NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3486, 16 April 1890, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

• i ENGLISH. . _ . London, April 13, Obituary—General bir John Henry Lefroy, E.A,, who was administrator of the Government of Tasmania, 18801881, aged 73. ; Tiro Marquisof Salisbury is anxious for tho Marquis of Lorno to succeed Lord Carrington as Governor of New South Wales. - 1

Higgins/the aeronaut, ascended in a balloon from Croydon,. in Surrey, yesterday, with the intention of descending by means of a parachute. In thi>,ascent, >however, he, lost his par«chute, and the balloon with its occupant disappeared . among tho clouds. Higfiini subsequently landed safely at Tuabridgo Wells, in.Kunt. April 14. Neirs has beon received that tlie brigantine Beasio, bound from Freemanilo, (V/.A.) to Sourabuya, a seaport toivn on the north-east ooa*t of Java, was toukd on arrival to be ou. file, and tho vessel was burned to tho water's edgn, Tho Snuioan Convention has been finally ratified by all three Powors interested, - : \ FOREIGN. f . Paris, April 13. The Gaulois, a political journal, rnpeuta the statement' that the Emperor William of Gennsny ia desirous atrappmhemnt with France to make Aleace neutral under a giinrantu similar to that given to Belgium, in order to produce lasting peace. The Gaulois states that the object is to allow Germany to pursue a policy 'of expansion in Africa, and found an Empire which yet might rival India Brussels, April 14. It is reported that King Leopold has refused Germany's offer of 100,000,000 francs to acquire the Congo Free State. SuAKiM, April 13. Travellers from Omdurtm report that tho Mahdi has disappeared, and that tho route between Dongola ami Khartoum is open, Zanzibar, April 18

11l is stated that Enrin Pasha's disappointment at not obtaining employment was the principal cause of his having entered the German Kervice,

April 11 Tho Gormans have persuaded the new Sultan of Zanzibar to cancel a portion of the British Company's concession,

Athens, April 14. It is asserted' that a Greco-Bul-garian Alliance is being formed with ihe approval of Turkey, Calcutta, April H. The influenza has spread all over India, The bulk. of tho troops are prostrated with it. Cabui,, April 14, The Ameer has given permission to caravans to visit Afghan towns, including Herat, v Beelin, April 14. It Is now denied that tho Kaiser is forming an Imperial Ministry. He has ordered the police not to meddle with the labour celebrations in May. It is rumoured the Congo Free State is about to bo dissolved and the territory offered to Germany. If ia believed the King of the Belgians desires to sell his personal interest to tho Emperor.' AUSTRALIAN. Sydney, April 14. Speaking at the University com-1 memoratiou Lord Oarrington touched on federation. Referring to Lord Wolseley'a remark that he locked forward to the time when heaven would send statesmen wiso enough to federate all hands acknowledging Queen Victoria as soveveigu, with all respect to Lord Wolseloy ho thought tho colonies wero better as they were. He asked, was Australia not already overdone with good-meaning people, whose fads, theories, and nostrums were more likely to break ns all up? April 15. In conseqaenoe of the embankments which have been thrown np around Bonrke, the town Mibles a foriiied place, An electrio lighting plant has been sent np from Sydney to enable the men engaged on tho earthworks lo labor night and day. Bodies of navvies are being hastily dispatched lo the assistance of the residents, An immense, body of water is rojinrted to he coming down thoCulgoa,a few miles above Bourke, washing away all homestoads on its banks. It is feared when this flood reaches the town it will bo doomed," - Water surrounds Bourke for twenty wiles in every direction,

Melbourne, April 15, The Victorian Government have declined the invitation to be represented at the tournament at Home.