NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3320, 27 September 1889, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

ENGLISH.

London, September 25,

The, Times, commenting on the speeches of Sir Henry Mies and Mr Ribbs in the New South Wales Legjsi&tjvb Assembly on thp question of the' jgonstituitiotiai government being granted to Western Australia, says ijt its only reasonable to claim that the unoccupied' territory _pf Western Australia, shpuld Ije adrainidtpped'j!) tlip true spirit.qf tlje maxin .'.'Australia for iiis Australian?,-"

The absurdities ai)d extravagances of protection shown by Victoria, The Times.thinks, impose a preposterous harrier to colonial freetrade.

It is expected there will ultimately Ijo a surplus of £IO,OOO from tho fund after relieving all the cases of distress aiid"repaying the money borrowed'from tlio : Stevedores' and Union's," This ro|ult 'is j rather startling, awl -tlw now-

mitteo of tlio Dockmen's Union intend to refrain from upending auj uiore until the Australian committee can be consulted. The majority are desirous of applying the balance to assist other strikers'of other trades. The accounts aro being audited. In the course of a speech to-day Mr Gladstone said the coercive measures adopted by the Government in dealing with the administration of Irish affairs had only induced the Irish to continue the agitatiou lor Homo Rule and to more closely conservo their interests. The English and Continental Press, in reviewing the results of the French elections, agree thai, they point in the directions of the peace of Europe beiug maintained.

FOREIGN.

Madrid, September 25.

The Spanish corvette Navarra is seeking to enforce tlio release of the crew of a Spanish coasting vessel, who were captured by Tripolian Moors. The Sultan and his envoys accompany the vessel, and will cooperate with tho officers in obtaining the demand.

St Petersburg, September 25, A conspiracy has been discovered to dynamite the Czar while travelling on the Peterhofif railway. The plot was discovered through the man employed to carry it out being killed. AUSTRALIAN.. Sydney, September 20. A subsidy of £I,OOO has been voted by Parliament to the Australian United Steam Company for interisland communication with the New Hebrides. ■ Brisbane, September 26. Noivs has been received here from New Guinea that the goldfields at Sudost are worked out, COMMEKCIAL. London, September 25. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for tho United Kingdom is 1,556,000 quarters, and for the Continent 304,005 quarters. The American visible supply of wheat is 17,125,000 bushels.

Wool arrivals to date number 265,000 bales, of which 49,400 have been sent to the Continent, The number of bales available for the series is 228,200.

New Zealand frozen mutton quoted at 5Jd, per lb.