NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3578, 4 August 1890, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

SMB.; ... 5 London, July 31, The Earl of Jersey and Lord Knutsfoid ■ visited, tiio Mining Exhibition to-day. Tho former thought the exhibition a pcrfoct revelation of the extent o£ the mineral wealth in Australia, and especially in New South Wales, Ho expressed the opinion tbqt the coal mines must encourage the investment of English capital, iioth noblemen were astonished: at the' mineral resources of tho . colonies generally, 1 and were particularly struck with the South ; Australian copper and. New So# Wales silver, '

The Earl of Jersey has appointed Mr George . Gosqiiop) . son of the Chancellor of tho &tilie(|tier, as his private secretary, ; r <; : ~ 41'ival of Succi named Jacques has succeeded in fisting for over 40 days at the Westminster Aquarium. ..Mr..Justice Day held that the claims of the Cape Copper Company for over|2oo,ooo against the Coniptoir | d'JJsconipto, under guarantee, were uHraweii and gave judgment in favor of the defendant Company. Mr E," Star.dhope has asked tlie Duke of Cambridge, tp . inquire into the sentences passed on the mutinous

f'Tlie polico dispersed;|jinping of dismissal- poslmon Embankment/ Theyl ld.iioti- of thof tli o Po'stmaster-Gpno.ral to releh't, but the union is not' iiiclined to.yiold to their wish.

Mr Mies hopes tlio reduction of tbij, ocean'postage to 2|d ivill 'come into effect promptly. '' Baron de Worms, in reply to tho demand of tho Cape - Government to lie consulted as to the Bcttlemeut of East that it ia impossible to 'cbrisult the colonies about .cessions affecting their interests;" t>: In the Hoiiso of Commons, M r •jCtecih -Bailies, announced that tlio carrying; of the new postal rates to Australia, would not long be deferred, and lie hoped for an early'sottlethentiof ,the important question raised by tho Indian Govern* ment concerniiigithe reduction, J _, ' The Postal Union has definitely refused to;, dissolve,. aa, requested by the dismissed. po<tmen,.' Sf j; The Earl of Zetland, iVWroy of Ireland; declavej, that - that country is virtually free from,crime,': ,The Colonising Committee will" deter their until next year owing to a disseation on the question of emigration. :.p'; '" The Earl of Jereey has appointed the Hon. Rupert Lee and Earl of Aucrum his aide-de-camps, ...... Washington*, August 1.. Purchases of silver undor ■ the" 1 new Act will begin in, September. New York, August!.

A million and a. half ounces of silver was sold- in this * city-on Thursday, and prices closed at 113\ cents, The silver'patty are booming prices,- It is estimated that in the next' : three,;..months America will require eighteen million ounces ot silver. The present stock is seven million ounces, •and the average monthly production is four , million ounces,

Vienna, August 1.,

The Atcbducheas Valerie has married the Arohduke Franois Salva-

St Petersburg, August 1. Russia has warned Turkey that the recognition of Prince Ferdinand will be treated as an act of hostility, and lead. to grave-results., . : Capetown, August 1.

•Parliament has unanimously passed the Premier's motion that the Colony ought to have been consulted respect, ing the agreement with Portugal, as to the territory south of Zambesi, ;= Berlin, August 1, The German--Government has granted the demands of tho miners delegates for eight hours,- and htVe agreed to reinstate'the men who were dismissed .for going out on strike. Zambesi, August 1. - • Severe fighting.has taken place.at. Ugogo between tho followers of Emin Bey and the Natives, during which the latter lost severely.