CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2912, 31 May 1888, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

London, May 29.

Mr John Bright, M.P., is suffering from congestion of the lungs, and is said to bo in a critical condition.

Berlin, May 29,

Dunn" the repairs at the Royal Theatre a portion of the roof collapsed burying forty workmen. Six persons were killed,

Rome, May 29. The Pope is urging the suppression of African slavery.

Paris, May 29. M. Pasteur claims that he has discovered a process of inoculation which is a certain cure for the Siberian cattle plague, Recent experiments of his scheme has given very satisfactory results. "

The State of Ireland,

London, May 29,

The Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, speaking at Birmingham, said that in order to rcmovo the discontent existing in Ireland, local Government must follow.

The Irish Catholic delegates from Chicago condemn the papal degree.

The British Defences.

London, May 29.

In the House of Commons to-day, Lord George Francis Hamilton, First Lord of the Admiralty, stated that, in his opinion, an invasion of England was very remote. He mentioned that the Government were doing everything that was necessary to secure the safety of the colonies' and the commercial defences, but many more cruisers were required to protect the merchant shipping and coaling stations.

In the House of Lords a motion of the Earl of Carnarvon that the naval authorities and shipowners should cooperate for the general defeuce was carried,

Admiral Hornby declares that England requires 144 additional fast cruisers,

Lieutenant • General Sir Andrew Clarke, RE,, is urging the Imperial Government to increase the number of cruisers, with a view of protecting the means of communication between the United Kingdom and its dependencies.