NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3633, 15 November 1890, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

. ■,• ■ London, November 13 th. : Thosiiddbn'dcatb is arinouncciF'of the Rev Aipxaiuler Haniwy, who was ono of the delegates of. tho Victorian Congregational jubilee. ~ Mr. Hadilon Chambers' play,".Tho Idler" has been produced with success at the Lyceum in New York. Tho Rev Dr. Jeffries, formerly chairman of the New South Wales Congregational Union, who accepted the pastorate of the new college, Hamstend, has been warmly welcomed by tho congregation. , Tho London Association of Ship owners and Brokors, representing a million lons, have joined the Shipping Federation. They include the following Shipping Companies:—P and 0. Orient, Currie and Co, and Slimy Snvill and Albion Company. Tho Federation now numbers six and a half millions.

Mr Wm Morris, tho poet/ lias abandoned the Socialist Leaguo because of the "no rent" provision in the eeneral strike manifesto having been adopted, and also owing to the Loague denouncing Mr Champion; The directors of the New Zealand Estates Company havo now granted special settlements. The Standard is indignant at the New Zealand Government concealing the bankruptcy of the New Plymouth Harbour Board for a whole year, and considers it. ought at least to accept the obligation of the debt of £60,000, The Rov l)r Barry has been appointed Canon of Windsor, ■ The condition of the Countess of Jersey is worse. The fever has increased.

The Queen has sent -specially to enquire after the-Countess of Jersey's health.

Itjs rumoured that Sir J Fergusson, Political Secretary to the Foreign Om'co, is to be appointed Governor of Madras.

Mr Gladstone is too busy with political matters to assist General Booth in his colonising scheme, The" Dockers approve the General's plan. Obituary—Mr Justice O'Hagan, The Countess of Jersey is still in high fever but she maintains her strength, Bishop Moorhouse says that General Booth's scheme for tho establishment of city farms and oversea colonies, contains many elements of success,, but ho advises that the various colonies should, be asked to co-operate in tho scheme, The Bishop has promised a donation of a hundred pounds to the tuud.

• The reported cession of Zambia to France in exchange for her rights in New Pouudland is denied,

' In order to shorten the debalo on tho Addras-in-Replyit is intended that tho Address shall take tho form of merely returning thanks for the Queen's tness»go. It is reported that Delaney, the Invincible, who has just boen released from gaol, will shortly sail for Australia, Delaney was ono of those sentenced to death for complicity iu tho PhceniK Park murders, but whose sentence was oominutod to penal servitude

FOREIGN, Berlin, November 18. ; Dr Koch promises to disclose the method of his consumption cure at a lecture on the 27th inst, The betrothal of Princess Margaretho of Germany to tho. Prince of Naples is announced, In the course of his speech at the opening of the Prussian Diot-.tho Emperor William declared th\t Germany was at peace with all nations.

AUSTRALIAN, Sidney, November 13. At the inquiry to-day into the circumstances connected with the wreck of the steamer Alberta, bound from Japan to Melbourne with a cargo of coal, the Marine Board found that the acoidentwas duo to wrongful neglect or default on the part of Captain ttelson by navigating too olose in shore without taking proper and sufficient precaution to ascertain his true position. The captain has been cited to show cause why his certificate should not be suspended. Melbourne, October 14, All the members of the Cabinet \>m been re-elected, In his speech to the electors Mr Munro said the financial position of the colony was'sound,' but that its resources required to be husbanded. Borrowing could not be stopped at present, but the amount would be limited in order to prevent alarm to English investors'. He ntended tc effeot reform in the management of railways, and to introduce legislation to promoto the efficiency of railway service, fle also made relei'enco to strikes, and said that it was his intoution to call a conference of representatives from tho various Australian Governments to take into consideration tho best means of preventing the recurrence of the labor difficulties of the past few weoks.

Hobart, November 14. Tho- Payment of Members Bill passed through tho Legislative Council by a majority of one. Under tho Bill members mvst attend twentyone full sittings during session to entitle them to payment. November 14, The Herald says that, warned by the effect produced in London by the taxation of companies' dividends proposed by Queensland, the Government should feel it expedient to oliminato from their financial programme any allusion to such a thing as a tax on Government bondholders which would be suicidal to the interests of the Colony, The Herald blbo condemns the proposal to reduce the number of Ministors.

: Memoukne, November 10. At Ibo Intercolonial Charity Coitf ferenco it was resolved to memorialise tho various colonial Legislature, asking that tho existing affiliation laws should be so amended as to assimilate them with the English Act of 1876,