NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3204, 14 May 1889, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

/•' ■'//;§/:"■:London;May 11//. /iArumor is afloat' to the effdot that Stwley- will. return/in August to Khartoum, but it is not believed. / Nineteen mills have joined .the paper ring'. : The joint capital ', is £2,500,000.;, .■•.■/■;.",. /. v v It is. reported that New South Wales will raise another loan shortly. The last New Zealand mails were delivered in 85 days, the quickest time on record.;. '■'■/ ■ The Daily Telegraph's -critic says Madame.-Melba }s the greatest Ophelia since Christine Nilsson.." '0 is understood it was intended to breate the late Francis Ormond,of I Victoria) a Baronet, in recognition'of : his services to the cause of 'duoation. At a meeting of the Savage Club,' BJr O. M. J. Edwards, tenor singer, formerly of Wellington, N.ew ; land, sang severalsongs, accompanied by Mr F. H. Oowen, returned from fulfilling thVdiitiesTof conductor at the Melbourne Exhibition. Mr Edwards' singing,was'a decided success.; ■'.'•■" -»/•:?///;■/

The Freeman's Journalafsunlestf' neutral attitude nii respeoi/'toith.fl; proposal to abolish the/ bffis|of Viceroy of Ireland, but' .protests against Prince Albert Victor iißeing foisted on Ireland. The artiolejcqncludes by saying that it. is possible the residence of the Prince of/Wales in Ireland would- have a bonefioial effect. ''■.■'-■■ '•..-, ■

. May 12. Mr Balfour, Irißh Secretary, pubHoly thanked/Mr Heaton for his efforts to settle the disputes on the Vandaleur estates, and expressed a hope that it being-known that arbitration could be successful the example would extend to other parts of Ireland. •;; The protest lodged by Dr King, Bishop of Lincoln (who is being tried before a Bench of Bishops on a charge of ritualism), against the constitution of the Court, on the ground that the latter lias no jurisdiction in thecaee, has been dismissed, The question of costs is reserved.

The Times states that Mr Goschen's Gold Coinage Bill will probably be abandoned. Mr W. L. Bright, M,P. for Stoke-on-Trent, sails for Australia on Thursday, Pakis, May 11. At the banquet given in- honor of the opening of the Exhibition, President Carnot ■ extended a- hearty welcome to all foreigners and assured them that France was desirous of maintaining peace. New York, May 12,

A terrific cyclone has passed over the Eastern States of. America. Barnum's show was partly weoked, In Maryland 25 persons were blown off a bridge, Numerous deaths are reported, _.

A scare has arisen at Washington in consequence of ite proposed action of the English authorities in fortifying the ports at Vancouver, on the ground that, the Eastern coast of North America will be at the ineroy of the British m case of war,

A tratncar loaded with passengers collided with a railway train on a level crossing in Michigan, and six women were killed, .

. . • Berlin, May 11. Several owners of mines in Westphalia have deoided to grant an increase of wages .if the strikers resume work, but look upon the introduction of the eight, hours' system as impossible.