NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3822, 29 May 1891, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

ENGLISH. London, May 2G. The stockbrokers have received few applications from the public for the Queensland lean, but an impression prevails that the floating will be arranged. The Duchess of Albany formally

opened the military tournamen The Victorians had a tremendous reception. The Chartered Company's expedition to Mashonaland suffered great hardship owing to the supplies giving out. May 27. It is rumoured that the British cruiser Magicienne has occupied Port Beira, Mozambique. In the House of Lords to-day a Bill to enable persons charged with crime to give evidence, also to enable wives to give evidence on behalf of their husbands, has passed its second reading. L'ieutenant Grant, of the 2nd Battalion of 4th Goorkas, who distinguished himself during the revolt in Manipur, has been promoted to the rank of major, and Her Majesty the Queen has also conferred the Victoria Cross on him. There were 879 deaths from influenza in the City of London last week. The exact amount tendered for Queensland loan was £296,800. Mr Parnell intends to visit America when the House of Commons has been prorogued. He has arranged to marry Mrs O'Shea in a month or six weeks. FOREIGN. Lisbon, May 27. It is admitted in Government circles that the Portuguese expedition was wroag in going beyond Massikebso. Vienna, May 27. Austria and Hungary have decided to introduce a gold ourrency. Athens, May 27. It is estimated that over a thousand Jews have left Corfu. Paris, May 27. uaptain Tripone, who was arrested on a charge of disclosiug the secrets of the war office, has been released, but Mr Turpin, accused of selling the secret of his invention of melinite to Sir W. Armstrong and Co, has been detained.