs in Morocco.

AUSTRALIAN,

The Rabbit Conference,

Sydney, April 18,

The Government Lave practically agreed to the request of the Rabbit Conference to set aside an island off the coast and a tract of country inland for the purpose of testing the various methods for extermination. '

M. Pasteur's agent has been licensed to introduce microbes into the colony, and steps will be at once taken to fence a thousand acres inland for the purpose of'experimenting with the microbes. Two stationholders have offered to place their runs at the disposal of M. Loir for the purpose. Brisbane, April 18, The miners on the Croydon gold-

fields have decided to eject the Chinese from the field unless the Government take steps to'disperse them within fourteen days.

Sydney, April 18,

. In the House this afternoon the Colonial Treasurer stated that the Government had not intended floating

the new loan till June next, but in consequence of the improvement in Australian stock, the success of Mr Goschen's conversion scheme, the possibility of complications arising thflttgh a European war, and the prospeHpof Government requiring large sums for publio works, the present time was thought favourable for floating the loan. v

Sydney, April, 18. Tho severest panic in silver stock ' ilea the recent boom commenced is

experienced. The higher priced shares of the several Broken Hill companies have suffered most, but all stocks show a very heavy decline. The shrinkage of : stock at the Old Exchange alone amounts .to a quarter of a million.

A silver lode has been discovered a) Rivetree, near Tenterfield, which is yielding from 40 to 130 ounces to tjy». .. The fall at one Stock Exchange' silver is estimated at £710,000. Sydney, April 19. The Government has purchased 19 hydi'opneumatic breach-loading guns, at a cost of slightly over £60,000. Nine of the guns have already arrived. Sydney, April 18i Veitch, amine manager atJ®o, has been sentenced to-six months' ; imprisonment for manslaughter,' for" the death of a miner, who was killed ; through defects in a mine of which Veitch was manager. - Veitch neglected to remedy the defects upon receiving notification from the Inspector of Mines.

There is great excitement in the Gundagai district over the reported discovery of a gold-bearing reef of extraordinary value in the vicinity. The exact locality has not been allowed to transpire.

At the auction of tlie discarded warships to-day .tlie Undine was passed" in. The Harrier was sold for mis ® sion work at £1,200. Melbourne, April 18.

The Orizaba has beaten the record

between England and Australia, having accomplished the passage from land to land in 32 days 8 hours. The amount sanctioned by the Government for war materials is for the last two years supplies fresh orders. 'W'