NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3705, 8 January 1891, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

BNOLISH> London, January 5. The body of the late Mr A. W. Kinglahe will be cremated. SirE. C. N. Braddon, AgentGeneral for Tasmania, has arranged for a strong London Committee for an exhibition to be held at Launceston. The syndicate, over which Lord - Hartiugton presides, is willing accept a £IO,OOO subsidy from the Queensland Government for a mail service for Vancouver to Australia, and hope that owing to the Imperial character of the service tho Victorian Government may be induced to contribute £SOOO. The syndicate propose to establish a branch service between Honolulu and San Francisco. < H.M, ships Taurauga and Ringarooma, two of the Australian cruisers, will be commissioned on the 20th mat., and afterwards manned at Devonport, their complement being 212 men each. January 6 Nine of the children who were burned at the Leeds bazaar have died. General Booth declares that he has becu offered millions of acres of land in the colonics for the 'purpose of carrying out his colonisation scheme. Government are arranging with the Admiralty to take entire charge of al fcune and stores of the fleet, tho War "Office retaining only the land .service. I The strikers at* Motherwell Who "pad been evicted, created a riot, and Ihe assistance of the , police-and

police charged the rioters, whiJe the military fired on them with blank - "cartridges. Shops have been sacked at Blantyre. A riot occurred at Motherwell, in - which 20,000 miners who are on strike, took part. Many persons were injured. The Solicitor General condemns the refusal of the railway directors to "&s>itrate. 'TAt the request of Messrs Parnell and Harrington, an interview will take place to-raorrow between Messrs Healey and O'Brien. .^Muliett, one of the Irish In yincible's, -efcvicted of taking part in tbe Phoenix Park murders, has been released from gaol. Two thousand laborers at Swineford, County Mayo, demand work at the railway relief works, and threaten if it is not given them to stop those at present engaged. Mr Vincent Scully, who was defeated at North Kilkenny, has given np his intention of petitioning against the return of Sir John Pope Hennessy, fearing exposure on his ( own account.

Belaney, another of the Phoenix Park murderers, has been released. He was a witness on the TiinesParnell Cnmmision. Pamelif"3rKv O'Brien are at Doulogne. Ml The MarquJWf Salisbury states that Mr J. G. Blaine's last despatch, dated December 18th, in connection with the Behring Sea fishery, dispute, made proposals respecting the questions to be su - mitted to arbitration. A reply to tbis despatch is still pending, and the Premier states that the alleged ultimatum of the British Ambassador M|phout foundation. The Government has decided to reinforce the British Squadron in Behring Sea. It is reported that the German fleet will proceed to Behring Sea for the purpose of protecting German sealers.

The Standard's St Petersburg correspondent telegraphs that Kussia is • mobilising her fleet off Siberia in order to resist the American demands with regard to Behring Sea. The Foreign Office deny the Behring Sea dispute is serious. The despatches are merely a rehash of what has appeared in the press. The latter accuse Secretary Blaine of working up a war feeling for party purposes. FOREIGN.

Manilla, Jmuu»y 5. The natives at the Caroline islands attacked the Spanish troops, but were repulsed under the heavy fire of the gatling guns, and lost heavily. New York, January 5. The fire which gutted Hermann's Theatre in Fifth Avenue and injured Sturtevant House, originated through the electric light wires. The census shows the United States birth rate to be 2,000,000 below the previous decade.. San Fbancisco, January 5. The Hawaiian Government is parleying with the Government of Canada, for improved trade relations. Washington, January 6.

Mrs Sheldon, an American lady, i intends to explore Central Africa, I with a body-guard of soldiers and Berlin, January 6. Emperor of Germany recognises the Republic of Brazil. Capetown, January 6. The Natibhil Bank of Sou th A frica, -with a capital of £4,000,000, is being formed. St Petebsbehg, January G. The Bussian troops stationed on the German frontier, have been to retire, Washington, January 6, is reported that a battle is raging » at Pine Ridge with disastrous results Ito the American troops. The correspondence ;in connection with the Bearing Sea fishery dispute has been submitted to Congress. The Marquis of Salisbury, in his despatches, insisted that Great Britain had always denied the Russian claims to the Bearing Sea, holding, as he did, that Behring Sea was only a i T portion oi the Pacific, and if that was I doubtful he was willing to submit the matter to arbitration. Mr J. G. Blaine claimed to arbitrate for a definition of the rights ot - Russia, and as to how far they had been conceded by Great Britain. Dalziel's Agency states that Mr Blaine has consented to arbitrate. Melbodbne, January 6. " Mr Hines, Engineer of the Harbor Department, will proceed to New Zealand as a representative of "Victoria in. r selecting a site for the erection of a lighthouse on fhe Snares,

Pk Brisbane, [January 6. Ba. difficulty has arisen owing to the Harers declining to shear under the with the Pastoralists' MRn. The latter will wait for a week to see if the men give in, and if ?■•■'■• they do not, then free labour will be employed. -. Newcastle, January 7. - The secretary of the Miner's Union baa received a cable from Denniston (N.ZJ appealing for help, but as the message is not signed by the official secretary of the local miners 1 union, further information is required before any action can be taken in the matter.