NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3155, 16 March 1889, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

,' . :v Loto, Marohlß/ : f;' ;:■■ Sir Charles Russell antioipates'ball-;; |a ing 400 witnessesfor the;defenoßin ii'- : V theTinies-Parnell oase.. r ',; 5 .C J ';.>;> ; Messrs William O'Brien .and Ei : rP ! k : Harrington, '■ -M.P. /respectively'for-:'':./: Cork N.E. and Kerry W.j have released from imprisonment, in order '* y to' prepare their defence- on the ■;;•" charges brought against' them before : ;!( theTimes-Parnelll'ommissioni : They>/l : ' : were required to undertake that they/'//; would not take advantage-of'their,.:.;:; lease to renew the political agitation.,-' : -'' Before the Times-Parnell Gommis;/,: sion to-day* George /Mulqueeny/dev'.. . posed tbatthe knives to .be the murders wlfioh took place in '. Phcenix ; Park were- previously 1 ex/ ■ hibited at the offices "of; the I League -;■ in Westraiuater* He confirmed ■• the.; *.•■." statement previously, elicited that Mr ■■ * ; Parriell paid Byrne JB100; ';:'/".'." %-v

The, case for Theiljiinea has-been <f ;; closed,.and upon the application -.of?•'';■-••'' Sir Charles Russell the Commission*/' adjourned to the 2nd 'April. '■'''[.[• - Ht) /, In the House of'Commoris:tbji|.i; evening; a Bill intrddiicedi;by;;lßi; : ; Parriell, providing foi: 'the mitigaiioit^I /v of the treatment of politioal prisbnera v -•'; was rejeoted by a majority ofß6. \% The Times, in referring ;'t6;,the'"S : Special; Commission;/deolare3/it//{ awaits with ::perfept...oonfiderioe' result of an impartial ' and ?:'. t enquiry into the connection --of-Par-"- % nellism-withcrime. '/'/ \,\x:'. v^At a publio meeting for the purpose of. protesting -againsWr the treatment of:;lriehV:'politioal[f prisoners, ■a' message, was' receivedv:', from Mr.'Gladstorie.'deolajirigithat;:'.: he would unflinchingly • -probe to :'{hoO n .\ bottom the coutieotionoftheGovernV •'!• mentwith mission./ It is understood in: bffioiaUoirbiislSf : that Prince Bismarck' is agreeable to;^,•? England becoming mandatory^'}V power at Samoa...; - : : ' : v'ft ; ' : -'-. _>'/■ i : : In" the. House of 'Oom'mdns'tha.'/. : Bight, Hon. John George/ Lefevrehas given- notieeof his 'in- :' v '•' tention to ask the Bight Hon \V;.H.c/ Smith; leader qf./the House^w'h'eiber '.!,. the refusal of the Queensland -Go-'. vernment to contribute towards the: -" cost of the Anatraliah; Squadron' release's the other colpniesfrom theu?:.-, i engagements,, or.whether ■ Kngland ?' will bear Queensland's portion, < . Paris, March: H. Tho Comptoir d'Escompte' and: Copper Syndicate are / recovering ■ ; from the effeotß of the' panic "caused .V" by thesuioide of the manager of the ■ former!:' '•:.■..':/ ";.'■'■ ; '-' '• ■■ ■'.?■■■ Obituary- Admiral Juarez/ ; Vienna; Marcli W.

The Austrian' Government has : , stationed a corps of observation onjf V the Servian frontier. Twenty thouuß sand men ■ are ready to march at a day's notice. .', .'"■■;* ';'. ;/ •■ 'Viilv, .''•':.'... "Pretoru, Mafoh'l4»iii d . The -Presidents of: the "Transjil--.'' and the Orange Free State BepuflMK have agreed to oontraot ,a I alliance in'the event of unjust wars i-r.y being levied on either state.''."••";'- •:■ BKBLiri.'Marob 18.' Germany will be'•'represented at.. : tho Samoan Conferenoo .by Herr;Von ? Beaohani. ■:' ■'•■•-' ■'";,:.'ivV\:. ;

; AVabhington; n!v Admiral Porter, in the course 'ot2|'& : an : interview, advocated A Germany in cphsequence of the./;, reoenfc events in Samo'n, awl/fe'taliat- $' i'. : -J ingon the. Germans^'for raont,of Ainei'icaii ißUbjeetslLTlie^i.'■ ■■ publication of the .Admiral's views?; '-.-•■■• has created a sensation here, ;: ?:■;'£ /