NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3698, 30 December 1890, Page 3

NEWS BY CABLE.

I I Emm' I London, December 27, J TtjflLtfid'ings which have beei rtcenlßaKen prove tlmt bridging tin Epglim Channel will be easier thai • to at lirst supposed. l'he diokowners have discharge! all lauds who have been employed b] ) them les3 than a decade. The construction of the Australia! ' Squadron having exceeded th arranged cost, the Admiralty <ir • adjusting the accounts by a revision of the ship storey. The commission' ing of the squadron has been delayed owing io the leakage of tho boilet ) tubes of ono of the vessels. |? Itis reported that the White Star Line, the Canard S.S. Company, and another firm will each place two steamers iu the Liverpool-Australian trade. A dastardly attempt on tho life of tho Roman Catholic Bishop of Killaloo, County Clare, was made to-day, when several shots were fired - into his house., The rev gentleman escaped with only sligin i,juries, POREia i St Petersburg, December 27. Thelfbrina is suffering from a nervouSaffectioi), and in consequence the Czar has recalled the Czarewitch, l who is on a visit to India. • L Paris, December 27.. \ A loan .of 71)0,000,000 1 .francs £28,000,000 will be issued on the 12th January, Washington, December 27. The official census of the United \ States just taken gives the population as 62J millions, showing an increase tapf over 12 millions since 1880. r '• December 28, r It is asserted here that, • the American consular agents in' Canada have cheated the Government to the extent of one million dollars, and also that they are in league with the ''exporters. Hoxg Kong, December 27. The steamer Shanghai has been burnt at Wuhu, a river port of China, on the river Yang-lze-Kiang, and 200 Chinese perished in the flames. Manum, December 28, The Spanish troops bombarded and subdued the natives of Ponap?, in the Caroline Islands, who had 32 killed, The American missionaries were removed from the island, ■ Representatives of the parties.led K by Mr Justin M'Carthy and Mr Parnalatc in this city discussing the vßitufSßwilh Mr O'Brien, who has recent^arrived 1 from America, and a gmt struggle'to'win liim over .is taking pla® ;: Itis beliwed that no less than 20 United States' Consuls in Canada are concerned in tho Customs frauds. are supposed to have been effected by the sale of blank cortifi .'atos which enabled goods to lit imported into the Stated at understated values. AUSTRALIAN. Sydnkv, December 28, The strike among the miners | engaged in the southern collieries is Upractically ended, and the men return to work on pie old terms pending a i conference with the ' Melbourne, December 29, 1 Owing to persistent opposition the 'ticket system introduced in connection . with the Free Labour Bureau lias ■•teen abandoned, and the men are uow V«Bgaged under the old system. Work » *as resumed as before this morning. Brisbane,JDecember; 29,• 1 . The wharf labourers have struck in an endeavour to crush the Free , Laboutßureau. «p dgavour to crush the Free lisboflgireati, *Perth (W A), December 29. The following is tho personnel of tho . pew Ministry |r—Premijjr and Colonial Treasurer,!* John Forrest; Colonial ' Secretary, •Mr Georgo Shealon; Attorney-General, . Mr Septimus Burt; Minister of Lands, Mr WE Marmion; Minister of Public Works andEailways, Mr H'W Venn, '