NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3160, 22 March 1889, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

London, March 20,

. Lord Salisbury, in' his speeoh at Watford, complained that the opponents of the Government were resorting to a cataract of falsehood for tihe purpose of attaining their ends, The Government would largely

increase the facilities for occupying land in Ireland by. small owners when , order was restored. Nothing but a direct vote of want of confidence, not the adverse result of a few byelections, . would, induce them to dissolve Parliament. He said the Government intend to restore order in Ireland, enlarge the scope of Lord Ashbourne's Act, grant local government, and thereby squelch the agitation for Home Rule.

M'Calvert, a yarn spinner of Halifax, has been sentenced to fifteen months' imprisonment for: obtaining £120,000 worth of goods just previous to becoming bankrupt. Miss Jenny. Watt-Tahner, the well

known Australian actress, lias made a successful appearance at Terry's Theatre. The coal owners in the North of England are largely supporting the proposed coal syndicate to control the output from tlie mines. - '

It has been ascertained that' Miss Mary • Anderson, the- celebrated actress, is suffering from affection of the brain, and the disease having taken a turn for the worse, she lias been placed in a private asylum for the insane. Her.dramatio company I has been disbanded.

MrGosohen is appointing a committee of the House of Commons to i promote emigration to the colonies. Zurich, March 20. A secret bomb factory, for supplying Russian, French, and British conspirators, has been discovered here. -■ - Buda-Pesth,. March 20. ■ A student assaulted a member of the Hungarian Diet in the lobby of the Chamber, and in self defence the latter fired and wounded his assailant. A riot followed, and the military had to be called out to suppress it,

. Washington, Maroli 20, Mr Whitelaw Reid becomes Ameri can Minister in Paris, not London. Paris, Maroli 20,

A new company, nnder the title of the Comptoir National, will succeed the Comptoir d'Escompte, with, a capital of 40,000,000 francs, and power to double the amount, The group of financiers who guarantee tho company, will subscribe half the shares, the remainder being reserved for the shareholders in tho old company.

It is expected that the Societdde. Metaux will also apply for the appointment of a liquidator, The Comptoir d'Escompte has decided to go into liquidation and reform immediately on condition that the copper liabilities are repudiated, on tli6 ground that they are illegal.

Berlin, March 20. The Democratic paper, Volks Zeitung, has been suppressed.