NEWS BY CABLE

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3212, 23 May 1889, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE

ENGLISH.

London, May 21. lhe wife of Phil Roliinson, tho war correspondent; who hits 'recently- returned from Australia Ja suing for a divorce. She alleges that her husband forced her to swallow a quantity of morphia, which produced insanity, nnd-then bad her interned in ti lnnatij asylum,

' The Bill introduced in the House of Lort's by the Earl of Meath to qualify woinen for sitting as members of County Councils has been rejected by a. large majority. .. General Maitland, Director-General of the ordinance Department at Wool-1 wjcli, ' has been compelled Jo resign | his position, and also his membership of the Army and Navy Club. It is alleged that he was found guilty of immorality, of a depraved character. Princess Beatrice has been confined of n son.

The quotation of the Tasmanian loan by the StookExchange has been deferred.

It is asserted that Irving Biehop had previous to iis death expressed a desire for a prompt autopsy of his remains. The doctors state that the

body was enclosed in an air. tight : box before lhe autopsy waß, performed, therefore, it was impossible that Bishop was alive at the time of the operation.

Mr Gladstone has received addresses of sympathy and . encouragement, which were forwarded to him by the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin. •

FOREIGN. .Berlin, May 20. ' The Westplialian strikes will terminate on Tuesday, the masters liaring agreed to concede everything except the demand for overtime, ,on which point they are bound by the regulations of the Standing Committee, composed of masters and men. Strikes are, however, spreading in Silesia, In the course of a speech in the Eeichstag, Prince Bismarck, referring to the utterances of M. Antoino, Deputy tor Metz, (Alsace-Lorraine), who recently' resigned his seat and returned to France, said it was impossible to forecast the events of i 890, and expressed an opinion that the conquest of France by Germany would be useless if, as in the present case, Deputies from the coiiquered territory were to 1m permitted to innooulate brother Deputies iu the Eeichstag with their opinions. Paris, May 20.

It is rumoured here that a plot to massacre the French in Madagascar has been discovered. New York, May 20, Jackson, the Australian pugilist, will remain in America for the present, instead of proceeding to England as intended. The Californian Athletic Club are endeavouring to arrange matches for the Australian with Jake Kilrain and others.

Australian, Brisbane, May 21. Patliamenfc was opened to-day by His Excellency the Governor in person. Sir Henry Norman, in his speech from the Throne, said he liad been greatly impressed since bis arrival in the colony with the ovidence everywhere visible of the, progress and prosperity of Iho country. He next referred to the disastrous drought which the colony had experienced but expressed a hope that, with the assistance derived from the recent bountiful rains, the colony was entering a season of renewed prosperity. Melbourne, May 21, It is reported that when the police were paraded at the barracks this morning the men were warned to bs on the alert, sb it was believed that Jack tho Hipper, the alleged author of the recent Whitechapel horrors, had arrived in tho colony, the Police Department having received information that he had been seen in Melbourne, Rumours of the warning were afloat in the oity during the day, and oaused a groat sensation, Later. Tho police have received a letter sigued " Jack the Hipper," apprising them of his arrival in Australia, and announcing his intention to enter upon a career of crime here similar to his performances in London and West Indies, The writer concludes by telling them to catch him if they oati. The polioe believe the letter to be a hoax, but precautionary measures have been taken in view of possibilities.

Sydney, May 22, Sailed—Hanroto for Wellington,