NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3060, 21 November 1888, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

London, November 19. •' Obituary, the Earlof Devon, >'JJr Dillon sails for Australia m December. .. . ' ■

- The Bishop of North Queensland :ias collected J3700 for the benefit of ilie-sufferers by. floods, in his. diocese some time ago. .TJip China.- correspondent of Tho fimes tlmt lie .'is informed on jootl authority that Bussin,- by a secret treaty, lias engaged herself to protect Corea against outside aggression.

: J Berux, November 10. Two French journalists have been expelled from this city for publishing articles of. an obnoxious character reflecting on the Imperial Court. ' • The Emporpr, William- took, a cordial farewell of his mother When she left this city on a journey to Eugland, St. Petersburg, November 19.

; The loan agreement 1 has ; been signed., .The Banks contract, to pay the amount in gold before July.' The loan will be issued early in December in London, Amsterdam, Paris, Brussels, and Berlin. - - Ottawa, November 19.,

The French Canadians ' are agitating, also to secure a voice in the nomination of Governor, '. Calcutta, .November 19. Lord Dafferin, Viceroy of India, at a durbar., at Pattiala, announced that the Government had decided not to accept tlie money proffered by the native Princes for ,the defence of India". ' Ho urged the chiefs instead to raise their troops to a pitch of efficiency rendering them fit for service, and promised that the' British Government would officers and arms to help them. The Black Mountain expedition has returned, the rebels having completely submitted, iSydney, November 19.

Six coal mines have resumed work but owing to. some cavilling about the other ininesa difficulty lias arisen, which will be solved by all ceasing to-morrow, pending a settlement, All will make o fresh start..

The fruit crops at Bombalu have been destroyed by frosts. Herbage has dried up,, and . the river has, ceased running at Inverell." Squaitte'rs have suffered'heavy losses. "A splendid supply of artesian water has been struck on the Werribee Station, near Bourse, giving 850,000 gallons per diem. Sir Henry Parkes deniestho statement published in Melbourne that New South Wales is in favour of combining .with Canada and Britain for the complete survey of the route of the Pacific cable. ; ;He says: that while he has 110 objection to "confer with Victoria and the Canadian Government, lie certainly would not; express an opinion in writing at the present juncture.' ■ • Private intelligence shows that Dr Drummoiid, -who was 'arrested at Columbo on a charge of larceny, did not poisoiijbinisclf as at Brat reported. Death was. due to excitement at. his arrest, causing failure of the heart's action. .