NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3521, 28 May 1890, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

ENGLISH. London, May 2-t, Prince Albert Victor, eldest son of the Prince of Wales, has been created Earl of Athlone and Duke of Clarence and Avondale. Her Majesty the Queen has arrived at Balmoral Castle, Tenders for the city of Sydney loan of L 25.000 at i per cont, close on Thursday. The minimum is fixed at 104.

M, Pasteur's chicken cholera has failed to destroy marmots in Russia, but the invention of an Odessa engineer has been successful, and it is hoped to be made applicable to the rabbits in Australia,

It is understood that the great European Powers will not consent to duties bsinc; imposed in llm Congo, should King Leopold sell that country to England,

May 26. Mr W. Teri'is3, an aotor, has recovered L2OO from Miss Cornwall for I'uUisliir.g a statement in the Sunday Times that he (Terries) was coldly received in America, J" A meeting at Tipperary waß " proclaimed" by the authorities. Messrs Dillon and W, O'Brien addressed the meeting outside the town. A leadpipo filled with explosives was thrown at the police ft Idle they were engaged dispersing the orowdß in the town. Tho Board of Trade has refused to recognise any difference between foreign and colonial insurance companies with regard to the remission of tho income tax ou life policies, Mr Henniker Heaton has announced his intention qf raising the question in the House of Commons.

It being rumored that Lord Salisbury was ratifying tho Bounties Convention without consent of far. liament, in reply to a question Mr W. H. Smith said the convention would not be agreed to without the consent of Parliament,

Speaking in the House of Commons %v Cecil Raikes, Postmaster-General, stated that the greater the corresponrjenoo to the Colonies at the rate of twopenoe halfpenny, the greater would be the loss entailed, Up .Judge refused to allow Mr Notfjop/ solicitor, convicted of conspiracy, to be treated as a first-class inisderneoant. Tho Pbilatelio Grand Prize for the best collection of stamps was awarded tn the Prince of Wales,

My Gladstone expresses suspicion of Tory intrigues with the Pope, Mr Dillon,.speaking at Tipperary, said the Australians would feel ushauiccl of'tiie'ipsejves if they submitted to a'nicptiiig being '■' proclaimed," In the colonies the soldiery ,ww confined to their barracks

Messrs .'Dillon and O'Rrion were banquettod in the evening. A "digger" writes to the Pall Mall Gazette that the richest part of the Mount Morgan uiineisoxhausted,

police at Tipperary had their rifks ready in case they met with resistance, Mr O'Brien advised the meeting to dispene in order to avoid bloodshed. Mr Dcasy, sppuking at Cork, said that instead of detectives dogging their footstops in Australia, they, on the contrary, had police placed at their disposal. It is hoped the reduction of the ocean postage rate will como into force on June 1, India has asssnted. It is believed pressure would induce Sir J. Ponder to agree to a reduction of the cable rate to 4s per word instead of ss. The Agents-General are conferring on the subject. Delegates from Newfoundland have had an interview with Lord Knutsford, who stated he was extremely | anxious to satisfy the demands of the colonists to the utmost of his power. The Premier is parleying with the French • Government over the fisheries dispute. The French press is moderate in tone.

St. Johns, May 26.

A French warship ordered the British fishermen to remove their nets in St George'B Bay,' situated on the west coast of Newfoundland, and

landed a party of marines to see tlwt the order was complied with, A British warship was present, but did not interfere,

FOBEIGN.

■New York, May 21.

American cruisers have been ordered to seize and dismantle any sealers infringing the Behring Sea Gelling regulations. The sealers, it is said, will resist -this action, and it is rumoured they aro arming. The sentonce of death by electricity passed on Krcmraler has been eonfirmed. Sullivan and Jackson have been threatened with arrost in Virginia, It is rumored that the Mexicans of Lower California will proclaim a republic, Chicago, May 20. An infernal machine Ims been found at the base of the police monument. The heavy rnin which fell damaged the fuse before it took effect.

Berlin, May 26. Au anli-Rufiaian plot bus been discovered in this city, The Emperor was thrown from hia carriage at Potsdam yesterday, but escaped uuliirt, Von Caprivi accompanies him to England in the autumn,