NEWS BY CABLE

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3460, 15 March 1890, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE

ENGLISH,

London, March 12,

. It is announced that the Victorian loan has been deferred, but it is beljeved that the Queensland Government will shortly place a loan on the market.

The freedom of the City of London has been conferred on Sir John Fowler, engineer pf the Forth Bridge, It has been ascertained that tho loss of life in (ho Aorfa colliery is jess than was at first supposed, The number of deaths is reported at 87, J)r Wostcott, Canon of Westminster, has been appointed Bishop of Durham. Tlio dock labourers adyocato the establishment of a Committee of Conciliation, on which each side should be equally represented. Sir C. Dilke, speaking at Glasgow, said the dominant classes in Australia would become Conservative in regard to their established .lights. As time went on he predicted that the working class, by union and federation of labor, would become the ruling in England as it now is in Australia. The Cape loan will be placed on the market before the Victorian loan is offered.'

The lire in the Aorfa .colliery hai been extinguished,'

'■'"■'. . " • • JlanMjlj). 'Tho lire at the AorfiTpolliory is ascribed to the use of a broken lainp. Tjip {rjsli members expenses before the P'arogll Commission ippunted j» £87,000. . It ia feared that three hundred thousand colliers will, go out on strike on Saturday next, unless, .their, demands, fur an : iucrease, of wages ia wiieed>4\ ' The \'or]ijhif6 c'olliors

p! | willing to except 5 per cent atlvdnce at tho presonb time and an additional i>, per cent in July next, '.■itfiireplyjto a question to-day, Lord George Hamilton, First Lord of .the. Admiralty, admitted there had been delay in the construction of tho Australian cruisers, but stated they would be ready for service in the summer, and provision would bo made in the estimates for the officers," men, and stores of the vessels. "The Standard in referring to tho remarks of Lord-Randolph Churchill on the Parnell Commission, characterises him as the deadly enemy of the Ministry, and considers thai'as he lias forfeited tho respect of tho' Conservative party, it would bo better and more consistent if he crossed to the opposite of tho Houso. , ' Sir Howard Elphinstone, a passenger by' the New Zealand steamer. - Tongariro to Teneriffo, was swept! overboard by a heavy sea'! andi drowned.

Tlie Capetown loan of three and a half .million is announced.

, FOREIGN.

: ~j Mabbio, Maroli,lß.i * ■ Three 'delegates} from Spain/will attend the Berlin Labor Conference.

Paris, March 12,

After losing a thousand.soldiersjh the action with the French troops, ' tho King, of Dahomey withdrew to Seina.. The General of the Amazons was among .those, killed on the Dahomeyan side. Six of the, French; men who were captured at the iflamo time as the Governor of Senegal have been released,

.if. Pasteur denies thai be sought any reward for liis remedy for tli'o extermination of rabbits in Australia, and alleges that two assistants stmt out by him were proventcd : -. from making the necsssary experiments to showthe ollieacy of his system. . . ; Zanzibar, March 12, Iu the engagement between the troops, of Major Wissnmn and those of Bwana Heri, the hitter's forco'was completely touted and broken up. The Gorman loss is said to be only ono killed, •■:••;, ,■

The German flag has .been hoisted: on the Islands of Monda anil Katta, both in the neighborhood of Zimzi-

Yiknxa, March 18,

The persons connected ■svitli the emigration frauds in Galicia have been sentenced to ft light term of imprisonment. Tho public prosecutors appealed against tho decision, BuuuS) March 13.

The Government assert that the Reichstag will bo .asked tovoto.a sum for the creation of 71' now batteries of artillery.

AMERICAN.

Bamimokk, March 13,

Peter Jackson, tho colored pugilist, was mobbed in a theatre in this oity by the admirers ■ of ;J.'L, Sullivniii Thcro was a- regular riot, and eggs, &e.', were freely thrown/.at the obnoxious stranger, but ho escaped lunhurt: ■•■■"■'•'

LIBEL QASIL

Chamberlain Bros v. Smith an Hogg.

A Farthing Damages.

The following details of,thecaso are taken from the S.'/i, Times ;

The defendants ndmitteil publication 1 but denied malice. They claimed that the article "wm bona fido'comment on a matter of public interest, and pleaded, further/ that it was true,, the plaintiffs having ■ wilfully mailo and circulated false statements respecting Mr Renall and Mr Heron's candidature. They called evidence as follows:—James Brown, a reporter on the W.UHAIUVA Dam, deposed to the accuracy of his report of what Mr Renall had said, namely, that if any of tho old Councillors would come forward " he would not oppose them;" and "he would not be nominated in opposition to them," Mr Hogg, who was reporting for the Star, took no notes, but just stood beside tho table. Understood Mr Renall to say ho would not oppose an old Councillor, Re-examined: Did not hoar the words " support" or.. " assist" used by Mr Renall; " assist" might have been used, but lie didn't remember it, By Mr Bell; Thought when he saw *lio titar that Mr.Hogg had gone further than Mr Renall.

Alfred William Kenall, formerly Mayor of Jlnslcrton, deposed that on the evening of tho 291 h of October ho said that, if either Councillors Gapper, Hoi'on, or Perry would come forward," I wouldnol he nominated." Never used the words" support "or "assist," Subsequently lie pointed out to Mr Hogg that the Star had made a mistake, and Mr Hogg corrected it, That was long before there was any talk of Air Heron coining out. At a meeting before the election witness again denied it and was 'contradicted by Mr Thos. Chamberlain. Did not support oither of tho Mayoral candidates, but voted for Mr Culleu.

Alexander Wilson Hogg, one of tho defendants and part proprietors of the Star, deposed that he did not write a paragraph about Mr Cullen's candidature at Mr fionall's suggestion. He was perfectly satisfied that Mr Henall had not broken his pledgo, and that he was a man incapable of doing such a thing. In v crossexamination, tho .witness said he considered tho article upon which tho action was based was justifiable Ho didn't regret the language therein used, but ho did regret the necessity for it. Had nothing to retract. If he had to writo the article again ho would probably use milder language than ho had used in the heat of the election contest, Mr Bell asked why ho had declarod in December, when threatened with an action, that lie i'wasablctqvii|dicate every word that ho had written," and tho witness replied that he did not now vetraot the statemwits he had made, though he regretted tho language, Sir Robert Stout, in cross-examination, wished to quote from tho Daily to show that strong language ■ was used in that paper also, 1 but after argument lie deferred the matter. Mr J. J, Smith, the other partuer, was called, ami deposed that he had no connection with the library work of tho paper. H..E. Eloii gave evidence as to the circtilatioif of the handbill, and Herbert T,;-Marsh, who mi tally clerk for Mr Oullen at the polling boot!), sw.Ql'e that hp saw Mr Thomas Cliaraberjaiii give a copy of the' h'ankbill 'to; Mrpeotpr.' Mpn'roi Thomas fj, Masqn, chemist, and lgeinbor pf'tho! Borpugli Cflun.cii, deposed that he heard Mrßenali say 1 st the last meeting. pf the 0o«ncil, prior to the oleotion that ho was going to support'Mr Heron;' £.'■[ ..' Couusel haviug addressed tho Court,' and .- hjs Honor buying pipmed up.

the jury rotifcd at?fivo raiiiuTflp to six,' They. j;et«riiQcl jat 6.25,1;' aiiuonnced - thnt awarqed;:iliff plaintiffs a ifartbiuj; damages.; J . Mi' Bell' ask&l; for. 'costs, Jjut Lis Honor refased 'to i#e an order, leaving each Bitle , to pay its -own costs.