NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3023, 8 October 1888, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

London, October 4, r At the Church Congress . to-dav, the Bishop of Calcutta's proposal, that all loligioua bodies sholild unito to promote • and cany out missionary work, came up for discussion, That prelate argued that missionary efforts should be devoted to Christianising without Tho Bishop of Carlisle was the only supporter of the proposal. The Pall Mall Gazette strongly opposes tho annexation of Bechuanaland to the Cape, and urges that this territory aud Western Australia should be reserved as Crown Colonies, to relieve Great Britain of her surplus population. . It ia stated that Mr Gladstone is revising bis public correspondence dealing with the leading events of his life, with a view to publishing it at an early date, Tha Dowager Empress Victoria will visit England. on the 12thNovember. _. . It is reported. that Sir C. Dilke expects to clear his character and reenter public life shortly, Bishop Barry, speaking at the Church Congress, expressed his opinion that tho revision of the Prayer Book

i was premature, I The Standard says the circular, j issued by tho Bank of New Zealand is > tho most satisfactory paper that has . emanated from the Bank for a long i time; it frankly discloses the truth I and corrects past errors, while provitl- > ing a remody for tho nnfortunate ' position ' into which its affairs had i fallen. Tho proposals for a clean i balanco sheet and obtaining a suioiency of new capital are extremely ro-assuring. ... | The Times considers there is good 1 reason to hope that the measures proposed will prove effective, , Tho Bapk's shares fell to £9 but have recovered slightly, The Financial News condemns the , secrecy which has surrounded the operations of the Bank of New Zealand, and describes the Bank as founding a corner in New Zealand finance. • It considers Hie credit of the colpny is involved with tho Bank, Tlie Daily News is of oyihion that, despite Vogelism, New Zealand is quite solvent, ' It is expected that tlie colliers will go out at the end of the month to the number of 170,000. The ballot is now proceeding which will determine whether,theFe shall b.e a strike or not. Cardinal Mor'an, in accepting the freedom of the City of Dublin, said the loyalty of tlie (Monies was aproverbajl fact, whigh he attributed to their powers of self-government. Fairer and ripber land than Australia did not pxist, He argued that similar freedom . would produce similar results in Ireland, and urged the Irish people and olergV to unite in their endeavours to bring about such a result, ' - ( , : Berlin, dth | It is reported thai Priiioe Bismarck , lifts ordered the expedition to be ; abaudonetl; whioli it was proposed to send tQ tlie relief of Erain B.ey by fay of the East Coast-, • The reason ] assigned for thiß course is fear of q | general rising of the natives, ' ' :, Vienna, Oc[ober, 4, . The Ernpevw ftf Austria entertained . liis guost William of Gor- j many, at a banquet to-day., In pro- , posing; the , 1 liealtli, the ( Emperor Jpisopji, nllutle4 to j the .-alliance pi\ friendship betTOn afl^Qermav;^ too also ,'ThoEin^rW^^^:

Pope on 12th October, and afterwards Meets the King of 'Bouhiania. -. The absence of French and Russian Ambassadors from'official festivities at Vienna is freely commented upon. ; Svdmv, October 6. ■ ■ The carpenters. in the citj have struck -for increased pay, It is believed that the strike will involve 8000 men, . ; Brisbane, October G, * ;; The miners at. Watertown colliery have struck for an increase of wages,