NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3125, 9 February 1889, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

London, Feb. 7.

■ ..-The article .ju the .Contemporary Bevierf on Bismarok and tho. German Emperor is now. attributed to'W. T. Stead, the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, 'Sir M.' Moltenzie having denied the authorship. Mr H. W. St J. Brodick, M.P.for Guildford, speaking at-the banquet to the Earl of Onslow in that town, said he considered the colonies were quite justified in refusing professional governors or political failures at Home, The. Earl himself in reply said' lie valued the position he was about to assume as higher, and nioreVuseful than that of Under Secretary' in .the House of Commons. Interviews have taken place between Broliers and Bankers''relative to floiting the -remainder of the Australian loan, the former made some strong remarks about the audacity of the colony in attempting to emulate Victoria arid on the factions conduct of the Hon Mr Playfdrd,' the Premier and Treasurer in dyer-riding the advice of the Loan Agent-and Bankers. It was parsimony on-the of South Australia to endeavour to borrow too cheaply,-- and; they pointed out that the. Bank of New South Wale3.'secures t)ie. guarantee of the Bank ot/England .when a loan is to be floated for that Colony which makes a .failure impossible. South Australian stocks.are unpopular, unci it is necessary, the brokers contended," .that' they should be allowed a margin of one per cent to ensure their co-operation. It is understood that the Colony's Bankers will subscribe the balance of the loan and unload it gradually. It is intended that present tenderers shall

receive allotments in full. It is feared that a hundred lives liave'been lost by the smiting of the steamer' which collided with the Largo Bay, in the English Channel. The Daily News publishes a statement from its Vienna correspondent purporting • to be the correct, version of the circumstances connected with Prince Kudolph's death. According to this story the young Bohemian baroness who accompanied the Archduke 'was accomodated in' the quarters of the gamekeeper of the chateau. Eudalph visited the house at. midnight, and an hour later a forester knocked loudly, for the purpose of obtaining orders from the gamekeeper. While knocking a man jumped from the window. The forester fired, and discovered that he had wounded Rudolph in the shoulder. The lady believing her lover to be dead, took poison, The Prince upon recovering consciousness, was convoyed to the caste and there committed suicide.

Baron de Worms, speaking at Liverpool, said it was necessary that the colonies should pass legislation similar to> tlie Merchandise Marks Bill, if that very useful measure was to attain its full value. •

Home, February 7.' The Pope's Jubilee , gift to Melbourne will be a gold chalice, bearing a paiflting of the Assumption. Berlin, February 8. A narrative of the events in Samoa by one Sierich, a resident of Apia, published in the Berlin papers, throws the blame on Klien, and accuses Leary of snpplyiug arms to Mataafa. Paris, February G. I M, Floquet, the French Premier, having expressed a desire to place General Boulanger under arrest, M. Freycinet made strong opposition to the proposal, declaring that such a step would provoke a bloody revolution. It is understood that the Premier has abandoned the intention indicated,

A colonel of the 19th Regiment lias publicly denounced Germany as an uncivilised country,in consequence of the refusal of the German authorities to allow a; French army surgeon to cross the frontier to visit his dying mother. Tho French press generally justify the indignation of the officer,