NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3818, 23 May 1891, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

ENGLISH. London, May 20. The decision of the New South Wales Government not to float a loan at present is viewed in a favorable light in financial circles, and leading financiers are urging the oiher colonies to follow their example.^ It is stated that the Freeman's [journal, which has hitherto supported Mr Parnell's claim to the the leadership, will in future adopt an independent attitude with regard to the dispute. May 21. Ba'ron Hirsch has purohased a traot of land in Uruguay, South America, for the purpose of settlement by the Jews who have been expelled from Russia. The Government have granted favorable privileges to the Jews in taking up the land, and Baron Hirsch has despatched an engineer to make all preparations for their arrival. Speaking at Dublin, Mr Tim Hualy, M.P., scouted the statement that the two factions of the Irish party were arranging for a settlement of the dispute which had oaused a split in the party, with the view of concerted action at the forthcoming general elections, and said that on the contrary the seceders were determined to carry the poll at the elections, and oust the Parnellities. The cruiser Katoomba, and the torpedo gunboat Boomerang, have sailed for the Australian station.

During the last week two hundred end sixty-six deaths from influenza were reported in London. The large influx of gold has had the effect of easing the money market.