NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3096, 5 January 1889, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

London, January 1. Mr D. Sheehau, M.P. lias been convicted of conspiracy. ■ Sentence was suspended owing to his ill health. January 2, . Mr J.Finncane, M.P. fot. Limerick' East, was sentenced to four moulhß' imprisonment for conspiracy. Notice of appeal was given, • - •:. London, January 2. TlieDnily News states that the liabilities ofDavid Claflison are estimated at £IBO,OOO. •";■■"."'. .''..' : Mr Matthews, th'eliome Secretary refused to reprieve the two lads who brutally murdered an .overseer,; at Tunbridge Wells, '. and " they were executed, being repentent to thelast. : Three thousand pounds worth of jewellery has been stolen by burglars from tlie liQ«se of the Austrian-Ami bassadorjn London. ~ •;,'. .Mr<Riißkm;isiil,;kndmuoh anxiety j is fvjlt oa lusj awxnmV - - v ' '■■■:■'■}

,' .-/riib. naiiie of the yietim^wasGilli'whiiib^^v^riseito 1 tjia supposition ;tlmt; tlje^llild;was;a girl." ty tlie; inque^;-the'; vara jendeitvoriiig.t6 Burnett arid ilie.bby delivei'ing ,milk when the former-decoyed him into tlie Btables.aiidtherocoiiiiniited the ci'iuie. .'■/■'. UVW;i" 2-< c'':;' : ,: : ;.- ■•••''■'■' v' : ; : London, Januaryß.S

V'ltis probable lhat.iiegotatioiiawill be renewed fiir. tije uiilou of • the Fred ■'and United Churches'ot Scotland; ':

':''' "Deep'orate/resisftiiics was nlfrred'to the evictions otrOlphert's. estate; iu' Donegai.\ I'wo hundred police and soldiers we engaged,"and tlie .Utter were about to fire whetia priest persuaded the people to siitren ler. Obituary-General Blight, a New Zealand campakier. London, January 8,. .Naval relief orewshave been ordered, for H.M. vessels Royalist, Opal, Raven, Dart, and Paluma, now :on the Australian Btation. ■;. .' I ; Rome, January I;" ling Humbert,: addressing bis Ministers, said his mosfcardent desire to maintain peace, and he firmly I believed it was assured during-1881). /■ January 1. M. Tizsa, tho Prime of Hungary, iu his reply to a deputation bringing New Year congratulalions, gave -utterance to pacific ex pressions similar to those of the King ofltaly.', ;■■.■.' : \- '': January 2.... The Emperor Francis,-writing to the'Em'peror of Gorhiany and the King of Italy, exprosses complete confidence that peace will be maintained. Paris, January 2. Presi lent Oariiot, speaking at his olncial reception yesterday, byirapli. catiou, gave his heatvra to understand that peace most be maintained during the Exhibition year. Suakjm. January 2. Osman Digna lias been reinforced from Tokar, and now has a thousand men near Handoub, with five.gnus. JanuaryG. It is reported that Osman Digna wishes to surrender, and that he had actually Bent his harem toward Suakirn when the Dervishes interfered; and foribly prevented biin carrying out bis intention. St Petersburg, January 2. It has been discovered that the recent accident to the train convoyingtbe Imperial family, whereby some twenty lives wero lost, was the result of a deliberate plot, concocted by dismissed railway officials and the Nihilists. Many arrests have been made. Berlin, January 2. Tin German authoriti a have increaairt t*>e stringency of tho passport r>'g kiohs-for Freuiihmni visiting Al.-ace and Lorraine. St. Petersburg, Jai uory 2. The moutal depression of the Ciarinea is iiicre;isin-j. Washington, January 1.

A man named SobJoops, of Philadelphia, lias confessed that, enraged at the gluttony of a boarder In murdered lum. Thu. dissected limbs have been found.

Zanzibar, Januarys.

The Arabs made a determined attaok on Uar-es-Salam. one of the starting places of cavavanß for the interior and the Great Lakes. After heavy fight : ng, which lasted some hours, they were repulsed.

Many of the crew of the German squadron now operating on this ooast are suffering' severely from fever. '

Fan/rancisco, January 2,

The total eclipse of the sun yesterday was well observed at California!] stations. The intraniercuiiul planet was not seen,

Australian. 6vi)f)Ky, January 4. The three-masted schooner Buster eiwduntered a severe gale off- Gabo Island, and was dismasted. As the vessel was laden with dynamite, and the stump of ilie mast was ■ grinding amongst the detonators, the crew took to the boats,'' and - abandoned hoi', fearing that an explosion would ocour. The Buster was insured in the Routli British. Office, and it vessel has been sent out to search for her..

Beisbave, January 4,

1 Th» drought is being severely felt in New Guinea, and there is a scarcity of food. It is anticipated that a famine will result during .the year. A Oirtgaaie naaul Petir Ins'been rnuidereu at Charters Towers, and two persons supposed to be connected with it have been arrested. , Aobwidb, January 4. There is- an alarming spread of codlin moth among the orchards. Melbourne, Januarys. Potatoes are comunnding famine prices in BihVatt. £22' per ton is asked. Three Chinese were drowned by floodß at Campbell Creek. A large portion of Castleraaine has been wrecked, Thedatnage is roughly estinutedat £200,000. Large numbers of live-stock have perished. Melbourne, January 4.

During the floods in the i'astlemaine district many houses were washed.away, and the occupants, who had a narrow escape of their lives, had to lake' refuge in. trees. The Fitzgerald Brewery, on Winter's Flat, was flooded, and it is estimated that the damage will amount to £IO,OOO. 'lheCampaspe Hiverrose 23 feet, but is now