NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3437, 17 February 1890, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

' i A: : i ENS3sd.<- ' i ; 'i-.-'v: February H< . A diflSculty'has arisen inco'innction witluhe Bill about to ha intrpdti jbjl im<) Pnrliamtint, gl(ii)g.p/irmlHsion to tniatfeß to> invest i in. cilouel . slook. The Agßnt3-6ener»i liowflver'do 'nut regard it anlnsuperaMe,- "and ex|iKti to comb 1 to a Mti»facl6ry 'arrangement/' :Vi ' ( ''' ;

A diffictiUy. tW?, importers and weol warebonwii „»riaing, qqt-nl the threatened stiikeol (lockers has been .compromised. ■■ , -■■ '> :•■■ ii ■■• •• > ■ ■'■ '■ / The doek laborers intend to, renew their tapWda in; Api.il, r ' . ~,; ',' The Dock CoriipaiiieS hiive wirned chM'ks.and.forpnien.jii. their .empl'')' that iheyVwili'.bH.diamiast'djif ,tht.v refu«> :lo do laborcia* ..wtrk-whoii ordered. ■ • '■"'

FOREIGN. ; v...?. 'ZmziBAR; Fi)brD'ir.y 11'. s i The df-ath of Sulia'iij , br"iniirn cor« rectly tho Soyvid Birguab bin' Said is annbiiiicwl. Tho 'deci'eaed' norn in; 1.837. His brother'Bsyijiilulie auccee'da'liiui.. . ~' ~. ■ ) • ;; y ;•'.' .AUSTEALIAN;-':V ';--'*'- ; 'fitDSEy l '-F|'iiiiiary 16.'"! Reports lo :f fcaiiil'atiitii. -tlwt 'ilie' 1 imi'i'ic'in Bchnnrii'r' • ?ii'ril:in'. in Noyeiuher biat anio.ne the Solomon Wandd, in a.suvMe eale, 'Jbirieen Wanders, who ware passen'gnra hv her, were battened down, ao'dwheii tlie veasel'capaiz'ad thpy ; wwi nh.iWti -to gain .thfiri freedbnii., every.i.efii)'r.ij |i> re.leasa tha .nnfortunai.c heinua, but were, compelled to leave I llieiu to their fatfl. :

' ■,', ; Memourne, FeVirhary 15(.'.' It la iniemlwl iliHtacenHiia of the Austrehisian coloniea .will ,be i.taken. next year.. A preliminary cnn.forence ofßtaltHticiansispi'oj"c(»d ioiilrange; all matters of importance in connection wilb'tho undertaking. ■ / : : ■' ;

Supposed leper..

Some little excitement., hasl been occasioned at St. Clair during the |wsi week or two by the etntemeni gHinins currency that a man afflicted with leprosy had been living in the locality fn.'thepisttwo or tbree.years, On enquiries being, matte it,. trans-. pirwijthat there were some grounds for the rumours, the unfortunate' indi' vidua! being a Portuguese, who Iwd fur soma time hppn- tinder the surveillance of the ftUthoruiee at.Rivcrton ahotit three years ago. "'lt'''appears that he had •madehis way.,up k \o Donediri, and bad called at a charitably disposed person's house at St. Clair, and represented that he :waa in a starving condition, :Pitv,,was taken ot hira,and he waa allowed to take up Ida residence in a hut on the grounds; and for soma time he made himself useful. puttering about,the garden,. About' 12 months ago,'however, he J became too'ill to benefactor thin represented the oase to ths Bxnevolent Trustees.and also to the: hospital authorities, : Doctors were pent out to eiatniuehim, hut no definite conchuion was' arrived at as to whether the disease'was sctmlly,; a form of leprosy,. although ft'wag thought to!•>«■■ what ia known as tnbeicuUr leprosy, which is said to lie non-conjaciptßi Under,• the ctiraatincfa it wlta thoiiihtinadMsalile to transfer ihe,|ijtifi)t to either of the inaiittitionß' mentioned; • and'■' en nrrehttement iiiwlt" with ihi'poor Mlow'h benefactor 1 Id' keep him l iso-' latt-dj the Benevolent-Trustees under- : ;tnking to pay Hi a week towardahia .'keep, This urianaemenl lias Wn in existence for, some tinie,' and the patient In now rapidly sinking, and wiH'prqbally trouble no. one. touch. ■ longer.

A'local niedioal men declares the Bt ('lair case to be a true'one of leprosy, and thinks the victim should be removed,,'not he'ow'sdof-trie"risk. to,the neighbourhood, but becuusa the man requires careful liufaing.