NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3142, 1 March 1889, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

.-. v,:" : -: :: ; :;: ; LijNDON, February 20.- : ;■:. At the sitting of the:.;SpeoialCommission to-day. - Sir, Jainos ■ Hannen called for affidavits, in support .of Pigott's;confession; . ; The manager of Anderton's Hotel,; where Pigott had been lodging, gave evidence that PigOtt had not been seen at the hotel since Monday, afternoon,: Sir Charles Russell naid he was prepared to prove that:Pigott had carried on a system of commercialforgeryforyears.. .'The confession.which Tigott;!fb said!to have made before Labouchere} and Salahad beenforwardedtoParnell, who .returned' it, with tlie intimation, that he refused to negotiate ■■ either direotlyOr mdireotlywith Pigott, In his letter to The''TimeSr 'Pigott adheres to his former statement that the first batch of letters Were genuine, arid he begged the Times to intercede and provide for his children.;:-- In this letter Pigott ob'arge'd':.Houston: with betraying The Times/ahdhe charged The Times with a • breach ■ of confidence in disolosing. his;name.:-Pigott made an affidavit; endorsing his statements in tho le£ler. ; Sir R. E. Webster, A ttoi'ney-Generali and counsel for The -Times,' said.'he'was lindeoidedas to his future course. As Pameil left the court and proceeded along the streets be was greeted with cheers.' Iu the House of ;Oommons met with'■:cheers fi'dra.his

party, and -there were loud oheeraof " Pigottisni"' and/ " Pigbttry." ;Mr Parnell challenged the Government to capture Pigott. ; Mr -Matthews, the Home Secretary, replied that he hid not been officially iuforiried of Pigott's .disappearance. Mr A. J. Balfour, Irish Secretary, when questioned on the subject, said he 'was not officially concerned in the whereabouts of Pigott. The police explain that they shadowed Pigott in order to prevent his being mobbed in the streets, but they were not instructed to prevent his escape from the

country. It is suspected that lis left for Prance by Saturday night's steamer. In London Pigott's evidence has caused a good deal of excitement, but Ireland is seething, . ' February 27. The Times has determined to withdraw the letters from the iuquiry and expresses its sincere regret that they were published in its columns. The Commission has adjourned until Friday, Thirty persons have been arrested

for being concerned in the riots that took place at Gweedore on the arrest of- father M'Fadden, and during which Inspector Martin, of the police foreo, was killed. '

Berlin, February 28 Herr Kolmselie insists that condign punishment should be meted out on the Saraoans for the recent attack made on the German men-of-war's men, when a number of the latter were killed.

Vienna, February 26. | The representative of the Havas Agency, which collects oleial press news in Austria, has been expelled Irom Vienna for his comments on the death of Prince Rudolph.

PaNAMA, Fehruary 26. Twenty-six thousand labourers were discharged from the Canal works, which are now almost suspended.

Washington, February 26. President Cleveland has signed the Bill enabling the President to protect the interest of America in the Isthmus of Panama.

St, Petersduiic., February 26. ' It is reported here that the Ameer of Afghanistan is sending troops to Herat. 1 The Eussian press, in referring to the question, insists that England ought to control the Ameer.

Australian.

Melbourne, February 28. Sevg, Doctors Liiul, of Belfast; McGregor, of Edinburgh; and Fraser, of London, will attend the forthcoming Presbyterian Jubilee in this city.

Four young men named Meredith, Batty, Wien, and Minogue, have been sentenced to death for a criminal assault oil a woman at Studley Park, on the outskirts of the oily. Sydney, 28th February, Mr James Young has been re-elec-ted Speaker of the Legislative Assembly by a majority of two over Mr Joseph Abbott, the Government nominee,

The now cable from' Java to Roebuck Bay has been successfully laid, and the first cable message was Successfully delivered this afternoon.

Commercial.

Messrs Freeman R, Jackson & Co. report:—Cattle yarded in average supply at Johusouville on Wednesday, a portion. consisting of rather larger-framed'cattle than of late, tmel sold relatively at lower rates than the smaller bullocks forming the balance of to-day's entry. A few cows were also penned, .Fat sheep were barely represented, many of the entries not coming to hand, while on the other hand, tho largest number of'store sheep yet offered at these yards was penned; the bulk,, however, were inferior andill-conditioned. About half wero disposed of at and after the auction. A. consignment of pigs sold at good prices and met with keen competition, Ox beef made Us to 12s tbo 1001b, according to quality; cow beef 10s 6d. Bullocks. £4 17s 6d to £5 7s fid, averaging £5, others averaged £4l7s fid; cows £2lss to £Bl2s fid, averaging £8 8s 3d. Sheep-Fat wethers, 8s fid; ewes 8s 2d to 8s 9d; store wethers, 7s fid; store ewes : full and broken mouth, 6s to 6s Id; oulls Is 9d. Pigs-Porkers; 20s Gd to 245; stores 14s to 7s fid; smaller sorts, 7s 9d to lis Bd..

Mr F. H, Wood reports of his Tara'tahi stock sale held yesterday; Sheep came forward in good numbers and the competition was fairly brisk, all lines selling at prices fully equal to last sale. , Cattle were but poorly represented, only about 80 head being yarded, which were sold at low figures. 'Prices' were as 'under:—Cattle; Steers, two and a half year old, 42s 6d to 455; heifers, 355; store cows, 28s Gd to 40s. Sheep: Store ewes, 83 to Gs; fat ewes, 8s; Mr BuohananHincoln ewes, 7s lOd toßsod;orossbreds,6sldto'6s4d;' lambs, 5s 9d to 6s lid; mixed shecpj 8s 8d to Gs; store, wethers, |s; old oulla, 7d tp 2s 6d. Pigs j weaners, 5s to 6s, Horses, a few .sold at low figures. ■..'. .-.':.. .: .v.- •-,■■■■■■•