NEWS BY CABLE

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3704, 7 January 1891, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE

ssrauss. London, Januan 5, The Hon A J Balfour anc tbe Earl of Zetland are appealing for funds for the relief of Irish fanilies who are unable to -benefit bi'the carrying out of publiCjvJfcjia anqalso to provide food and fcldjhps for heir children attending sc|hoq|. The Clerks of tllq Tendon lost office and Savings iltonfc w ho vwre suspended for refufsin* to \vrk overtime, compliin of (E e excessive employment of fsuiaies j n he department, Lord Huston is recovering. Hunter, the well-known Yorkship professional cricketer, is dead. ' ■•' Mr Gladstone has issued a denit! to the report that he is about ti refc're. The suffering in the East End f rolu cold and starvation is appalling The relief afforded is quite inadequate. Lord Cari'ington reads a paper on Australia at the Colonial Institute. The Standard, in an article 0H t] te Behring Sea fishery dispute, Ba y ß it cannot believe that Mr Blaine will In: allowed to enforce a conflict between the United States and England in order to overtrump his politioal rivals. Telegrams issued by Agency highly color the; diJKitent said to exist among the peMa of Newfoundland. '. The formation of anti is being encouraged by Amiric^H A romantic story is in about Parnell and Mrs O'Suea,^^^

how the lady once nursed him back to life, and on another occasion, learning there was a plot to assassinate him, warned him to leave the theatre and avoid taking a carriage. The story, v- iih details, has been published, and bus improved Parnell's position. Parnell demands that McCarthy should resign before the Irish party lefonns under the temporary leadership of O'Brien.

FOREIGN. Ottawa, January 5. Mr Sandford Fleming and the promoters of the Pacific cible are considering whether they' will connect Honolulu en route to Australia. St John's, January 5. There is great discontent among the inhabitants of Newfoundland at the renewal of the modus Vivendi with regard to French sh ore rights, and many threaten to overthrow British rule.

Paris, January 5. The elections for the Senate have resulted in a great .Republican gain. M. Ferry has been elected for the department oE Vosges. Berlin, January 5. Germany has annexed the Mar. shall Island Group, north of the Equator, lying east of the Islands. *•*-

Dr Koch is conferring with the Government as to tho expediency of disclosing his secret. Washington, January 5. President Harrison has ordered twelve cruisers, four revenue cutters, and seven patrol steamers to assemble at Sau Francisco within a month. It is understood that the mobilising is in connection with the Behring Sea fishery dispute.

Great activity is being displayed in the American dockyards, The American press discourage Mr J. S. Blaine's action with regard to the Behring fisheries.

AUSTRALIAN. Sydney, January 5; Intense heat is being experienced in the city and throughout the colony generally, thn temperature ranging from 90 to 113 in the shade. Tremen- . dons bush fires are raging in. Barmedman district, 313 milesS Wof Sydney. Homesteads and 300 acres of grass are burnt. , ,

January 6i ; ' A bush fire in the vicinity of Condobolin, about 800 miles inland, has devastated about 120 miles of country. Twenty thousand sheep perished in the flames. The fire travelled at the rate ot ten miles an hour, and if the wind had not suddenly changed, nothing could have : saved the township.

It is stated that the defalcations of Bennett, late manager of tho Faddington branch of the English and Scottish Chartered Bank, amount to £13,000.

The Mission vessel Southern Cross, which has arrived from the islands, reports great mortality among the nativos of the Gilbert Group, where an epidemic of measels and dysentery has been raging. ■.-..., Eight cases of true leprosy hava been discovered in Penrhyns Group. The natives of Hervey Group hare been suffering from La Grippe, and a large number of deaths have occurred. Melboubne, January 6. The Premier of Tasmania hn ■ replied to Mr Munro's circular with reference to General Booth's scheme, ofutt'ng, iJiathe thinka-ifc-aHniaaUn ,tn_. 1 await full particulars of the scheme before entering upon a discussion. The Chairman of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Compahy cables as follows :—«• The gist of the agreement will soon be ready in order, if approved, that the reductions may come into operation without delay." Brisbane, January 6. Prolonged shocks of earthquake hare been experienced at Duray and. Hawkswood.