NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3585, 12 August 1890, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

' ENGLISH, Lokdon, August 8. .The Army Service corps at Chatham refused to parade, retired to the barracks, and looked themselves up in the utovorojra. The ringleaders of the mutiny were sentenced to imprisonment for a month. The men allege they are overworked, and an enquiry is to be made into thoir charges. In answer to a question iu the House of Commons to-day, Baron de Worms stated that the Government had received despatches from Queensland on tho question of the separation of tho northern portion of the colony, but they considered that the present time was inopportune to come to a decision in the matter.

Mr Henry George has been entertained at a banquet at Chinford, and in the course of his speech he stated that the Single tax was progressing in Australia, but ho found Protection a strong obstacle to it. The amount collected in aid of the survivors of tho Balaolava charge is inadequate,

Sir William Jervois is to he entortained at a banquet on Ootober 16th. Dr Carlos Pelligrmi, the new President of the Argentine Republic, is a cousin, of the late John Bright, August 9, IU —»-«•:»- ■'-»,« ..tlw. nnrtton, territory of South Australia to tho Mining Exhibition have arrived and are being placed in position, Her Majesty the Queen, in replying to a sympathetic farewell from the residents of Heligoland, expresses thanks for their loyal sentiments, and states that she is convinced that the Emperor of Germany will promote the prosperity of the Island.

Lloyd's have presented Captain [Bright, of the Bhip Boltana, with £IOO in recognition of his services in saving the Bhip from destruction oii her voyage from Port Augusta to London. The Bsltana left Port Augusta on 22nd November, and when in sight ot tho Antipodes Island it was-discovered that the vessel was on fire. Yain endeavours wero made to disoover the locality of the fire. All the hatches were closed, and the vessel headed for Lyttelton, where sho arrived on the 16th December, and after a couple of days' hard work in Lyttelton Harbor the fire waß subdued. ' After 1 reloading, the Beltana sailed for London, ' •

The naval manoeuvres have begun. Admiral Seymour being in charge ol tho attacking . fleet, while ViceAdmiral Ttyon leads the advance,

•' ffOREIMT. Berlin, August 8. The Magdeburg Gazette, iu discussing the 'sugar bounty question, considers that'tho present'tax on sugar will be maintained, "'".' .'" '■"■'';• August 10,

Heligoland was formally handed Qyer to-daytoVonßoetticber, German Secretary of State for the'lnterior, and the English and German, flags were hoisted alongside one another. Mr Barkely, the Governor of Heligoland took his departure to day, amid great enthusiasm, extreme regret being expressed at his departure, Prior to his departure the Governor was entertaiurf a '. * banquet, and salutes were fired as ho left tne suC™, "".'"" BpEß.qo Aybes, August 9. ' Tho premium on'fjold Gontinu6,s?Jp recede, and is now quoted at 135! Since the formation of the new Cabinet confidence in the country has heen revived.

" Thei loan about to bo issued by the Arg&itiiip Bepublio will probably apunfc to onfMndred'niiljifin p6sos. liAPnip, August j),"' The cholera is spreading throughout Spain.

BitussEis, August 9.

Tlie Congo Free State has annexed Mataytmoo, situated to tho South of its present possessions.

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Sydney, August 10. Mr Best, tho organist, having recovered from his recent severe illness, the inauguration of the new, organ in the Centennial Hall took place on Saturday. There was a vary large attendance, and the performance was n'greh't success. i|)B'"sv .Charlej'..Clark "to-day a gsrjnp'ni jtjte proceeds of which \yere to go ]tp pbayjtabjo pnrposos, ■Tliflflliuruli ro crow/led, soinMQOQJo 5000 being present, The'' ffUM ??•' P ,ayeil was received with pisses, . Bjmswihj, August 10. Tji.o now Cabinet iormed'Ly Sir 8; W, .Grijfltlui ]s as, follows ;-Cl|ii'ef Secretary and Attorney-General, Sir S V W. Griffiths; Colonial,"Treasurer, SirTlios.MJlwraith; Secretary for Railways and Public Works, Mr T. Unronek; Secretary for Public Lands and Agriculture, Mr A. S. Cowley ;

Secretary for Mines and Postmaster* General, Mr W. 0. .Hodgkinson; Colonial Secretary and, Minister of Education, Mr Horace .Trpzef."' ; Mr W. H, 0. Wilson will lead the Council

without portfolio, and Mr Byrnes has been appointed to a sent m the Council as Solicitor-General, Melboubne, August 11. The missing boat's crew of the ship Carlisle, which was wrecked on the (Kent group, has been' rescued at Cliffy Island.