NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3543, 23 June 1890, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

% fr 'imlisb. ■■ C;. ■ijii" ; London, June 19. ; of the New Plymouth Harbor Board debentures intend' to petition, the New Zealand Government to place them in as favorable a position as if the mode of disposing of the wastejaads was still the same as in 1879.' They if'their olaim.is not recognised it will prejudice the credit of the colony. -11 M, Stanley deolares that,, Lord Salisbury has added half a million square miles ; of ..territory' to. the British witii/ immense! possibilities, of extension in the ( future.. Sir F. Mackinndu warmly approves 1 the Premier's bargain. " The'report that Stanley has been appointed Governor'of tun Congo Free State is premature. • The : local taxation proposals "< before' the House of Commons wore, only carried by, a majority, of four.; jlr W. H. Smith deolares it was a snatch' vote.

■'■ The first clause of the Bill granting compensation to publicans was carried by a majority of four. •'■■■•'" ' Lord Salisbury, in reply. to Lord Roseberry, said that. nayal were favorable to the cession of Heligoland; ■■''>' .-.} -j ;• i v.); H. M, Stanley says that Lord Salisbury has achieved more than a' legion of missionaries and .explorers could do, ■:• / '/"'; 'At the sitting of tho Telegraph Conference Sir J. Pender and F, ft 3311 explained the scope and effect of cable reductions. " '»'■'.:' ; >. .•■:..,'■-,■;

The Orient Steamship Company having'reinstated the firemen who were discharged, the raon on' strike have returned; to; their work,, ; ~./ The ; dock laborors at Gloucester, who struck owing to the alleged breach of agreement on the part;; of the employers, have resumed wort.

TJndei\>; the: Civil j List,' Pensions Grants Act, Mrs Blanchard has been granted a pension in consideration oi her services as a worker on behalf of .the emigration of women. The New Zealand Agricultural Company have extended the time for payment of debentures to five years. ;■ The employes of the' British Government have formed a Federal Council with a view of improving the rate of wages.; and promoting, .{he ■interests ofthe'Xrade unionist?. ;,'■'} Owing to'"tu'e\Mai'quis of Salisbury mediating in the dispute between the Home Secretary and the Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police; it is considered likely that Mr Monro will resume offio?'. The new-procedure proposals .of/the Government will-be referred; to a select committee, The Prince of Wales having declined, the Duke of Fife will open the Milling Exhibition. . , FOREIGN. .- ~ Washington, June 20, The American citizens have presented a petition to the. Senate asking it to' support their title to lands acquired from Fiji chiefs. The petition has been referred to the Foreign Eolations Committee. ' ' In consequence of the Senate inserting a inouey clause in the Silver Coinage Bill, the speaker of the Houseof Representatives has referred the measure to the 0 image Committee. Berlin, June 20. The Germans consider that the East African settlement .almost' amounts to r an allianoe'with England. '.' austbaliaY" . j Sydney, June 20. Mr O'Connor, Postmaster-General, has sent a oable message to the New Zealand Government intiniatingth'at New South Wales will not subsidise any mail service to San Francisco after the present contract expires, June 21. The Joint Stock Bank has recovered the sumof£7Bs7;from.the Bank of New Zealand "on ; a "dis- 1 honored cheque in connection with the Thomaß'frauds.