NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3557, 9 July 1890, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

.;:■-;: .;•:;.■ BHOHflftO ;■'-■:■' ' .:.;.. ■■: Losu'os, JulyG. '. It is currently reported that Lord Randolph Oliurohill has become reconciled to his former colleagues, and that he returns to the Cabinet. It is regarded as .imminent that ho ■will receive either the Secretaryship of India or Ireland, and in the event of the latter Mr A. J, Balfour would lead the House of Commons in succession to Mr W, H. Smith, who is likely to accept a peerage

July 7. Sir U. F. Garrick, formerly Agent General for Queensland, who was asked to contest a seat at the next general election, has finally -decided not to come forward. ■

An order lias been made to wind up tho'Mortgage andAgeuoy Company of Australasia, under the supervision of tho Court, , . ■ Heavy rains and cold nights aro damaging all the European crops, and are causing grave anxiety, England and. Portugal have agreed

to invite three Swiss jurists to arbitrate on the Delagoa Railway dispute, Mr'E, Parke, editor of the North London Press, who was sentouced to twelve months' imprisonment for libelling Lord Euston in connection with the Cleveland-street 1 scandal, has been released.. Mrs Ethel and Mr Edwards have obtained bronze medals at the Royal Academy for singing. The Second Coldslreams, cantoned at Wellington Barracks, on being ordered out for.kit inspection, a body of the men refused to parade and locked themselves in their rooms, The staff was, sent for and the inspection abandoned. The men then paraded, hissing and hooting Colonel Maitland, The.War Office is discussing the matter, and the regiment will probably be ordered on foreign service, The men complained of being harassed by useless drills and needless inspections,

.FOREIGN MwniD,.July7. Cholera is spreading at Valencia. Senhor Canovas Las succeeded in forming a Government. The Liberal policy of his predecessors will be continued,

; Suakim, July 7. It is reported here that Osman Digna, with 6000 followers, has left Tokar for tho Nile, A famine is still being experienced by. his followers, who have compelled to resort to cannibalism.

San Fbanoiboo, July 7. Information has reached here tha,t the Hawaiian Ministry has resigned and anew Cabinet formed as follows: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Oummins; Minister of Finance, Mr Godfrey Brown; Minister of Interior, Mr Spencer; Attorney-General, Mr Petersen.

Rome, July 7. Italy gives up Ennaliland, and England in return cedes Leila. Paris, July 6. Byrand, who was arrested at Havana on ; the accusation of Gabrielle Bompard, has confessed to the murder of M, ctourie. Some £2700 was spent searching for him. When arrested he' attempted to commit suicide.'

The Government of the Repbulic of Columbia has agreed to the request of the -liquidators of the Panama Canal to extend the time, as the liquidators believe, that the necessary capital to continue operations may be. obtained on an international basis.

AUSTRALIAN, Melbouene, July 7. • Some months ago the Premier of Victoria wrote to the' Governors of the other colonies regarding a suggestion that had been made that they should combine to form common reading, library, corresponding and meeting rooms at the Imperial Institute, which is being erected in London, instead of each Colony maintaining these rooms separately. Replies havo now been received which show that the Governments of Queensland, New Zealand, South Australia, Tasmania, and Fiji cordially approve the suggestion. At the annual meeting of the Colonial 'Mutual Life Assurance Society it was shown that the cash surplus was equivalent to over £BOO,OOO. The invested funds exceeded £1,000,000, and the new business £8,835,675. Sydney, July 7. In the Supremo Court to-day, the; case Connel v. Neill and Company, of Now Zealand, an action to recover the sum of £9OOO, was called. Counsel for the defence applied to set aside the writ of summons, contending that the company was a foreign corporation outside .the jurisdiction of. the Court, The Chief Justice granted the application with costs, remarking that if the decision was wrong it is desirable that it should be settled on.appeal, If, on the other hand, the decision was a right one, it was of sufficient importance to arrest the attention of the Legislature, , At the annual sheep sale merino stud rams sold at prices ranging from 50 to 500 guineas. July 8. As Chinese stowaways oontinue to arrive and attempt to ovado the poll tax, Government have decided that orews of vessels shall be photographed before leaving ports. ; '■■■••■' Adelaide, July 8, Hoavy rains and gales have wrecked several houses at Gladstone, and the town was flooded.