NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3687, 15 December 1890, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

SiTCUSS, - Lohdoh, December 12. The townspeople at Wycombe, the seat, of, .Lord; Carrington, are organising ■a ■' 'week's festivities in honour of his return, and his tenants are making similar preparations, . Lord Carrington interyie''wed I Loi , d Knutsfordjtoretaryfor.ttie.Gdlo'nies, today. . . _ England and Germany are dissuading Italy from occupying Tripoli.

The Torpedo and gunnery trials of the Australian oruisers.ltingarooma and; Taurangai v ''- are *; satisfactorily. The ships will be put in commission on the completion of the trials, and despatched to Australia early next year. ' ' The Koch process is not proving so successful as at first. The second death ocourred -after a third inooulation. Several other patients under treatment are in a dangerous condition. A meeting of the shareholders'of the Bank of New Zealand will be held on the 14th January for the purpose of amending the constitution, Lord and Lady Carrington were not on board the b.s Nepaul when she Btruok ,the rocks-in Plymouth Sound, they having come overland. [The s.B. flepaul was one of the fleet of steamers, owned by the <, o.SteamNavigationCompany. She Was an iron scrow steamer, barque rigged, and was built in Glasgow by A. Stephen and Sons in 18-76. * Her tonnage was 8550 tons gross, and 2010 tons net, She had/three decks, and was_ fitted with the electric light, Her dimensions were Length, 875.2 ft; breadth, 40.1 ft; and depth, 32,1 ft, Her engines were COO, horse power effectual, and were manufactured by A, Stephen and Sons. The vessel,.we believe,,was, under the oharge of Captaiu Ai B. Daniell.]. The varioua Agents-General for the Colonies to-day met Kir Frederick Abel and the Committee of the Imperial Institute with, reference to the proposed Mining Exhibition in I connection with the Institute: The Agents strongly objected against free adrmssiou being granted. It was decided that the neqejaary space should be given ft«e of cost, and that the expense attached to the establishment of the Exhibition should be distributed amongst the colonies cm the basis of population. New South Wales is building a Bpooial annexe} Tho progress, of the Institute is hampered by negleot inpayment of tho colonial subsidies. '' - FQMISN V . New York, December 12. Tho Indians have been overawed, and tranquility is being ;restored. Berlin, December 12, An opinion .is prevalent among professional gentlemen that Dr Koch's remedy for consumption is still in an. experimental stage. I'ekin, Deoembor 12. A steamer oil Hong Kong has been raided by pirates, who murdored the oiiicei'3 and looted the vessel,'./' Gunboats havo .been sent in pursuit of the pirates. -•'■' 3l ■'■"'■'

. AUSTRALIAN. Sydney, December ,12, In the libel action Evening frews v Star, in which the proprietors' of the. former newspaper claimed JfiiOOO damages for alleged libel'-contained in the Star'B. comment in the last Keuip-M'Lean soulling race, a verdict was roturned in favour of the dofen(|onti Later news from China : states that thejwo warships which*; pt'Cfc sea during the recent gale, arid;were reported to hove foundered with all hands, have returned to port safely, ;. -Meiißouiine, Decombcr li), ■;- ■The Colonial ymmi h*s re

cerjcd a cable messago a lt'is hopeless to attempt to clMrt *" £850,000 woith of 0 ( per cat/ ' debentules, falling due in January/ / into 8} per cents The associated banks will therefore pay off tlio» \ dcbentuies, ai)d advance half a ' million without secuuby. \ Adelaide, Decenibei 18. * The report of the Select Committeo / on bonuses recommends that in view <> > of wheat becoming less profitable 1 the sys'tera of rooted' vines and cuttings be further„ ex-, tended to all hna fide farmers and* fruit growora,; also the appointment of an entomologist and Vegetablo pathologist to deal with insect pests; and finally that assistance' be 'gtv'en' by means of boiiusea' on exported butter, and that all dairy machinery" be admitted free, , ri J