NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3350, 1 November 1889, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

ENGLISH.

Londo.n, October 80. A fund is being raised in aid of Mr Bradlaugh. The Lisbon correspondent of the Times says the Duke of Edinburgh I fainted in Lisbon Palace, and severely bruised his face by falling.

The London and North Western Eaihvay Company has increased the wages of drivers and firemen on their lines 8s a week.

It is officially announced that the Irish Land Purchase Bill will be introd«ced next year. The evictions on Mr Olphort's estate in Ireland still continue. Determined resistance is offered by the tenants, and four houses had to be set on fire to drive the occupants out. It is reported the outrages by the Turkish soldiery in Crete have been put a stop to.

Six of tho prisoners in custody on a charge of being concerned in the murder of inspector Martin at Gweedore have pleaded guilty to manslaughter, while ten others pleaded guilty to a charge of misdemeanour, Father McFadden pleads guilty to obstructing the police, Tho sentence of the Court

las beeu deferred. Coll, convicted o( manslaughf

during the disturbance at Gweedore, in which Inspector Martin lost his life, has been sentenced to ten years' penal servitude. The others implicated were sentenced to terms ranging from

seven years to six months. Father McFadden was released on bail.

The County Cricket Council will not consider Boyle's letter relative to

the formation of another Australian ' eleven for England until December. , Lord Harris infers from this that the 1 counties aro not unanimous in favour of the proposed trip. AMERICANi Washington, October 80. \ It is reported that Krupp, the : well-known cannon founder, intends to establish a gun factory at Pennsylvania, , Ottawa, October 80. Lord Stanley, Governor General of Canada, speaking at Vancouver, said ho was glad to see the Dominion Government intended to cultivate closer trade relations with Australia. THE CAPE. Capetown, October 80. i The high handed treatment of i British subjects in Damaraland by Germany is creating intense irritation in the minds of colonists here. Australian. k T" 11, Sydney, October 81. A sculling match between Stephen-1 son, a New Zealand oarsman, and i McLean, of Richmond, for £IOO a > side, took place yesterday. Stephenson > led for the first mile, when McLean, ' who was in splendid form, caught him, and won by four lengths. Time , 21min 51 sees.

Hobart, October

The New Zealand Shipping Oo'i steamer Ktiikouru arrived at sever o'clock this morning, and sails foi New Zealand at daylight tomorrow,