NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3458, 13 March 1890, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

ENGLISH.. London, March 10. The Tickborno claimant's Candida, two for Stoke-upon Trent is void, his deposit money not having been lodged.

The Cambridgecrewaro improving tn public favor for the annual Oxford anil Cambridge boat race, A verdict of murder by-some person unknown has been returned in the West Ham murder case. A meeting in Hyde Park condemned the Siberian atrocities, John Bums denounced i tho Czar. . .

.. • t . March 11, Brown anil Wiiigvovej a firm of bullion dealers in Cheapside, are bankrupt. Their liabilities are £805,000. It is expected that all claims will be paid hi full. The time-.for. receiving, colonial entries for the Mining Exhibition has been extended to the 15th May, provided they are received in London by that date. H.M.S.. Cordelia, 10 guns, 2380 tons, sails on the 16th March for service on the Australian station. • Word has reached here that since

the attack made by the Dahomeyans on a body of French during which the. former lost 100 nieh the Dahomeyans have taken up their quarters, at Katonau. The advisers to the King ofjkhoniey are anxioui for an amicable' 'settlement of the difficulty, and have recommended him to treat with the French commander, for the conclusion-.of. peace, -The. Frenoh captives are still safe. : . ' '"

The Pall Mall Gazette states that the Queen is in favor of making Dr Barry J}jsb,op of Purb,p},

;' At a meeting in Hyde Park Burns described'tlie Czar as a monster, and said he walprirnarily responsible for the. horrible condition of affairs which existed iu the management of the Siberian mines. Burns declared lie would himself bo the first man to join an expedition to murder the Czar; ■----•-: ■,., ~-.„.......„.,

Arnemann, a German dentist, has been sentenced to twenty years' penal servitude for shooting at the County Court Judge at Nottingham.'" Tho prisoner had baen unsuccessful in a case heard before the Judge, and meeting him in tho street shot at him with a revolver. During tho debate iu the House Mr Sexton said there was gravo reason to suspect the. Government of suborning the witnesses in favor of the Times. Ho held a letter addressed

by Lord Salisbury to Pigott aftotvthe latter's forgeries had been exposed. Mr Balfour challenged him to read it, Mr Sexton said lie did not mean to imply that the Premier conspired

with Pigott, He would read the letter if. the, Committee gavo hjm leave. Mtßalfour rejoined that.Lord Salisbury.,,was ; .willing to have it: published anywhere, If the Times party wero culpibly credulous tho Pamellilos wero' culpably careless. Through the League paid,' but never a shilling was dovoted to tho detoction of crime; silouce about murders was purchased; the soldiers of the Leaguo were moonlighters, aud its paymasters preached idynamite, . ■; "■ r ~ ..,. ■';. : One hundred miners aro reported to be entombed by a colliery explosion in Wales, March 11 "■■ Tho mine in which the explosion occurred in Wales had recently been inspectod. The cause, of tho disaster is unknown, •■

The Welsh colliery in which tho accident took place is choked with debris, which prevents help being given to tho imprisoned men.. It is feared tho deatli roll will roach 150.

i'OREIGN. The Hague, March 10. :' Tho King of Holland is again .in aprecarious state of health, Paris, March 10. News has been received that the prisoners in Dahomey have not been harmed. Behlin, March 11. It imported that Emin Paslia is to be ■ appointed Administrator of German East Africa, Belgiude, March 10. The Servian Ministry have sent in their resignation, but il has not been accepted yet.

AMERICAN. Ottawa, March 10. A man named Birchali and his, wifo, on adventuress, were found guilty of the murder of Mrßenwell, a wealthy-Englishman, who- they lured to Canada, It is feared that others have fallen victims to the samo criminals.

AUSTRALIAN.

Svdski, March 1

The telegraph hues aro interrupted by floods in various parts of the Colony, A railway accident occurred near Mount Victoria through the line being washed away. An cngiae and twelve empty trucks wero wrecked. The driver, a man named Heron, wits killed, and the stoker seriously injured.

March 12, Owing to the floods the railway lines aro blockod in various directions, Kempsey and Smithtowii, situated on Macleay river, aro under water, the lattor to a depth of twelve feet, Boats and .a river steamer have been engaged rescuing the residents.and fully three hundred persons took refuge on the dredge in Lower Macleay. All the townships along the.banks of the Richmond river are flooded, aud Grafton is inundated. The water is still rising, but as yet no fatalities are reported. .