NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3544, 24 June 1890, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

~ BOTUB.'^'..■■-■■-.-.:; London, Juno 21. The police demand an increase of pay, and ignore the efforts of Hynd- ! man and other (Socialists to provoko a strike. . .-.'""■ .'.'''''

The number of the Postmen and Police Unions is steadily increasing,

Sit Edward Bradford succeeds Mr J. Munra ns Chief Commissioner of tjie Metropolitan Police. '.,, , ~,..' The St. Petersburg correspondent ' of the Chronicle telegraphs that the ■ Czar has sanctioned a Franco-Biissian ' alliance to biilauco tho Anglo-Germaii-agreement.''-..'..' In ft letter to.the Times Mr Heiinickor: Heittoa-'eulogises the enterprise shown by Queensland in' reserving the right to establish V lenny post to. Great Britain I)7,the '■ British India Steam Navigation Com-rany's-steamers;: L ' ' •'■' .''_'.' The Marquis of Salisbury has comilained to Portugal of the,, latter's violating the statin quo in the Shire istrict by massing troops on the kinks of tho Bus River. Sir Arthur Sullivan has offered Miss imy Sherwina three years' liberal ngagement in the " Gondoliers" and : lvanboe," at the Savoy Theatre, At the Telegraph Conference in 'oris Sir F, Dillon Bell, on behalf of \'.t Arthur Blyth, annonnc'ed'that the': louth Australian Government would efuse to grant any rebate on shipping olegrams. ' ■. ' ~i .'': ~'.U. The licensing clauses in the local axation propjsalsof the Government pill probably be withdrawn.. The Telegraph • Oonference sitting it Paris has recommended a reduction n rates on shipping cablegrams, . Lord George Hamilton, i'irst Lord if the Admiralty, and Sir' James ?erg«BSon, in reply to Sir Thomas Bamonde, said they did not intend to lubliah tho papera in connection with ,he enquiry held at-Sydney into the nutiny on board H.M.S, Egoria.

.The'execution of the Samoan Treaty has been deferred owing to the local obstacles which ate in the way. v,-■ ._. ■•-,

In the House of Commojia to-daj Mr J.IH. Heaton enquired whethei there'wo3 aiiy' truth in tho reporl that a Scotch peer was to succeec

Lord Oarrington as Governor of New South "Wales, and whether Sir Henry 1 Pavkes had been consulted in the matter,''

It is tsserted that the inhabitants of Heligoland are .opposed .to . the Island being ceded to' (ierniany. Lord Salisbury states that ho has

received no official intimation of the shooting of: two sepoys by Mr Buohanan, British Consul in Shire.

'FOREIGN. Berlin, June 21, The feeling is gradually spreading in Germany that in.the settlement of the East African question England secured the, best of the bargain. ~.: ,Si,Petersbu»o, Jupe 21. '.• Crowds of Jews ai'e being expelled from the western provinces of Russia, and aro seeking refuge iu Austria, June 22, Eussia threatens to adopt ulterior measures unless the jndemjty, due by Turkey is promptly paid.' She declined to wait for payment until Nomnter, Pakis; June 21;;.; The French Government deoline to discuss the question of the disposal of the Egyptian oonvewion surplus until England has fixed the date of' the evacuation of Egypt, and Ibns compel., the levying of a French taxi; 'v, ' The King of Dahomey issuing for peace, ■■•:■' '■'■"' June 22, M, Ribot, in the Chambers of Deputies, said that wording to the Berlin Convention it ra necessary for Great' Britain to arrange with France previous to taking action in East Africo.

•'• Sofia, June 21. The sentence passed on. Major Panitza and other conspirators has been confirmed,. ~ ~ st • j. •■ 'StJo'hnl,June ; 2l. ' A British 1 warship has again ordered the closing of Baird'e lobster factory in' St George's Bay. Baird refuses to do so unless force is applied. ' Washington, June 21, ' The House of, Repreßentßtives has decided that the action of. the Speaker in referring the Silver Bill to the Coinage Committee owing to the insertion of the money clause was erroneous, and in consequence-a'dead-look has arisen... .;'■'.. .'■■'■

A cyclone passed ovav the State of Illinois, wrecking many^of-the to™ siid villiges. Thirty persons were' killed, and numbers'injured, ■ A oyclone in Illinois lifted a school at Pawpaw into'.thelair,'and'the bodies of many o£. the scholars were afterwards found in a- creek iri the vicinity. The telegraph -lines;were destroyed, and at least one hundred persons were killed or injured; ' .-, -, CavetowHi Jane 21, - : ;. The Afrioan colonial press denounce the agreement. arrived: at between' England arid Germany over the East African question...,■■ They deEOri.be Zaczibar as the keyto Africa, ;:'..• A correspondent of the New York. Herald states that 200 Newfouridlim•ders and Frenohmen came to blows at Portpauport.; They.fought with blabs, oars, and ■ tKooks, I : and, numerous broken .bones was the result. The Frenchmen, who wo in tho 1 minority, got the worst of it,; r<;--'. : ,|

- . STO^pYi-June'^2, ; Tamworth, situated M miles north of here, is partially flooded, and; the drowning of a man named Lynch' Is reported, .; .--■'• '''•''".. :'. : ~■> MHUOORSB.Juno 23, '•'• ■ Midwinter, thewellAnowhci'icketeri : has becomojnsane : .through domestic bereaTemoat,;■' : '" ■' v V' :'' :: " ,:; r; ' ; - .:;;;;. HesATiT,'June'23. ■>< .'.. A serious'outbreak of Cumberland '. disease has o'courj l ed(|Phjj infection; is J spreading rapidly,".and.h'eaHhy sheep] once 4i9 TtUWo 9 few raio^tw.