NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3192, 30 April 1889, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

;••; .■: London, April 28.; J : ; . The; Duke of Edinburgh is now- ; recovering from his attack of fever. :■'■'■ '-.;'.w '■'■ Berlin, April 29.'- .-.,■.•■ The .Amrrican delegates to Snimom Confpifiite yesterday, paid a formal visit to Prince Bismarck.. Mr • Bates explained Jo Count Herbert .': 'that the articles on affairs,at Samba which appeared in /his name were . ■: written-.before the German; White- \ ' books oh the subject were published, unci when it was not likely he.would '■: ': be appointed upon., tliejireg'ent Corn. . mission,; He had desired to'suppresS tliciii," .but it whs too Inte,.' He re ; . ' gietted;: that ; be 'hadgiven any';'■ jiuiiioyance to Gsrhjany. Coiint Bis- ■ [utaruk was cordial in bis mHnner,niid hoped the Conference would not lust " L* long, .. ■ ■• : m Prince Bismarck is receivins; the W.. American delegates to the Silmoan. Conference with chinning courtesy. Wtlcomii\g them, lie.Miiii, he was delighted to meet Mr Bates in whom he recognised a man of most intimate knowledge of Samoa'. Alfred ■■ltussoll-Wallace, the emi-, nenl ethnologist, will.' visit 'Australia • shortly, and.will, upoti his return, write a book on Australian ethnology. i\ ■.: Major Hawkins, who is in change the Sydney branch of the ConmiiS' •■ sionaires Corps, bus cabled to Captain Sir B. Walter, the founder of the Society that he fears the labor unions will probably'drive the Commission* ." aires out of Sydney, The Duke of Edinburgh has, airived at Portsmouth, hut is 100 ill . to laud befon Monday. ''■'." ' Captain Murrell, of the the English ship Missouri, has been created a Knight of • thn Order of l)annebrog' by the Danish authorities in recognition of his- rescue of tho Danish vessel Atlanti anil 690 Danish my;'. grants soma days ago, Bonlaiiger is-closely watched by French police spies, Lord Salisbury has informed Bon- , langer of the conditions on which his • |iif«en'c« in Ei)»laiidwill be tolerated. • - The refugee General dined with Lord R. Churchill yesterday. . I It is publicly stated that an aristo- , cntic divorce case in which a member r of the House' of Lords sought a ! divorce from his wife' has been , r > | hushed up to avoid disclosures whichjA ! would shoy that the circle of ladies otvW' i i/shion are in the habit.of practising i the most revolting French vices. The Queen has paid a visit to the tenantß of the Prince of Wales, by whom she was most enthusiastically received. Her Majesty expressed her gratification at the sight of cheerf fill homes and faces, witnessing how i cordial is the sympathy between landt lord and tenant.'

• _ _ Paris, April 28. The judicial repoit on the position of the Comptoir d'Escompte recommends the liquidation of the company's affairs, and the re-formation of the Bank on a new basis, It declares the copper contracts are illegal.. The Bank of France has agreed toguarantee-' a new Company, v The liquidator appointed -by • the Government to enquire into tho affairs of the Soci&d dot Metnux reports the,,* losses of the Company at 121,000,000 " francs. ' .. " Tsieste, April 28. :\ The Post Office in this city ha JP( keen robbed of ,13.000 florins,. Zubicii, April 28. Four girls, tourists, visiting' Switzerland, have been drowned in Lak» Zurich, by the capsizing of a.boat, The Hague, April 28. King.William.h»R been ordered, abroad, and will leave shortly .on a ■ tour.

San Francisco, April 28. . Peter Jackson, of Australia, beat Patsey Cardiff with small gloves easily. '