NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3154, 15 March 1889, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

" T~ • • , , London, Maroh 12. It is expected that QW Times case before the Times-Parnell Commission will bebrought:to aoloseto-moirowj Evidence has been adduoed to show that .the,.Hibernian Bank- received over-£BOO,OOO lodged to the credit of ithefttiids.of the vtivioua leagues. No direct:;evidence was given ■ to show how- this money„ was disbursed, I though it-was; made Clear that Mr Pamell direoted certain payments to be made. The evidence brought out the; fact .that the, qontributions - ftom the Australian colonies and' Now Zealand to the, funds of the leagues had been very large. - ■ • March 18. Beforo .The Times-Parnell Commission an attempt was made to show .'what the receipts of the. leagues had been, but no satisfactory estimate : could; be. made. ■ From' the evidence abduced it is doubtful if it exceeds Ld50,000. ■ .'•• ,' :i Before Tlio Times-Parnell' Coin-, mission, Coffey, an Irish ■ reporter, confessed that ho lied to Mr Soames, solicitor for The Times, when - he

professed to be .revealing-his knowledge of the complicity of the.Land and- National Leagues with the crimes in Mand, lie was immediately committed for contempt, f At the conclusion,of the oase for The Times, Sir Charles Russell, counsel for the, Parnellites, will make an application for' .three , weeksadjournment. ' ' - Shaw, Savill, & Albion Company's shares are quoted at L 9. . 1

In the House of Commons -Sir James Fergusson, Political Seoretary to the Foreign Office, admitted, : in reply to a question, that a passenger by the steamer Eichmond had recently been abducted by the German authorities at Samoa. .He explained that Prince Bismarck had. expressed his disapproval of the action of the German officials in the matter, and that Dr Knappe, the German Consul at Samoa, had been re-called. It is generally' reported that the proposed Department of Agriculture will] be' placed under the control of Mr Henry Chaplin as Minister of Agriculture. The steamer Benefactor, of Liverpool,'ran down the ship Plover, off Duiigeness, and 'the latter sank! Obituary—Earl Eadnor. - Paris, Marcli'lß. The Government have abandoned the idea of creating a new portfolio in the Cabinet for the representation of the colonies.

Washington, March 18. ' A proposal to abolish the Canadian ■Annexation Committees has been defeated in- the Senate. In the course of a debate on the proposal, Senator Sherman expressed an opinion that it would be impossible to maintain peace between the two countries if the Dominion remained separate from the States. " President Harrison aud the Secretary of State (Mr Blaine) have disagreed over the appointment of the Ainerioan Ministers to Foreign Courts.

Australian.

Bydnei, Match 18. The Sydney Branch of Cook's Tourist Agency was opened by the Premier to-day. In the course of the proceedings it was stated that the Agency had arranged to meet Lord Onslow at Adelaide, and convey him, 1 via Melbourne to Sydney, to Auckland, then overland to Wellington. A man who was sentenced, to.' 18 months' imprisonment for personation has made a confession in writing showing that there was a widespread conspiracy to personate voters at the' recent elections, He implicates 24 other people The Queen's Jubilee Fund has reached £16,000. A Bill will be introduced in Parliament to devote the money to the relief of women in distress, anil a counoil of 20 women will be appointed to control the fund, A man named Davis has surrendered himself to the polioe at 1 Broken Hill, and confessed that ho poisoned a man named George 18 months ago, Brisbane, March 14. Sir Somers-Vine is now actively engaged.on his mission to explain to the people of the Colonies the objects and aims of the Imperial Institute, He Btates that the Prince of Wales desired him to thank, the colonists for thejr munificent contributions to the Institute. ■ . Melbourne, March 14. The average yield .of barley this season is nearly ten bushels per aore below that, of last year. In conse-. quence of the publication of the wheat statistics, wheat has risen to 5s 9d, and flour ia being held for a higher price.