NEWS BY CASLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3828, 8 June 1891, Page 2

NEWS BY CASLE.

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London, June 8

In the Baccarat case to-day, Mr I Wilson stated that Sir Gordon Cum- ' ming brought the counters to Tranby i Croft for the purpose of playing, and | witness was prepared to stake his life that plaintiff cheated. ■ June 4. At the baccarat case Mr and Mrs Lycett Green and Mr Berkeley Levett confirmed the evidence of Mr Stanley Wilson, It is alleged that there is a secret naval convention between Italy and England. Tbe Rey John Gott, Dean of Worcester, has been appointed to the Bishopric of Truro. Mr C. Haddon Chambers' " The Idgll" has reached its hundredth performance at St James' TheatreTbe various Agents-General, with the exception of Sir James F. Garrick, interviewed Lord G. F. Hamilton and Lord Euutsford to-day with reference to the Australian Squadron proceeding round Cape Leuwin on its way to Australia. Lord George Hamilton replied that naval advisers were unanimous in their opinion that it would be unsafe for the Squadron to proceed by the route requested, and they were unable even to consider a change of route. Sir Graham Berry siaid Australia was not likely to be pleased at the statement that the vessels were unable to proceed round Cape Leuwin. Lord Knutsford rntorted that tbe Colonies had received the class of vessels they wanted. Sir Saul Samuel said he had not received any instructions to object to the , proposed route of the Squadron, and therefore he made no objection, but he hoped all the vessels of the squadron . would visit Thursday Island, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. 1 Sir S. Griffith has cabled to Lord 1 Knutsford that he intends to ask the Queensland Parliament to sanction 1 the naval defence scheme.

Junes.

The Behring Sea Fisheries sion Bill has passed the House oi Commons.

In tbe House of Commons to day, Baron de Worms, political Secretary for the.Colonial Office, stated that the Boer expedition to Mashonaland had been abandoned,

FOREIGN

Constantinople, June 4

An official has arrived at Kukilisse with ransom for the : release of the English and German tourists, but the brigands object to the escort of 28 who escort the officer,'and negotiations have been suspended. St. Petersburg, June 4. The Russian press has been ordered not to allude to the famine.

Starving peasants are robbing houses for food, and,those not paying their taxes have.been flogged. Collisions have taken place between the peasantß:and the troops, in which many lives were lost. ! • s ; June 5.

The British Consul atLiban, a port on the Baltic Sea, has warned refugee Jews not to emigrate from England, as there is very little prospect of their obtaining employment; A number of the Jews are emigrating to Australia. Berlin, June 5.

The Prussian Lower Huuse has restored the Romish stipends which were sequestrated during the Kultur kamof struggle.

Lisbon, June 5.

A committee of the Cortes has recommended that the Anglo-Portuguese Convention be ratified. New York, June 8.

Mr C. M. Depew and other directors of the New Yovk Cantral Railway Company have been censured by the coroner's jury in connection with the accident which took place in a tunnel on their line in February last by whioh several lives were lost.

June 4.

The capitalists and bankers of New York are oombining to maintain the price of interest on loans. Fifteen banks and six trust companies have federated with the idea of preventing a flow of capital to Europe. Buenos Aybes, June 4.

The Italian, Spanish, and French banks have closed, and the English banks are affected by the financial crisis.

Valparaiso, June 4.

The rebel steamer Itata, which was reported to be on the voyage to Melbourne, has arrived at Iquique.and will be delivered over to the United States Government. New Orleans, June 4.

A number of negro navvies have lynched a gang of thi ee gamblers,whom they discoyered cheating. Ottawa, June 5.

The House of Commons, by a majority cf 35, rejected a proposal to introduce tie one man one vote system.