NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3723, 30 January 1891, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

ENGLISH. London, January 27. The trial of the Zahnski dynamite gun at Shoeburyness was a success. The mortality in London,- owing to the recent fog 3 and frosts, was three thousand beyond the average. January 28. The press is unanimous in praise of Lord Carrington's paper. The Duke of Fife and Sir W. Jervois were amongst those present. The Times announces that the Victorian loan will be placed ou the market at the beginning of March. The Times states that the South Australian 3i per cent loan will be issued in a fortnight before the Victorian loan. Sir H. Norman, Governor of Queensland, according to the World, is about to retire. Sir ii. Norman is conferring with Lord Knutsford respecting the separation of Northern Queensland. He denies that he intends to retire. Mr Bradlaugh has suffered a relapse. Mrs O'Shea is seriously ill. Mr Baldwin, of Wellington, is first-class scholar in the Middle Temple, It is announced to-day that the South Australian loan of £1,200,000 at 8J- per cent, with a minimum of 98, will be placed in the market on February 4th. It is expected that the loan will realise one-half per per annum.

London, January 27. A band of maskers seized a locomotive shed at Strathaven, ill treated employes, and disabled the engines. In some places the rails have been soaped. January 28. The Caledonian Company refuses to re-engage strikers in consequence of their lawless conduct while they were out. The railway men are providing agaiust the seizure of their funds. The lonic will collect a crew at an outport. Free sailors are easily available. German 3teamers are in the Thames trying to secure trade. The amalgamated railway unions have formulated demands for a reduction of hours on the English lines alter Easter. A Bill introduced by Mr Abraham prohibits miners being obliged to work underground beyond eight hours under a penalty of 40s. FOREIGN. Suakiji, January 29. A smart engagement has taken place with dervishes outside of the town. English troops have occupied Handoub. Washington, January 28. Fifty miners, were killed by a colliery explosion in Pennsylvania, A train conveying 70 cavalrymen, who had distinguished themselves in the recent fighting with the Indians, collided with an express train in Kansas. Both trains were wrecked, and there was great loss of life. The Senate of Texas has passed a Bill declaring prize fighting a felony. Pauis, January 28. Sardou's play " Thermidor" has been prohibited, owing to the Radicals objecting criticisms in it on Robespierre. Buenos A YitJis, January 28. The Argentiue Parliament has passed a tax of 2 per cent on bank depasits, and 10 per cent on bank profits.

AUSTRALIAN. BiusiiANE, January 2'J. Important disclosures have been made in connection with the beer and spirit trade in Queensland. An engraver has confessed to making plates of Foster's and Bass' labels, also of others, including leading brands of whiskey. The methods of working up the beer, if edifying, is not over pleasant, as was shown in one case, where a lump of meat was thrown into a vat and left there till the beer had obtained a proper flavor. The police are instituting proceedings against those connected with the affair.