NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2994, 4 September 1888, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

''■'■ ;j.i..;.\-,, ■,.,. ...» -,. ./,..■■•. ,:,;;■ ,\' ! - : ';';': ;;•: u t ;: -London, 31st;August. '.. |-'.: : A fire lias occurred at theLoudon Docks, ■ which did soraeV damage, mainly to colonial produce, i: : .;•: Diamonds {.have..'been discovered among the satoples of tlie McDonnell's (rallies seni, here from South !Austra ; Hit, and aii agent leaves, shortly on behalf of a syndicate to make, moro minute investigations. ;'-■ ■":."•:' •■ Kentish'hops-have advanced to 10 giiiiieas.percwt.- '.., . ,;' "Tlie New. Zealand Loan'' and ilercantile Agency Company (Limited) have received the following .telegram from their London office, dated Ist instant :-"Tallow is' in good demand. Good mutton is worth 25s od, and beef 28s : Gd per cwt." : Cardinal Moraii, iri addressing a meeting at Tuam, County Galway, said the Australian colonies were only loyal to Great Britain because they possessed Home Rule, and were convinced of the importance of a connection with the Mother Country, His Grace further stated that every Catholic and Protestant in the Australian colonies sympathised with the Irish people iu theitstruggle for autonomy, , The. rumour that China intends to invade Australia in 1891 when her armaments are. is being! circulated in England. j'.. -. 2nd September. ; - One hundred and fifty soldiers and ,two hundred .police had to -beJ employed in evicting a number of the! tenants upon the Clanricarde estates. Desperate fighting took place on the roofs af the houses, the police using swords and bayonets, and the defenders stones. Thirty-one arrests were made during the proceedings, I The'Wesleyan Conference has issued a pastoral address, which the English press generally regard as, a striking sign of'.advancement in the direction of religious. Liberalism,' Members of the Wesleyau faith are urged to take a inore active part in public' affairs, on the ground that stalwart .Christians, are painfully needed on the Education Boards, the Municipal bodies, and, above all, the Parliament.'