NEWS BY CABLE

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3190, 27 April 1889, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE

London, April 25, .The Marquis of Lome, speaking at Birmingham, said that if Ireland accepted a system of Home Rule based on the same conditions as those obtaining in tlie colonies, she would be financially cut off irom England, and trustees would therefore be unable to invest in Irish securities. It would be cruel to treat Ireland like the colonies, which, except in name, are separate nations.

M. M. Rochfort, Naquet, ' and Count Dillon accompanied General Boulanger to London, They were met at Charing Cross terminus by large crowds, who greeted them with mingled cheers and hisses, General Boulanger does not intend to issue a manifesto at present, and will not remain in England beyond October. He expresses himself satisfied with the heartiness of the reception. . Thirty six colonial students-have secured positions on honor lists at the University and Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, Of these, two hail from South Australia, three from Tasmania, six from Victoria, ten from New South Wales, and fifteen from New Zealand.

Copper is quoted at £B6, A number of holders are arranging to sell their stocks gradually. Berlin, April 25. ' The Magdeburger Zeitung demand: the ■ punishment of the Samoans on the lines followed by England in Egypt as the only means of pacifying the group.

Vienna, April 25. Tho Socialists joined in the tramway riots at the beginning of tho week, anddrouchod the soldiers with filthy liquids. The troops wero with difficulty restrained from firing on them." The Committee of the Town Council has decided to. lino the Tramway Co 50,000 florins on the ground of irregularity in traffic, The city is now quieting down, Naples, April 25. _ MrAshworth, British Vice-Consul' in this city, was found dead at .the foot of a precipice near Vico," five miles from the Bay of Naples. Supposed to be case of suicide. Calcutta, April 25. ' The British expedition to Sulymah River destroyed. Windeb, the cannon and released tßree thousand pri6oners.Paris, April 25. The Envoys of Great Powers will absent themselves from ceremonies at tho opening of the Exhibition, as a.protest against the commemoration of the Revolution.

M. Pi'flvct, deputy for Seine et Marno, referring to the charge mado against General Boulanger in connection with the Australian tinned meat contract, declares that the contract was publicly adjudged to M. Dincan, not Count Dillon, who, being in iwmt of capital, asked M. Preyet to cooperate. Australian.

| . Svpsey, April 20. information has be'eu received that Henry George, tho well-known author of Progress and- Poverty, will visit Australia in October, There is no business of a speculative character in wheat, but enquiries are iporo numerous in the country districts for the delivery next month. New Zealand potatoes, £8 15s to £4los; circular heads, £llos to £1 15s.

Sugar—China' whites, £2Blos, Adelaide, April 26. Wheatr-very quiet and unchanged. Melbourne, April 26. Demand for grain, is.moderate; not much business reported. Medium wheat, 5s 7d. Best lots at' auction sales passed in,. ' - ' A large line of. China wjiite sugar was sold at £26''lQfl"''' ! New Zealand J W.'fed bats, 8s 1 Id.