NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3536, 14 June 1890, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

ENGLISH. - London, June 11, Mr Gosohen, feeling indisposed to recommend the Imperial Government to share theguarantee required to secure a reduction of the colonial cable .tariff, strong pressure will be brought to hear, and for this purpose the : Agents-General will seek a persona} interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr Oeoil/Kaikes, the PostmasterGeneral,' has suspended and imposed a fine on one hundred postmen who attended a. union meeting. His decision has caused a great commotion ut the Central Post Office, June 12. Mr O'Brien, M.P, m married in London to-day. Mr Dillon acted as best man, and the ceremony was performed by the Archbishop : of Oashel. Mr Baruell and other members wei'e present. The Parnelhtes intend to present an address to Cardinal Manning on the occasion of his silver jubilee. Several, failures have , occurred owing tO;tho depression in tbe woollen manufacturing districts. Tops are ten per- cent lower than the dosing prices of last series,

The Queen is deaply affeoted at the death of the Dowager Marchioness of Ely.; A commission agent named Alfred Jones, who mysteriously disappeared from. Melbourne in March last, and who was' ; thought to, have been drowned, has been arrested here on a charge of fraudulent bankruptcy.

FOKISIGN, . Jiine 12. The Servian Government have repudiated the attacks made by the press, ' Boda-Pe§ih, June 12. . M. gajjovsjjy, speaking on "the Budget in the Delegations, sajd that it was impossible for Austria-Hungary to keep peaoewith Germany in the matter of expenditure for military purposes.andbe.thought a .rupture of the Triple Alliance was'a lesser 'eyil tha|) an outbreak qf war. He deolared that an early Jnpreasie jn the effective peace -strength of tljp army would have to be brought 'about; for I it was; impossible ■ for Austria: tp reniain behjnd otlier countries' in respect.of rflilitayyequinment. : ;.' ' <» JoHNe. June 12. Many of the Newfoubdland fisyermen have hoisted the American flag on their boats,; and on various .points of vantage in the villages.on the ground that: England is'powerless to protect them.; r \ : '■:■] ■WASHiNaioK.'Jiineia " The Committee appoihted by the Senatoto'idrisider the Silver Bill has eitoisepj'the/orovitto?i foy t|e".i^emn-

tion in bullion as it is iiqw. t considered that tion oiv the subjeofcKwill be palsedat; all. ; vf' :^;Jf;;;f A. train lias. been wr'eokedland plundered by'.'■:■. liighwaymfo'; in Arkansas.: • .;." V: ., ," "

..■'■■• BerhEjJune 12, Switzerland is increasing her army. .-".-'.•' .."/\ ':"'■ ';'■.:, OußorJunel2.:: The Egyptian conversion prelerentinlßJper centloanof £29,000,000 has been issued. The .minimum, is fixed at 91, •'••, .. Lisbon) Jane 12. .:■'. The: Portuguese, ..Chamber, jof Deputies adjourned last night in an uproar in consequenoe of the "Government declining to hold a secret session to disouss negotiations. with linglnnd.' '■■■■■_■ ■ ■-• '- ; - '■'■■;

AUSTRALIAN. .Sidney, June 12. John'Steele,- the bank-note forger, was found guilty arid sentenced to ten j'eara imprisonment.' When arrested several hundred clever forgeries of £1 notes on the Australian Joint Bank ■• at, Sydney and the Union Bank at Melbourne iiwere found in bis possession, and in his house at Waterloo copper, plates, stamps, dies, and other engraver's' appliances were found. : John Farnham and Buonanan, the fireman and. stoker of the Sydney train which collided with the-Bris-bane mail train at.- parley, oh the 13th ult,, have been acquitted on the oliarge of "manslaughter. At the inquest into the oiro'umstances attending the collision, the jury had found that Farnham and Buchanan were guilty ■ of" culpable negligence, and they were arrested to-answer the charge. ■'■ ' Government attention/has been drawn to the state of potato,- carrot, parsnip- and peach tree roots, which are infested with' insects, and likelj to become a national oalamity. The pest is identified as similar to tua l whioh devastated large tracts of bee ! country in Germany, and also oaused 1 seriouß damage to crops iu America, Sydney, This day,. The Opposition claim the. right to nominate two to -the Federal Convention. Mr McMillan acknowledged the right, and Government promised to consider the point;; '•; : ;••'•' Perth, This day. The schooner, Johanna, bound from Mauritius to Melbourne, pat into this'-port in .distress. The majority of the crew are down with fever, four of them having suceumbed to its effects. Yery tempestuous weather was met with, but although the' vessel was leaking, the mate, with the assistance of the captain's wife, managed to navigate her into port in safety.. ■.