NEWS BY CABLE

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3366, 21 November 1889, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE

ENGLISH. London, November 19. The employes in the spike and nail manufactories in Worcester and Stafford bavo gono out on strike for higher warns. The brewing firms in Burfcon-on-Trent have conceded the demand of rnalstors, and tho latter have resumed work. The General Steam Navigation Company and London and coastwise shipping companies threaten an early suspension of the costal trade, owing to the action of the dock labourers. MrTillct, Chairman of the Labourers' Union, is organising the Hamburg dock labourers, and inviting them to work with the London Union. A congress of trade unions throughout Greatßritian will meet in January next to elect a Federal Coroicil. The refusal of a dozen clerks and foremen at Tilbury docks to join the Union (as it was contrary to their agreement with the company) is causing a strike of 1600 dock men. In order to prevent outsiders coming to work in London,the dock labourers have decided to close the Union entrance lists at an early date. An engineer at Glasgow has submitted to Sir Saul Samuel, AgentGeneral for New South Wales, a new process for treating refractory ores. The process has been roferred to experts to report on. FOREIGN Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 19. General Fonseca corrupted the garrison and seized the capital on Thursday night. He proceeded to Pehropolis in the morning, and informed the Emperor, in tho presence of his family, that he was deposed. Dom Pedro received the intelligence with composure, and within an hour he and his family were placed on board a mail steamer which took her departure for Lißbon. A Brazilian war vessel escorted the mail steamer to sea,

Brazilian stock has declined 7 per cent in the Loudon market, The Government presented Dora Pedro on leaving with tho sum of £580,000, and agreed to allow him a pension of i BO,OOO per annum The usual the Emperor's family are to be continued. The censors prevent the press publising the truth as to the revolt, but there is an impression abroad that it was owing to tho favour 1 shown by the Emperor to the priests, AUSTRALIAN. Sydney, November 20, The Centennial organ for the new town Hall has arrived here, Rust lias made its appearance in the district of Tenterfield, 814 miles north of Sydney. The Government have decided to offer inducements for the establishment of a first-class locomotive factory in this colony, Melbouhkk, November 20. Mr de Bavay, who in his analysis of the Yan Yean water reported the discovery of the typhoid haccillus, admits that ho placed typhoid germs in the Yan Yean water samples sent to ProfesGor Kutz in order to test the latter's ability. In his report on the samples last month, Professor Kutz reported that thero was no trace of the microbes.

The Sunday Newspaper Prevention Bill, which passed the house of Assembly on the 7th instant, has passed through tho Legislative Council,