NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3471, 28 March 1890, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

\lJmos, Mar(Slf26/ Au Order-iii-Council has been passed applying tbe Imperial Medical Act'to Victoria (sic). t ;; ;. March 25., j'fr Stewart, •manager ol' the Bank of New Zealand, resigns shortly on acoouut of ill-health, ■ Owing to the disclosures fa connection with the scandal at a West End Club,' -.Lord Somerset, ; who : held a. comnnteionvm^tlie^arniy^hftsjbeon' removed.' - '"' "" ['"'" ~ Sir Charles Mli, the renowned musician,' leaves oh a visit to tho colonies on April 11. Lord A. Somerset lias been deprived of his pension, , ...,. ~, •?'... . '/ 1 "'-March''21.. The election for the vaoahtseat for the Ayr district took place and resulted inthe return of Mr Sommervijlp, a Conservative, who defeated Mr Kouiledge, the Radical candidate, by 180 votes. The vacancy for this constituency arose owing to N the resignation of Mr, John Sinclair, a Gladstone Liberal. .'..■■

The Archbishop of Canterbury has decided to await ;the arrival of documents' j froin the' l late Conference. o( Bishops'. Australia before consecrating; Canon Sauhiaress Smith as Primate of Australia.

Captain Jorgensen, who'is making a voyage in a lifeboat, expects to reach his destination in May. ' .' '■' ."•-.•■'■'■'!■•■ '■'■)-\:: \. Sir Heiiry Normau, Governor of Queensland, has consented to,remain there for the present.' / / / ',- •' ■■ Replying'.', to a question in the House of Commons to-day, Mr ;W-. Hi; Smithj. Leader of the House, stated .that Government, had not been informed that the Emperor William of Germany was desirous of a .conference meeting to discuss the abolition of standing armies, therefore the Government wore not in a position to take steps to sound the great Powers on the subject. •■; The Morning Post contains a ststiment that the officer on watch on tho B and I Company's 'ill-fated steamer Quetta stated that the ship had fallen away a lot from her course, although it had not been changed, and Bhe'was under a full head of Btearn, .-,, ■■ FOEEIGN. | ; ''■•"• Berlin, March 25. . D'Alvenslebeu, the Gormanambasaador at : Brussels, succeeds Count Herbert Bismarck as Secretary of Stato'for Foreign Affairs, Marcu2B. Tho Emperor has assured tho Ambassador of the Foreign Powers that he will. strenuously promote peace, " Prince Bismarck took a farewell of the Emperor to-day, H.R.H. P-inco of Wales has, been banquettedby the first regiment of Dragoon Guards. The Emperor proposed the toast of Queen|Yictoria. Paris, March 25. General Boulauger has offered, to return to Paris, and stand his trfol for conspiracy aud treason, on condition that his trial is conducted fairly,

AMERICAN. Chicago, March 20. The Exhihitionhasheen postponed till 1893. . ....-'.. New York, March 25, A bomb has been discovered in the Post Office at Philadelphia. . AUSTRALIAN. Sydney, March 26. A company is to be floated in England to carry out the raanufac. ture of locomotives on the terms proposed by the Government some time back. The managing director .will be one of the ablest engine-builders m the United Kingdom. It jb understood that :tbe Bailway Commissioners are favourably disposed to the soheme, which will shortly be brought under the consideration of the Cabinet. The work will afford I employment to a thousand hands. Since the beginning of the'year theve have been 88 inches of rain, the heaviest fall on record,' ■ - Melbourne, March 2G, Sir H, Parkea, who ie now on a visit-to Melbourne, has'been conferring with the Premier with reference'to the election of delegates to the Federation Convention, and other important matters,