NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3107, 18 January 1889, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

VB;- ; EoNDO^Jaauary/;i(j. J ;;: :/; AttorneyGeneral for/the Time's, imacle, business. / He.said that the evidence as to thecatise and effect of crimdin Ireland 1 was nearly -concluded, and that in all probability ••he would be able' to' proceed; ; next week with, the evidence relating to'tlie letters alleged, tohaye been written byTarnoll, : ;..

: , A witness named Jago;' a' member of the Committee of the Killoe branch of the League,. was exiimiuedbefore the'rimes-ParDen Commission yosterday. He swore -that he and another murdered a grazier piped: Hooligan by order of the League, ■■and that the President of, the local branch paid them money for the committal of the crime. Ho also swore that the Killoe branch received money for this purpose from the Central League in .Dublin.' "

The Pamell Commission has accepted an apologetic statement from Mr W. O'Brien in reference to the disparaging article on the Commission in United Ireland. .'.'.:'•

A rumour lias obtained currency to the effect that" Jack the Ripper." the alleged author of the Whitechapel horrors, has been captured, and a wild sensation was. created in the metropolis in consequence. Up to 1 the present,;however, the police have received iio confirmation of the report which is generally'discredited. .. Eighty-five percent of the Victorian £8,000,000 loau is payable on fifh March. It-is already quoted at a premium' of 4 per cent. The Standard says it is required to enable the financial institution of Victoria to maintain their credit under the strain put on their 'resources by the land boom. " .v ■

Mr Dillon, M;P., says he will appeal to the boundless generosity of the colonists to provide a means' to enable the Home Rule party to carry on a staunch campaign until thenext gefteral election,

"January 17. Mr Justice Boyd, of Dublin, committed a reporter for contompt of Court, because ho refused to deliver up his notes of the speech of Mr P. Mahoney, M.P. for North Meath, Mr J. Greenwood.until lately editor of the St. James' Gazette, asserts that Bismarck attempted to" nobble" the papor, and he resigned because he was not allowed to pursue.an independent policy with regard to Germany. Mr Steinkoff, who recently purchased the paper, denies that Got', many has any hold over it, . New York, January 1(5,

A passenger and goods train col lided on the New York Obio railroad Eight passengers were killed am many injured.

Vancouver, January 16.

A British warship has captured a number ofCliihcse engaged in smuggling opium -from British Columbia into the United States,

Brussels, January 16. A letter has been received addressed by Stanley, to a native chief, conKi ruing the previous reports, dated 17th August, of the safety of Emin Pasha, and Captain Casati, the Italian travel' ler.

Paris, January 17. M, Kochfort, editor of L'lnlransijeant, insulted M. Afary, another Communist. A duel .with swords followed, and both men were wounded. . The Special Committee of 'the Chamber of Deputies has rejected M. Floquei/s Income Tux Bill by a large niajoriiy.

Willi reference to the reported arrival at Suakiui of 200 Cossacks aboard an Austrianst:amer, ostensibly bound for Obok; a French settlement on the northern coaßt of Tnjura Bay, in the Gulfof Bab-el-Mandeo, instruct'ous have been sent to the Governor of Obok, to resist the liuulinj; of any armed parties in that Colony. It is staled that the Cossa'ks, bound for Obok, wish to found a colony in Tajurah Bay,

London, January 16, The market rate of discount k If per cent. The wheat market is flat, in off-coast cargo hBS been sold at from 30a fid to 31s. Australian meat is dull, and prices show a slight decline. Prime New Zealand nmttou is quoted at 4d. Galvanised iron (Orb brand) is £l7 per ton.

Australian. Sydney, January IG. A caucus" of the Freotade party was held this afternoon, when a resolution was carried to the effect that as the Freetraders possessed a solid majority in the House it would ho a waste of time to permit the new Ministry formed by Mr E. fl. Dibbs to take office to be afterwards turned out. :■"

In the flouse this evening, on the motion to go into Committee of Supply, Mr M'Millan moved an amendment in the shape of an address to the' Governor, to the effect that the House resolves*to

[refuse Supply unless cause can he shown why a Ministry, representing the minority, should be allowed to hold office. The amendment was tantamount to a direct want of ■ confidence motion. Sir Henry Parkes, m spealung to the" amendment, made a bitter onslaught on his former followers, whom ho accused of deserting the Government without the slightest cause. -He,contended

hat the new Government had come

info power quite' constitutionally, aiifl were, entitled to fair treatment at the hands of the House. Laleron in the eveniiipr a scene occurred between

Mr M'Elbone and ex-Attorney-General Wise. Tho former indulged in 'gross.personalities against the' latter, and eventually': Mr Wise

threatened td horsewhip the offender. 'A youth named Sawyers has been arrested at Young on a charge of murder alleged" to have been committed at Melbourne, ;

"January 17. In the House of Assembly last night, the amendment moved by Mr MoMillan, member for" Sydney, to the effect that the House refuses supply unless good reasons aro shbwu why a Ministry, representing a minority, be allowed to holdotfice, was carried by •42 to 89. .-'■'...' Reports of the bad effects of the drought still continue to come in., At Clarooa'r, fjituatec} on'tbe banks oftlio Belabula riyei', one' thousahd'acre? of grass have been burnt, and tue;s'tock. is suffering from want of food. At Orookwell, on the banks of the river "of the 'same name, the crops wjll fitily yield half the jisiutlaverage. Melbouene,' January 17,. Four men named Barrett, O'Sykes, Pinkerton, and Forrester, left Fostertown, in the County of Bum Bum, on a' fishing 'expedition. • >Ttie body,; of Forrester; has; been :ioun& '■'<&• the bwiaip shallow mlet/aadfearo are

qiVtefctaiaea tb jit rifto have', ■■" ):; ' beai.drow.he&;%^^ ■; 'lnformalionhas teen'tepiiived'iMtfjjiJ tbe ( •barquentiue ; } &)w] Borneo' Gulf, a ire liavirigibi'bkenj,o on •..-;.; board. -TJib ■ crevK ieached /shore in;, safety, buttbblire.is. -'^